Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-02-02

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Feb 2
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,503 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 1,426▼ 607 vs year ago 2,110 · −28.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 1.00 to 3.00 higher, heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Holsteins 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering of slaughter cattle was good. 18 pot loads sold today. 7 groups of steers weighing over 1600 lbs. Premium was evident for non implant cattle. Estimated dressed cost 225.00 - 231.00. CME Live Cattle closed higher while corn plunged lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs steady to 4.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering was moderate. Several lots weighing over 160 this week. Slaughter ewes steady to 5.00 lower.

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—Average1,79489.971,61413
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57074.141,164140
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37666.8091970
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,24454.4867826
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,456115.411,68037
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,467110.001,61410
HeifersChoiceAverage1,467140.222,057214
SteersChoiceAverage1,551140.832,184672

Every lot

22 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,422140.81/cwt139.00–142.252,002150
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,479142.85/cwt142.00–144.002,11319
Steers—Choice1,558139.33/cwt137.00–143.252,171132
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,568144.64/cwt144.00–146.502,268146
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,627139.08/cwt136.25–141.002,263225
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,434142.34/cwt137.50–146.002,04175
Heifers—Choice1,485139.08/cwt136.25–140.502,065139
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,70985.09/cwt64.00–93.001,4547
Bulls——1,89495.66/cwt95.00–97.001,8126
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15352.13/cwt47.00–55.006016
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15832.81/cwt21.00–47.003803
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24362.10/cwt60.00–63.007729
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,29259.13/cwt56.00–62.0076417
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38667.68/cwt64.00–71.5093852
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40772.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0137
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54469.79/cwt67.50–77.001,07839
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56674.84/cwt72.00–76.501,17281
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,59547.00/cwt47.00–47.007502
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63779.79/cwt78.00–84.001,30620
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,449120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,74610
Dairy Steers—Choice1,458113.52/cwt112.50–116.001,65527
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,467110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,61410

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.