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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-15

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Dec 15

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← Dec 8Dec 15Dec 22 →

Receipts

1,077 head

▼ 257 vs last sale 1,334▼ 84 vs year ago 1,161 · −7.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers Choice 2-3 steady to 2.00 lower, Choice 3-4 3.00 higher, heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Holsteins steady to 1.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering of fat cattle was moderate. Biggest demand continues to be black hided cattle, creating wide price gaps. 7 semi loads of steers this week. A few cattle were carrying a small amount of tag from the melting snow we had last week. CME Live Cattle closed lower along with corn. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 4.00 to 5.00 lower.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs steady to 2.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering of was good. Slaughter ewes Good 2-3 20.00 to 25.00 higher, Utility 1-2 31.00 to 35.00 higher, Good 4-5 & Cull 1 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,941	79.89	1,551	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,658	74.40	1,233	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,473	61.23	902	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,266	49.71	629	136
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,492	114.32	1,706	28
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,598	102.00	1,630	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,385	135.51	1,877	139
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,248	128.59	1,605	54
Steers	Choice	Average	1,530	138.26	2,115	384
Steers	Select and Choice	Low	1,337	136.05	1,819	44

Every lot

30 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,328	138.24/cwt	137.10–140.25	1,836	26
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,332	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,758	8
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,362	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,784	6
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,369	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,882	4
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,437	140.20/cwt	137.00–141.00	2,015	41
Steers	—	Choice	1,438	134.92/cwt	132.50–137.25	1,940	95
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,469	139.96/cwt	137.50–141.00	2,056	23
Steers	—	Choice	1,542	139.38/cwt	139.00–139.75	2,149	71
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,589	140.33/cwt	140.00–141.50	2,230	93
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,655	137.04/cwt	135.00–139.00	2,268	61
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,220	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,525	20
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,262	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,678	28
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,279	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,535	6
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,351	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,851	20
Heifers	—	Choice	1,371	134.71/cwt	131.00–136.75	1,847	68
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,394	138.44/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,930	39
Heifers	—	Choice	1,495	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,914	12
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,839	85.21/cwt	84.00–86.50	1,567	4
Bulls	—	—	1,956	79.10/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,547	27
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,202	32.32/cwt	22.00–39.00	388	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,224	46.62/cwt	40.00–51.50	571	44
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,291	53.24/cwt	51.00–56.00	687	78
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,391	58.31/cwt	57.00–60.00	811	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,458	63.30/cwt	61.00–66.00	923	47
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,506	56.80/cwt	51.00–60.00	855	22
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,515	62.65/cwt	61.00–64.00	949	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,606	73.07/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,174	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,739	77.57/cwt	76.00–78.00	1,349	15
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,492	114.32/cwt	112.00–116.50	1,706	28
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,598	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,630	8

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.

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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction - Worthing, SD

Wed Dec 15, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 1,077Last week 1,334Year ago 1,161

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,332	132.00	132.00
26	—	1,328	137.10–140.25	138.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,438	132.50–137.25	134.92
71	—	1,542	139.00–139.75	139.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,362	131.00	131.00
4	—	1,369	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,655	135.00–139.00	137.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,589	140.00–141.50	140.33
23	—	1,469	137.50–141.00	139.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,437	137.00–141.00	140.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,506	51.00–60.00	56.80
47	—	1,458	61.00–66.00	63.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,202	22.00–39.00	32.32
78	—	1,291	51.00–56.00	53.24
4	—	1,391	57.00–60.00	58.31
44	—	1,224	40.00–51.50	46.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,515	61.00–64.00	62.65
15	—	1,739	76.00–78.00	77.57
18	—	1,606	70.00–76.00	73.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,351	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,371	131.00–136.75	134.71
12	—	1,495	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,220	125.00	125.00
6	—	1,279	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,262	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,394	138.00–139.00	138.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,598	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,492	112.00–116.50	114.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,956	75.00–82.00	79.10
4	—	1,839	84.00–86.50	85.21

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.