Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-06-02

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Jun 2
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
669 head
▼ 462 vs last sale 1,131▼ 258 vs year ago 927 · −27.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Conventional cattle were to few to make a meaningful comparison. The demand for drug free and non implant cattle was good, they sold steady to $1 higher. Light offering of clean hided cattle, most cattle hauled in overnight. Slaughter Cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher.

Traditional slaughter weight sheep 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering of slaughter weight sheep was good. Demand for feeder lambs was good as well. Slaughter ewes Good 2-3 steady to 1.00 higher, Good 4-5 and Utility 1-2 3.00 to 7.00 higher, Cull 1 12.00 to 13.00 lower.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,94090.551,75710
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,55180.301,24549
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45969.121,00838
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,33964.2586064
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17255.2564735
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,38798.001,35913
HeifersChoiceAverage1,343120.151,613138
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,188112.501,3379thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,590120.041,90996

Every lot

26 lots · USDA AMS · Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction - Worthing, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,409123.64/cwt122.00–125.001,7429
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,453126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,83110
Steers—Choice1,494122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,8236
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,512128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,93510
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,568122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,92143
Steers—Choice1,796117.00/cwt117.00–117.002,1015
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,92299.00/cwt99.00–99.001,90313
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,168115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3434
Heifers—Select and Choice1,204110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,3305
Heifers—ChoiceNatural1,336122.02/cwt120.50–128.001,63056
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,347118.88/cwt118.00–120.001,60182
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,82186.78/cwt84.00–90.001,5805
Bulls——2,05994.32/cwt90.00–99.501,9425
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07062.00/cwt62.00–62.006632
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08245.67/cwt42.00–52.504945
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19357.86/cwt53.00–61.5069026
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21838.53/cwt37.00–40.004692
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33364.77/cwt60.00–68.0086362
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44169.62/cwt65.00–74.001,00334
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,51040.00/cwt40.00–40.006041
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,52056.00/cwt56.00–56.008511
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,54380.01/cwt76.00–85.001,23547
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1961
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61461.50/cwt56.00–64.009933
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,74087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,5142
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,38798.00/cwt98.00–98.001,35913

This sale against other markets

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.