Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-12-29

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-12-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-29

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Dec 29

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← Dec 22Dec 29Jan 5 →

Receipts

843 head

▲ 479 vs last sale 364▲ 530 vs year ago 313 · +169.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 3.00 to 5.00 higher, heifers to few to make a meaningful comparison. Holsteins 8.00 to 9.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering of slaughter cattle was good. Program cattle showed a small premium today. CME Live Cattle were higher along with corn. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Traditional slaughter weight sheep light offering today, 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter ewes 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Demand for this small offering was good. Bred ewes were in very high demand today.

Have a Happy, Healthy New Year!

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	—	Average	1,733	83.09	1,440	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,945	81.00	1,575	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,474	71.88	1,060	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,427	60.90	869	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,231	47.54	585	95
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,567	120.51	1,888	27
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,370	144.63	1,981	92
Steers	Choice	Average	1,521	144.90	2,205	349
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,382	140.47	1,941	34

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,382	140.47/cwt	139.00–143.00	1,941	34
Steers	—	Choice	1,441	144.14/cwt	142.50–145.50	2,077	72
Steers	—	Choice	1,445	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,980	7
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,446	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	2,147	31
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,462	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,149	34
Steers	—	Choice	1,514	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,089	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,549	144.55/cwt	144.00–146.00	2,239	125
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,623	145.24/cwt	144.00–146.75	2,357	72
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,352	146.15/cwt	146.00–146.25	1,976	17
Heifers	—	Choice	1,372	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,921	14
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,374	145.27/cwt	142.00–146.50	1,996	61
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,472	79.34/cwt	68.00–86.00	1,168	6
Bulls	—	—	2,047	87.59/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,793	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,033	25.25/cwt	17.50–37.00	261	21
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,257	61.53/cwt	60.00–63.00	773	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,257	46.32/cwt	41.00–54.00	582	29
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,338	56.86/cwt	54.00–59.00	761	27
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,365	77.24/cwt	77.00–77.50	1,054	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,400	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	658	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,407	63.68/cwt	61.00–66.00	896	34
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,450	57.69/cwt	50.00–60.00	837	27
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,491	72.91/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,087	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,515	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	1,015	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,517	67.09/cwt	65.00–68.00	1,018	13
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,945	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,575	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,567	120.51/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,888	27

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 29, 2021

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

Receipts 843Last week 364Year ago 313

Traditional slaughter weight sheep light offering today, 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter ewes 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Demand for this small offering was good. Bred ewes were in very high demand today.

Have a Happy, Healthy New Year!

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,047	87.00–89.00	87.59
6	—	1,472	68.00–86.00	79.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	67.00	67.00
27	—	1,450	50.00–60.00	57.69
34	—	1,407	61.00–66.00	63.68
1	—	1,400	47.00	47.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,338	54.00–59.00	56.86
18	—	1,257	60.00–63.00	61.53
21	—	1,033	17.50–37.00	25.25
29	—	1,257	41.00–54.00	46.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,491	70.00–75.00	72.91
13	—	1,517	65.00–68.00	67.09
8	—	1,365	77.00–77.50	77.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,945	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,382	139.00–143.00	140.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,446	148.50	148.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,462	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,445	137.00	137.00
72	—	1,441	142.50–145.50	144.14
8	—	1,514	138.00	138.00
125	—	1,549	144.00–146.00	144.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,623	144.00–146.75	145.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,567	119.00–126.00	120.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,352	146.00–146.25	146.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,372	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,374	142.00–146.50	145.27

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.