Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-05-11

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, May 11
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
938 head
▲ 123 vs last sale 815▲ 32 vs year ago 906 · +3.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 5.00 to 7.00 lower, heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Holsteins steady to 2.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering was moderate. Black hided cattle are in biggest demand. Some cattle carried a small amount of tag. Estimated dressed cost 229.00 - 231.00. CME Live Cattle were higher along with corn jumping as well. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold with steady undertones.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs, new crop sold with lower undertones while, old crop sold steadyish. Demand for this nice offering of of slaughter and feeder lambs was moderate. Continue seeing several lots of lambs under 100 lbs. Slaughter ewes Good 2-3 and Good 4-5 steady to 5.00 higher, Utility steady to 2.00 lower, Cull to few to make a meaningful market.

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—Low1,80395.981,73112
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,69293.001,5743thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53883.591,28531
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38276.581,05821
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24061.3576142
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,398119.231,66714
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,341117.321,57361
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,333106.001,4136thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,326143.421,902124
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,237137.001,69523
SteersChoiceAverage1,494143.182,139373
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,310137.251,79875
SteersSelectAverage1,221110.001,3437thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,221110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3437
Steers—Select and Choice1,268140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,77524
Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,283147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,88612
Steers—Select and Choice1,342131.24/cwt130.00–132.001,76135
Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,364144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,9644
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,440147.38/cwt144.00–149.002,12232
Steers—Choice1,445137.45/cwt137.00–138.001,98611
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,450145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,1037
Steers—Choice1,485143.24/cwt140.00–145.002,127226
Steers—Choice1,517140.00/cwt138.00–142.002,12447
Steers—Choice1,554144.69/cwt143.00–145.002,24844
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,634141.00/cwt141.00–141.002,3046
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,164137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,59513
Heifers—Choice1,284139.30/cwt139.00–140.001,78917
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,291144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,8597
Heifers—Choice1,326142.92/cwt142.00–143.001,89574
Heifers—Select and Choice1,332137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,82510
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,362147.39/cwt147.00–148.002,00726
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,475106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,5641
Bulls——1,70691.36/cwt86.00–99.001,5597
Bulls——2,056101.55/cwt100.00–104.002,0884
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17740.56/cwt20.00–57.0047710
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22562.09/cwt52.00–65.0076113
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28371.78/cwt68.00–74.5092119
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32976.64/cwt75.00–78.001,01916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35566.00/cwt66.00–66.008941
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47981.29/cwt79.00–84.001,20216
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56387.69/cwt86.00–90.001,37114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,60179.00/cwt79.00–79.001,2654
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,69293.00/cwt93.00–93.001,5743
Cows—Breaker 75-80%2,12563.00/cwt63.00–63.001,3391
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,333106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,4136
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,341117.32/cwt115.50–118.251,57361
Dairy Steers—Choice1,398119.23/cwt118.50–119.501,66714

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.