Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-03-30

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 30
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,199 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 1,171▲ 194 vs year ago 1,005 · +19.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers in a light test steady to 1.00 higher, heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Holsteins steady to 1.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering of cattle was good. A few cattle were carrying a bit of tag creating a price gap. Black hided cattle in biggest demand also creating a bit of a price spread. Estimated dressed cost 223.00 - 229.00. CME Live Cattle closed lower while corn jumped a little higher. Slaughter cows Breaker and Boner steady to 2.00 higher, Lean steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls in a light test steady to 2.00 higher.

Traditional slaughter weight lambs: Steady to 5.00 higher. Demand for this large offering of sheep was good. Several large lots of sheep weighing under 100lbs today. Slaughter ewes 15.00 to 25.00 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—Low1,55499.281,54311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,60683.181,33623
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37578.221,07514
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,27265.3383149
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,526119.981,83147
HeifersChoiceAverage1,421139.661,984455
SteersChoiceAverage1,518141.682,151222
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,266138.001,7474thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,266138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,7474
Steers—Choice1,464141.34/cwt138.00–142.002,06987
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,468145.75/cwt145.75–145.752,14017
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,540140.27/cwt140.00–143.752,16057
Steers—Choice1,559143.15/cwt142.00–144.002,23232
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,624141.48/cwt140.50–142.002,29829
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,333139.61/cwt137.00–143.001,861196
Heifers—Choice1,437136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,95413
Heifers—ChoiceNatural1,450135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,9586
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,491140.02/cwt136.50–143.502,088240
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37695.28/cwt93.00–98.001,3117
Bulls——1,848105.04/cwt104.00–107.001,9413
Bulls——1,915110.00/cwt110.00–110.002,1071
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06840.70/cwt36.00–45.004352
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19363.11/cwt62.00–65.0075319
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28876.34/cwt75.00–79.009838
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,34168.59/cwt66.00–71.5092028
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45782.37/cwt81.50–83.001,2005
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52381.55/cwt79.50–83.501,24215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,66072.50/cwt72.50–72.501,2041
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,75688.40/cwt85.00–91.001,5527
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,80071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,2781
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,495121.55/cwt117.00–125.001,81740
Dairy Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,704111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,8917

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.