Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-07-20

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Jul 20
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
807 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 905▼ 495 vs year ago 1,302 · −38.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers steady to 1.00 lower, heifers 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Holsteins 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand for this eye appealing offering of fat cattle was moderate. Wide price gaps created by the demand for black cattle. Estimated dressed cost 224.00 - 230.00. CME Live Cattle slightly higher, corn a little lower. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs 5.00 to 9.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering was moderate. Light lambs sold with lower undertones. Slaughter ewes Good 4-5 20.00 to 25.00 lower, Good 2-3 5.00 to 8.00 lower, Utility 10.00 to 15.00 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—Average1,88598.171,8509thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,620101.001,6361thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,55792.311,43759
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39979.831,11729
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,17361.0671654
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,471124.871,83713
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,306118.001,5416thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,326139.541,850247
SteersChoiceAverage1,472141.022,075221
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,367135.001,8455thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,367135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,8455
Steers—Choice1,430140.79/cwt139.00–142.752,013123
Steers—Choice1,479137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,0269
Steers—Choice1,514141.61/cwt139.00–143.002,14480
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,659143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,3729
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,267139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,76122
Heifers—Choice1,329139.72/cwt138.00–143.501,857217
Heifers—Choice1,394136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,8968
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,74391.42/cwt91.00–92.001,5932
Bulls——1,87399.11/cwt96.00–104.001,8566
Bulls——2,240106.00/cwt106.00–106.002,3741
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90442.81/cwt40.00–51.003878
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18459.79/cwt56.00–65.0070828
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20476.50/cwt76.50–76.509216
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,31368.47/cwt66.00–74.0089912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37981.74/cwt79.50–85.001,12716
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42372.45/cwt61.00–76.001,0319
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42788.78/cwt86.50–91.001,2674
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52685.26/cwt85.00–85.501,3016
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53391.43/cwt86.50–94.001,40237
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,620101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,6361
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62396.98/cwt94.50–99.001,57416
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,306118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,5416
Dairy Steers—Choice1,471124.87/cwt121.00–126.501,83713

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.