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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-16

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Feb 16

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← Feb 9Feb 16Feb 23 →

Receipts

1,291 head

▼ 395 vs last sale 1,686▼ 198 vs year ago 1,489 · −13.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers Choice 2-3 3.00 to 5.00 higher, Choice 3-4 steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Holsteins steady. Demand for this nice offering was good. Small premium for program cattle was evident today. Estimated dressed cost 225.00 - 231.00. Most cattle hauled in the night before. Three groups of cattle over 1600 lbs and one group over 1700 lbs. 12 semi loads of slaughter cattle offered today. CME Live Cattle and Corn closed higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Bulls sold with higher undertones.

Traditional slaughter weight lambs 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering was moderate. Several groups of lambs of 150 lbs today. Slaughter ewes Good 2-3 10.00 to 15.00 lower, Good 4-5 steady to 3.00 lower, Utility steady, Cull 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	—	Average	2,001	97.14	1,943	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,583	76.55	1,212	123
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,494	72.01	1,076	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,242	59.16	735	36
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,472	121.58	1,790	50
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,285	102.00	1,311	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,409	142.03	2,001	257
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,025	130.00	1,333	12
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,288	145.00	1,868	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,513	142.39	2,155	570

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,288	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,868	9
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,369	142.37/cwt	142.00–142.50	1,949	28
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,430	145.06/cwt	144.00–147.00	2,074	42
Steers	—	Choice	1,438	142.63/cwt	138.00–143.25	2,051	195
Steers	—	Choice	1,540	141.17/cwt	137.00–143.25	2,174	160
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,574	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	2,400	25
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,576	145.08/cwt	144.00–147.50	2,286	45
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,688	138.85/cwt	137.50–139.50	2,344	37
Steers	—	Choice	1,701	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,330	38
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,025	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,333	12
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,280	137.09/cwt	136.75–138.00	1,755	26
Heifers	—	Choice	1,411	141.14/cwt	138.75–143.10	1,991	165
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,447	144.17/cwt	143.00–145.50	2,086	43
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,205	23
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,823	91.87/cwt	77.00–98.00	1,675	8
Bulls	—	—	2,285	105.57/cwt	104.00–106.00	2,412	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	990	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	317	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,221	61.80/cwt	60.00–64.00	755	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,221	55.21/cwt	46.00–59.00	674	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,331	65.77/cwt	64.00–69.00	875	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,412	74.20/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,048	23
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,491	75.72/cwt	74.00–78.50	1,129	61
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,513	65.42/cwt	64.00–67.00	990	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,543	71.03/cwt	68.00–72.00	1,096	38
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,603	70.99/cwt	66.00–73.00	1,138	21
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,711	80.63/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,380	41
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,285	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,311	5
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,437	119.23/cwt	117.00–122.00	1,713	40
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,613	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	2,113	10

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 Feb 16, 2022

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

Receipts 1,291Last week 1,686Year ago 1,489

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	1,411	138.75–143.10	141.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,447	143.00–145.50	144.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,470	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,280	136.75–138.00	137.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,025	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,688	137.50–139.50	138.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	1,438	138.00–143.25	142.63
38	—	1,701	137.00	137.00
160	—	1,540	137.00–143.25	141.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,574	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,369	142.00–142.50	142.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,430	144.00–147.00	145.06
45	—	1,576	144.00–147.50	145.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,288	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,711	79.00–84.00	80.63
61	—	1,491	74.00–78.50	75.72
21	—	1,603	66.00–73.00	70.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,221	60.00–64.00	61.80
12	—	1,221	46.00–59.00	55.21
2	—	990	32.00	32.00
11	—	1,331	64.00–69.00	65.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,543	68.00–72.00	71.03
23	—	1,412	73.00–77.00	74.20
2	—	1,513	64.00–67.00	65.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,285	104.00–106.00	105.57
8	—	1,823	77.00–98.00	91.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,613	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,437	117.00–122.00	119.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,285	102.00	102.00

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.