Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-09-08

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 8
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
887 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 850▼ 253 vs year ago 1,140 · −22.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers steady to 3.00 lower, heifers steady to 1.00 lower. Holstein steers steady to 2.00 lower. Demand for this eye appealing offering of cattle was good. Estimated dressed cost 1.97 - 2.02. CME Live Cattle and Corn both down today. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Bulls 3.00 lower.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand for this large offering of nice sheep was good. Ewes Good 2-3 12.00 to 15.00 higher, Utility 7.00 to 12.00 higher. Good 4-5 and Cull to few to make a meaningful comparison.

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—Low1,81685.671,55612
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,59187.231,38810
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34875.381,01613
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,51364.5197621
CowsLean 85-90%High1,32053.3570489
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,414110.411,56198
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,303106.061,38228
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage979127.001,2437thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,360122.621,668124
SteersChoiceAverage1,523124.551,897311
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,305122.721,60174

Every lot

24 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—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,206125.59/cwt121.00–134.001,51519
Steers—Select and ChoiceNatural1,272123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,5656
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,297124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,60812
Steers—Select and Choice1,363120.78/cwt120.00–121.001,64637
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,409130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,83214
Steers—Choice1,466123.66/cwt123.00–124.501,81363
Steers—Choice1,545124.46/cwt122.00–125.001,923234
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms979127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2437
Heifers—ChoiceNatural1,189124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,4747
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,240122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,5194
Heifers—Choice1,375122.54/cwt121.25–124.001,685113
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,74383.87/cwt78.00–88.001,4628
Bulls——1,96389.27/cwt89.00–90.001,7524
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08939.67/cwt21.00–48.0043224
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34173.09/cwt71.00–76.0098010
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37383.00/cwt83.00–83.001,1403
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,38553.74/cwt49.00–56.0074416
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,40859.43/cwt57.00–62.0083743
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43365.82/cwt64.00–68.0094314
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,44063.50/cwt63.50–63.509146
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,59187.23/cwt86.00–88.001,38810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,67261.90/cwt61.00–63.001,0357
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,303106.06/cwt105.00–110.001,38228
Dairy Steers—Choice1,414110.41/cwt109.50–112.001,56198

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.