Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-09-22

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 22
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,570 head
▲ 384 vs last sale 1,186▼ 554 vs year ago 2,124 · −26.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 2.00 to 5.00 lower, heifers 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Holsteins steady to 2.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering of market ready cattle was moderate. Two way buyers stepped up to buy eye appealing cattle when they saw an opportunity today. Several semi loads sold. No Implant cattle showed to be premium value. Estimated dressed cost 1.88 - 1.94. CME Live Cattle up as well as corn. Slaughter cows Boner and Lean steady to 2.00 lower, Breaker steady to 2.00 higher. Bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs were steady to 5.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering was moderate. Slaughter ewes 7.00 to 12.00 higher.

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—Low1,78985.551,53020
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,63687.151,42610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,52173.151,11334
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,35164.3686943
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,28852.7768083
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,547116.031,79524
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,413109.841,55267
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,21480.0297110
HeifersChoiceLow1,329120.091,596290
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,212117.171,42048
SteersChoiceAverage1,523118.581,806624
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,301118.331,539106

Every lot

36 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,256115.29/cwt114.00–116.001,44839
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,316120.86/cwt119.00–122.501,59127
Steers—Select and Choice1,324114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,5095
Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,335120.39/cwt117.00–122.001,60735
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,348121.77/cwt121.50–122.001,64124
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,391125.65/cwt125.50–126.001,74867
Steers—Choice1,424115.11/cwt114.50–116.001,63947
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,465118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,7294
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,551125.35/cwt125.00–127.001,94434
Steers—Choice1,551118.13/cwt117.00–120.001,832313
Steers—Choice1,581114.63/cwt114.50–116.501,812117
Steers—Choice1,603117.75/cwt117.75–117.751,88818
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,169118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,37922
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,248116.47/cwt115.00–117.501,45426
Heifers—Choice1,325114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,51110
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,327124.94/cwt124.50–126.001,658111
Heifers—Choice1,328117.16/cwt116.50–117.751,556163
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,390120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,6686
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,72887.38/cwt85.00–90.001,5109
Bulls——1,79081.83/cwt70.00–87.001,4659
Bulls——2,05594.01/cwt93.00–95.001,9322
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23138.80/cwt21.00–48.0047822
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30959.78/cwt57.00–62.0078330
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30952.65/cwt48.00–56.0068922
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,31063.85/cwt63.00–65.508369
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32565.12/cwt63.50–67.5086337
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34055.00/cwt55.00–55.007371
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46466.78/cwt62.00–70.009787
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52079.56/cwt78.00–83.001,2098
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53274.00/cwt71.00–77.001,13418
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,54260.64/cwt57.00–62.009355
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,63687.15/cwt85.00–89.001,42610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,73551.00/cwt51.00–51.008851
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,21480.02/cwt79.00–81.0097110
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,413109.84/cwt108.00–112.001,55267
Dairy Steers—Choice1,547116.03/cwt114.50–117.751,79524

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.