Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-08-24

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 24
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,996 head
▲ 862 vs last sale 1,134▲ 491 vs year ago 1,505 · +32.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 2.00 to 3.00 lower, heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Holsteins sold with lower undertones. Demand for this large offering of eye appealing cattle was moderate. Black hided are in biggest demand creating price gaps. Estimated dressed cost is 231.00 - 237.00. CME Live Cattle Futures closed lower, while corn was slightly higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand for this large offering was moderate. Slaughter ewes steady to 5.00 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—Average1,886111.642,1058thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52393.841,42946
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,43683.191,19565
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23169.5785786
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,428131.571,87986
HeifersChoiceLow1,330147.601,963474
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,148142.471,63638
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,311149.021,953232
SteersChoiceAverage1,484145.172,155648

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,225140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,72119
Steers—Select and Choice1,257152.50/cwt152.25–154.501,91763
Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,344148.63/cwt147.50–149.501,998150
Steers—Choice1,408145.11/cwt143.00–147.002,04398
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,434153.32/cwt152.75–153.502,19954
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,435147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,10924
Steers—Choice1,464141.31/cwt138.00–142.002,06985
Steers—Choice1,518144.55/cwt142.25–148.002,194376
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,523153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,33011
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,148142.47/cwt139.50–143.501,63638
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,275150.79/cwt148.00–156.251,923132
Heifers—Choice1,292140.22/cwt137.50–142.501,81230
Heifers—Choice1,357146.96/cwt145.00–149.501,994312
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,578102.44/cwt101.00–104.001,6172
Bulls——1,720131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,2531
Bulls——2,042111.45/cwt106.00–115.002,2765
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89342.66/cwt41.00–46.003813
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20268.57/cwt61.00–72.0082458
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,34075.13/cwt73.00–78.001,00725
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43085.00/cwt82.00–89.001,21644
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44378.86/cwt74.00–81.001,13820
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46196.44/cwt96.00–97.501,40922
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,55590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4001
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57292.85/cwt92.00–94.001,46012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58690.08/cwt87.00–91.501,42912
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,428131.57/cwt128.00–135.501,87986

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.