Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-08-17

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 17
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,134 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 1,127▼ 466 vs year ago 1,600 · −29.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Holsteins steady to 2.00 higher compared to a light test. Demand for this offering of slaughter cattle was moderate. Program cattle showed a nice premium today. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Bulls sold steady.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand for this offering was moderate. Slaughter ewes sold weak on a light test this week.

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—Average1,953112.322,19315
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,52886.771,32655
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32382.691,09475
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14271.3481530
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,337127.871,71013
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,428117.051,6712thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,448135.501,96224
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,377132.241,82160
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,286119.281,53412
HeifersChoiceAverage1,312150.171,970192
HeifersSelectAverage1,177141.481,66533
SteersChoiceLow1,464148.522,175546
SteersSelectAverage1,318138.391,82529

Every lot

30 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectCertified Prgms1,144147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,6827
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,340154.61/cwt153.00–155.002,07224
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,364145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,9786
Steers—Select1,374135.65/cwt135.00–137.001,86422
Steers—Choice1,391146.78/cwt142.00–148.502,042177
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,482152.37/cwt150.00–159.002,25870
Steers—Choice1,521148.19/cwt144.00–151.502,254269
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectCertified Prgms1,025146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,4975
Heifers—Select1,204140.67/cwt137.00–141.001,69428
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,276153.36/cwt145.50–157.001,95795
Heifers—Choice1,347147.05/cwt144.00–151.001,98197
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,899113.51/cwt108.00–117.002,1568
Bulls——1,90296.75/cwt86.00–103.001,8403
Bulls——2,099121.60/cwt120.00–124.002,5524
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03752.43/cwt45.00–57.005446
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10968.06/cwt63.00–71.007559
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19179.86/cwt74.00–82.0095111
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24283.68/cwt82.50–87.001,0394
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30377.89/cwt76.00–80.501,01517
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32984.10/cwt81.00–89.501,11858
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47389.70/cwt85.50–93.001,32123
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53582.90/cwt79.50–84.501,27319
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56075.47/cwt74.00–80.001,1777
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,682101.02/cwt98.00–101.501,6996
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,286119.28/cwt118.00–125.001,53412
Dairy Steers—Choice1,377132.24/cwt124.00–135.001,82160
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,437134.97/cwt133.00–139.001,94019
Dairy Steers—Choice and PrimeCertified Prgms1,489137.50/cwt137.50–137.502,0475
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,337127.87/cwt123.00–131.001,71013
Dairy Heifers—Select1,428117.05/cwt116.00–118.001,6712

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.