Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-01-19

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Jan 19
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,769 head
▼ 143 vs last sale 1,912▼ 22 vs year ago 1,791 · −1.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 2.00 to 5.00 lower, heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Holsteins 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering was good. Some cattle were carrying half a percent of tag. Snow over the weekend with a thaw on Monday created a bit of a muddy mess. Estimated dressed cost 210.00 - 221.00. Blacked hided cattle in biggest demand creating wide price gaps. 22 loads hauled in. CME Live Cattle closed higher. CME Corn took a big jump higher today. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls sold with higher undertones in a light test.

Traditional slaughter weight lambs steady to 5.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering was good. Slaughter ewes steady to 5.00 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—Low1,87283.661,56616
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,68171.571,203126
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,49162.5093296
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,34651.94699122
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,409113.841,60451
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,35384.501,1436thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,439135.331,948361
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,247130.051,62244
SteersChoiceAverage1,536133.662,053696
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,380131.001,8086thin
SteersSelectAverage1,214115.001,39613

Every lot

28 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—SelectReturn to Feed1,214115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,39613
Steers—Select and Choice1,380131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,8086
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,458136.13/cwt134.50–137.001,98559
Steers—Choice1,468133.60/cwt132.00–135.751,961264
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,580136.76/cwt135.75–139.002,16171
Steers—Choice1,584132.49/cwt130.00–137.002,099239
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,588131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,08012
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,683132.91/cwt132.00–133.252,23751
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,232131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,61437
Heifers—Select and Choice1,329125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,6617
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,399135.01/cwt132.25–137.251,889220
Heifers—Choice1,500136.07/cwt135.25–137.502,041135
Heifers—Choice1,556130.50/cwt130.50–130.502,0316
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,72678.14/cwt61.00–84.001,3498
Bulls——2,00688.43/cwt86.00–91.001,7747
Bulls——2,09594.50/cwt94.50–94.501,9801
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25560.00/cwt60.00–60.007531
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,31528.11/cwt22.50–36.0037011
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,34055.74/cwt54.00–59.0074782
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36547.08/cwt46.00–48.006432
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,37749.89/cwt41.00–53.0068728
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42356.81/cwt54.00–59.008089
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,50163.47/cwt60.00–66.5095385
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60770.47/cwt68.00–72.501,13279
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,74465.79/cwt64.00–67.501,1478
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,81874.98/cwt74.00–76.001,36339
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,35384.50/cwt84.50–84.501,1436
Dairy Steers—Choice1,409113.84/cwt111.00–115.001,60451

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.