Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-11-02

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 2
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,589 head
▲ 311 vs last sale 1,278▼ 145 vs year ago 1,734 · −8.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers steady to 3.00 higher, heifers steady. Holsteins steady to 5.00 lower. Demand for this large offering of eye appealing group of fat cattle was moderate. Black hided cattle were in biggest demand creating price gaps. Non implant cattle were in high demand today. Non implant cattle brought a slight premium. Several semi loads of fat cattle sold. CME Live cattle and corn both closed lower. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Bulls sold with higher undertones.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering was moderate. Slaughter ewes Good 2-3 steady to 5.00 higher, Utility 15.00 to 20.00 higher, Good 4-5 & 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—Low1,80189.351,60918
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54583.911,29666
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34573.40987101
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,27960.74777200
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,471124.371,82977
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,372117.001,60517
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,221103.001,25811
HeifersChoiceAverage1,382149.252,063287
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,184148.001,75213
HeifersSelectAverage1,290128.001,6516thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,521151.772,308553
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,388144.542,00616

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,384149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,0625
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,390142.51/cwt138.00–148.001,98111
Steers—Choice1,435142.00/cwt141.00–143.002,03840
Steers—Choice1,449150.99/cwt148.50–154.502,18885
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,466152.35/cwt150.00–153.502,233172
Steers—Choice1,558150.07/cwt150.00–150.502,33830
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,567154.89/cwt150.00–159.002,427167
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,689149.82/cwt148.50–150.002,53041
Steers—Choice1,701150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,55218
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,184148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,75213
Heifers—ChoiceNatural1,265152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,92911
Heifers—Select1,290128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,6516
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,329139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,8475
Heifers—Choice1,374152.10/cwt148.50–154.002,09098
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,393155.57/cwt154.00–157.002,16771
Heifers—Choice1,397142.27/cwt140.00–145.001,988102
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,762101.88/cwt100.00–105.001,7953
Bulls——1,80986.85/cwt66.00–99.001,57115
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12072.00/cwt72.00–72.0080610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19984.77/cwt81.00–85.501,01618
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23944.40/cwt21.00–51.0055034
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24657.34/cwt52.00–63.0071460
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,33067.47/cwt64.00–71.5089796
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36474.67/cwt73.00–77.001,01844
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38168.71/cwt63.00–72.0094934
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45853.28/cwt46.00–56.007775
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47557.00/cwt57.00–57.008411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50173.14/cwt71.00–76.001,0987
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54585.00/cwt81.00–88.001,31352
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60391.51/cwt90.00–94.001,4676
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,221103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,25811
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,372117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,60517
Dairy Steers—Choice1,465127.14/cwt126.50–128.001,86356
Dairy Steers—Choice1,486117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,73921

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.