Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-11-03

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 3
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,734 head
▼ 332 vs last sale 2,066▼ 345 vs year ago 2,079 · −16.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 1.00 to 3.00 higher, heifers 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Choice grade Holsteins were scarce today. Demand for this nice offering of cattle was good. Program cattle brought a nice premium. Estimated dressed weight 201.00 - 206.00. 6 loads of 1600 lb cattle sold today. 17 pot loads of cattle with good weigh ups, due to being hauled in overnight. CME Live Cattle was up while corn fell. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Traditional slaughter weight lambs 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering of sheep was good. Slaughter ewes Good 2-3 and 4-5 steady to 1.00 lower, Utility 1-2 and Cull 1 sold with steady to higher undertones.

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—Low1,87978.511,47513
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,55868.521,06714
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44562.2590072
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,32745.9961093
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,415106.821,51239
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,36397.651,33128
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,136132.981,51176
HeifersChoiceAverage1,400128.561,800214
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,243132.291,644218
SteersChoiceAverage1,577127.622,013697
SteersSelectAverage1,144122.001,39613

Every lot

32 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,144122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,39613
Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,166138.98/cwt128.00–144.501,62177
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,282128.62/cwt126.50–131.501,649134
Steers—Select and ChoiceNatural1,331129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,7177
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,442131.19/cwt128.50–133.001,89226
Steers—Choice1,453126.09/cwt125.00–126.501,83252
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,541132.11/cwt130.00–132.502,03641
Steers—Choice1,565127.46/cwt126.10–128.001,995335
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,623127.89/cwt126.75–129.002,076190
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,635125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,0448
Steers—Choice1,718123.75/cwt123.75–123.752,12645
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,134120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3614
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,136133.70/cwt133.50–133.751,51972
Heifers—ChoiceNatural1,179129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,5214
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,340130.27/cwt127.00–134.001,74674
Heifers—Choice1,439127.61/cwt124.00–128.501,836136
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,83975.18/cwt66.00–83.001,3839
Bulls——1,96885.99/cwt85.00–87.001,6924
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27568.00/cwt68.00–68.008672
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30828.87/cwt15.00–38.0037821
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30954.84/cwt52.00–58.0071836
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,35546.42/cwt42.00–51.0062934
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,38559.00/cwt59.00–59.008172
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40052.44/cwt50.00–55.007342
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44063.58/cwt60.00–66.5091663
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,52051.64/cwt50.00–55.007854
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,56744.59/cwt38.00–49.006993
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57065.00/cwt65.00–65.001,0211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57671.34/cwt68.50–74.001,12410
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,2731
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,36397.65/cwt95.00–100.001,33128
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,415106.82/cwt103.00–108.001,51239

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.