Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-01-05

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Jan 5
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,274 head
▲ 431 vs last sale 843▼ 841 vs year ago 2,115 · −39.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers Choice 2-3 to few to make a meaningful comparison, Choice 3-4 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter heifers sold with lower undertones. Holsteins 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering of slaughter cattle was good. 14 semi loads of cattle sold today. Most cattle were hauled in overnight, making weighing conditions good for buyers. Estimated dressed cost 219.00 - 226.00. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Traditional slaughter weight lambs steady to 1.00 higher. Demand for this large offering of slaughter lambs and ewes was good. Slaughter ewes Good 2-3 and Utility 5.00 to 8.00 lower, Good 4-5 steady to 3.00 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—Average1,86390.901,6946thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,57371.091,11830
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,33660.9181450
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,21549.3359944
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,470120.421,77051
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,430114.501,63714
HeifersChoiceAverage1,391139.091,934373
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,223131.581,60947
HeifersSelectAverage1,170119.001,39210
SteersChoiceAverage1,586138.682,200466
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,336136.501,82424

Every lot

29 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,289135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,74012
Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,383138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,90912
Steers—Choice1,432138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,98313
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,456138.82/cwt137.00–140.502,02143
Steers—Choice1,577138.51/cwt136.00–140.002,184227
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,599140.79/cwt140.00–142.002,25146
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,645137.80/cwt136.25–137.852,267127
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,745143.50/cwt143.50–143.502,50410
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,170119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,39210
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,215135.32/cwt134.00–137.001,64414
Heifers—Select and Choice1,226130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,59433
Heifers—ChoiceNatural1,315143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,8807
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,372139.70/cwt138.00–142.501,917220
Heifers—Choice1,414138.06/cwt136.50–139.001,952140
Heifers—Choice1,612136.25/cwt136.25–136.252,1966
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,82189.13/cwt88.00–90.501,6234
Bulls——1,94894.45/cwt94.00–95.001,8402
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97428.21/cwt25.00–35.002754
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08565.64/cwt65.00–66.007123
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22057.08/cwt54.50–59.0069614
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24948.40/cwt40.00–54.0060526
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34855.19/cwt51.00–57.007449
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35361.89/cwt60.00–64.0083738
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37266.42/cwt65.00–70.009116
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54564.00/cwt64.00–64.009894
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61056.00/cwt56.00–56.009021
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64074.85/cwt72.50–77.001,22819
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,430114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,63714
Dairy Steers—Choice1,470120.42/cwt117.50–122.501,77051

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.