Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-04-06

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Apr 6
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,059 head
▼ 140 vs last sale 1,199▼ 156 vs year ago 1,215 · −12.8%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Holsteins 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Value added cattle showed a big premium today. Demand for this nice offering of slaughter cattle was moderate. Some cattle carried a small amount of tag. Estimated dressed cost 221.00 224.00. CME Live Cattle closed higher while corn dropped. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold with steady undertones.

Traditional slaughter weight lambs 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Several groups of feeders sold today. Demand for this nice offering was good. Slaughter Ewes Good 2-3 & Utility 1-2 steady to 5.00 higher, Good 4-5 5.00 lower, Cull to few to make a meaningful comparison.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High2,016101.072,0389thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,55682.281,28055
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,43277.531,11148
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,29561.9580250
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,586118.261,87630
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,496112.011,67616
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,414105.001,4854thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,384138.381,916291
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,273134.371,71138
SteersChoiceAverage1,552137.812,139262
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,304132.001,7218thin

Every lot

26 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 Choice1,304132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,7218
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,400141.18/cwt139.00–143.001,97711
Steers—Choice1,435139.59/cwt139.50–140.002,00348
Steers—Choice1,546135.88/cwt135.00–137.502,101126
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,624140.24/cwt138.75–141.002,27768
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,911133.00/cwt133.00–133.002,5429
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,273134.37/cwt134.00–135.001,71138
Heifers—Choice1,381137.63/cwt137.00–138.501,901232
Heifers—ChoiceNatural1,385143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,98112
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,401140.92/cwt139.00–142.001,97447
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,74093.99/cwt84.00–99.001,6353
Bulls——2,040110.00/cwt110.00–110.002,2442
Bulls——2,211101.91/cwt101.00–104.002,2534
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17658.91/cwt45.00–65.0069319
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25276.07/cwt74.00–78.509529
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,32243.87/cwt35.00–65.005809
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35880.43/cwt79.50–82.001,09216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45876.62/cwt75.00–78.001,11730
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,47969.15/cwt66.00–71.001,02313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49488.24/cwt86.00–92.001,31811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54282.51/cwt79.00–85.501,27242
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,64568.00/cwt68.00–68.001,1192
Cows—Breaker 75-80%2,18344.70/cwt39.00–51.009762
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,414105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,4854
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,496112.01/cwt111.00–113.001,67616
Dairy Steers—Choice1,586118.26/cwt114.00–120.501,87630

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.