Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-04-20

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Apr 20
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
927 head
▲ 125 vs last sale 802▼ 154 vs year ago 1,081 · −14.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 7.00 to 10.00 higher, heifers 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Holsteins steady to 1.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering of cattle was good. There was not a significant premium for program cattle. Some cattle carried a small amount of tag. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00 to 6.00 higher. CME Live Cattle and Corn both closed higher.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering was good. Slaughter ewes Good 2-3 & Utility 1-2 10.00 to 20.00 lower, Good 4-5 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

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—Low2,088107.742,24918
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,67891.871,54219
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,56882.321,29187
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,46077.141,12738
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15561.5971141
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,449120.931,75228
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,519116.731,77327
HeifersChoiceLow1,352145.731,971220
SteersChoiceAverage1,537150.422,312146
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,337144.881,93725

Every lot

31 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,315143.88/cwt142.00–146.001,89217
Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,384147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,0348
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,455156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,27017
Steers—Choice1,455145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,1106
Steers—Choice1,459150.40/cwt149.50–152.002,19453
Steers—Choice1,554151.00/cwt151.00–151.002,34710
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,610144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,31811
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,640150.49/cwt147.00–151.502,46849
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceNatural1,255142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,7824
Heifers—Choice1,343145.61/cwt144.00–149.001,956140
Heifers—Choice1,358142.07/cwt140.00–143.501,92924
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,383148.05/cwt144.00–153.002,04852
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——2,004100.06/cwt97.00–102.002,0056
Bulls——2,044108.34/cwt104.00–110.002,2147
Bulls——2,249116.12/cwt111.00–124.002,6125
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91442.82/cwt35.00–47.503918
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15561.13/cwt52.50–69.0070620
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25077.50/cwt77.50–77.509692
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,31273.19/cwt70.00–75.0096011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45478.02/cwt76.00–79.501,13430
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46873.73/cwt70.00–78.001,0825
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,50580.52/cwt80.00–81.001,2122
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,52561.00/cwt61.00–61.009301
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55487.36/cwt86.00–88.001,35813
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55782.60/cwt80.00–85.001,28665
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63477.29/cwt74.00–79.001,2636
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,67089.46/cwt87.00–91.001,49411
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,69095.18/cwt93.00–96.001,6098
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,74564.34/cwt62.00–66.001,1233
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,449120.93/cwt120.00–122.001,75228
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,519116.73/cwt116.50–117.001,77327

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.