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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-02

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 2

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← Feb 23Mar 2Mar 9 →

Receipts

1,909 head

▲ 618 vs last sale 1,291▼ 891 vs year ago 2,800 · −31.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter steers 1.00 to 3.00 lower, heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Holsteins 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering of eye appealing cattle was moderate. Most cattle were hauled in overnight making weighing conditions good. Black hided cattle continue to be in biggest demand creating wide spread prices. Estimated dressed weight 221.00 -229.00. Corn and soybeans have skyrocketed the last 48 hours, corn up $0.80, soybeans up $1.15. CME Live cattle futures closed lower while corn closed higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Bulls sold with higher undertones.

Traditional slaughter weight lambs 9.00 to 11.00 lower. New crop lambs are selling with higher undertones. Demand for this nice offering was moderate. Slaughter ewes sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand for ewes continues to be good.

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	—	Low	1,954	101.77	1,988	23
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,634	88.51	1,446	80
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,543	79.80	1,232	251
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,487	76.88	1,143	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,276	61.90	790	66
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,563	121.46	1,899	95
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,483	114.62	1,700	24
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,391	141.06	1,962	366
Steers	Choice	Average	1,498	141.66	2,122	670

Every lot

30 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	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,337	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,852	29
Steers	—	ChoiceMuddy	1,409	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,909	6
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,448	148.42/cwt	145.00–149.00	2,149	58
Steers	—	Choice	1,449	139.88/cwt	137.25–141.50	2,027	276
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,560	147.26/cwt	142.00–151.00	2,297	122
Steers	—	Choice	1,565	139.27/cwt	135.00–140.50	2,180	155
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,628	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	2,251	19
Steers	—	Choice	1,727	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	2,375	5
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,304	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,760	16
Heifers	—	ChoiceMuddy	1,311	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,773	17
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,329	145.71/cwt	142.75–147.50	1,936	103
Heifers	—	Choice	1,431	139.83/cwt	137.00–142.50	2,001	230
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,889	97.16/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,835	9
Bulls	—	—	1,985	104.44/cwt	101.00–107.00	2,073	13
Bulls	—	—	2,135	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	2,316	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	983	28.51/cwt	20.00–39.00	280	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,200	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	876	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,227	57.37/cwt	50.00–63.50	704	29
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,345	67.06/cwt	64.00–72.00	902	32
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,361	82.33/cwt	80.00–86.50	1,121	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,461	77.37/cwt	74.00–79.50	1,130	54
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,561	80.33/cwt	79.00–83.50	1,254	171
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,580	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	980	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,593	76.78/cwt	71.00–78.50	1,223	49
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,634	88.51/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,446	80
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,735	68.95/cwt	63.00–72.00	1,196	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,900	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,558	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,483	114.62/cwt	111.00–116.50	1,700	24
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,552	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,963	11
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,565	120.80/cwt	118.00–123.50	1,891	84

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 Mar 2, 2022

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

Receipts 1,909Last week 1,291Year ago 2,800

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,565	118.00–123.50	120.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,552	126.50	126.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,483	111.00–116.50	114.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
276	—	1,449	137.25–141.50	139.88
155	—	1,565	135.00–140.50	139.27
5	—	1,727	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Muddy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,409	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,337	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,448	145.00–149.00	148.42
122	—	1,560	142.00–151.00	147.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,628	138.25	138.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
230	—	1,431	137.00–142.50	139.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Muddy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,311	135.25	135.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,304	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,329	142.75–147.50	145.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,361	80.00–86.50	82.33
49	—	1,593	71.00–78.50	76.78
1	—	1,580	62.00	62.00
171	—	1,561	79.00–83.50	80.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,735	63.00–72.00	68.95
54	—	1,461	74.00–79.50	77.37
1	—	1,900	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,345	64.00–72.00	67.06
29	—	1,227	50.00–63.50	57.37
2	—	983	20.00–39.00	28.51
3	—	1,200	73.00	73.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,634	87.00–90.00	88.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,889	91.00–100.00	97.16
13	—	1,985	101.00–107.00	104.44
1	—	2,135	108.50	108.50

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.