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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-09

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 9

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← Mar 2Mar 9Mar 16 →

Receipts

1,114 head

▼ 795 vs last sale 1,909▼ 657 vs year ago 1,771 · −37.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers steady to 3.00 lower, heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Holsteins to few to make a meaningful comparison. Demand for this nice offering of slaughter cattle was moderate. Weighing conditions fair as most cattle hauled in overnight. Some cattle were carrying a small amount of tag. Estimated dressed cost 218.00 - 224.00. CME Live Cattle were lower as well as corn at the time of this report. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold with lower undertones.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering was moderate. Slaughter ewes Good 4-5 13.00 to 15.00 lower, Good 2-3 3.00 to 6.00 lower, Utility 1-2 5.00 to 10.00 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,949	98.41	1,918	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,590	79.77	1,269	115
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,492	74.95	1,118	95
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,323	67.39	892	109
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,498	106.00	1,588	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,402	138.43	1,940	395
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,143	132.31	1,513	16
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,319	139.75	1,843	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,498	138.14	2,070	222

Every lot

25 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	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,319	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,843	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,432	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,890	8
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,454	140.25/cwt	140.00–140.50	2,039	47
Steers	—	Choice	1,462	136.84/cwt	135.00–139.25	2,001	71
Steers	—	Choice	1,529	138.32/cwt	135.00–139.25	2,115	61
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,540	140.96/cwt	140.00–143.00	2,171	21
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,643	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,300	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,710	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	2,240	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,051	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,377	9
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,262	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,691	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,376	137.65/cwt	134.50–139.00	1,894	275
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,460	140.21/cwt	139.85–143.50	2,047	120
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,879	95.79/cwt	74.00–102.00	1,800	7
Bulls	—	—	2,072	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	2,134	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	34.39/cwt	32.00–40.00	371	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,289	59.01/cwt	50.00–65.00	761	29
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,294	70.65/cwt	66.00–72.50	914	56
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,319	78.12/cwt	77.50–80.00	1,030	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,435	71.30/cwt	64.00–73.00	1,023	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,466	73.14/cwt	73.00–73.50	1,072	22
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,533	80.19/cwt	79.00–82.00	1,229	63
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,536	75.25/cwt	74.00–78.00	1,156	67
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,630	77.23/cwt	76.00–78.00	1,259	35
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,721	83.46/cwt	83.00–84.00	1,436	17
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,498	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,588	9

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 9, 2022

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

Receipts 1,114Last week 1,909Year ago 1,771

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,319	139.75	139.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,540	140.00–143.00	140.96
47	—	1,454	140.00–140.50	140.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,710	131.00	131.00
61	—	1,529	135.00–139.25	138.32
71	—	1,462	135.00–139.25	136.84
8	—	1,432	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,643	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,498	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,435	64.00–73.00	71.30
12	—	1,319	77.50–80.00	78.12
67	—	1,536	74.00–78.00	75.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	32.00–40.00	34.39
29	—	1,289	50.00–65.00	59.01
22	—	1,466	73.00–73.50	73.14
56	—	1,294	66.00–72.50	70.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,721	83.00–84.00	83.46
63	—	1,533	79.00–82.00	80.19
35	—	1,630	76.00–78.00	77.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,262	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
275	—	1,376	134.50–139.00	137.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,051	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	1,460	139.85–143.50	140.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,072	103.00	103.00
7	—	1,879	74.00–102.00	95.79

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.