Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-11-16

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 16
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,610 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 1,628▼ 28 vs year ago 1,638 · −1.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers steady to 4.00 higher, Heifers 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Holsteins steady to 1.00 higher. Demand for this eye appealing offering of fat cattle was good. Slight premium shown for non implant cattle. Black hided cattle draw the most attention. Several load lots offered today along with most cattle being brought in overnight. Consumer demand for high quality beef could be helping prices stay strong. Estimated dressed cost 245.00 - 252.00. CME Live Cattle closed higher while corn was a couple lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Bulls steady.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs 1.00 higher. Demand for this nice 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—Low1,97790.331,78613
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58684.111,33473
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,39567.6294386
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,24354.11673116
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,564135.522,12071
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,270127.001,6135thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,369152.712,090618
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,201146.381,75943
SteersChoiceAverage1,508152.592,301531
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,292146.161,88940

Every lot

31 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,283147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,8869
Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,295145.92/cwt142.00–151.001,89031
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,393155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,1596
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,410145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,0459
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,411151.41/cwt150.00–153.252,13662
Steers—Choice1,424141.00/cwt141.00–141.002,0085
Steers—Choice1,444150.29/cwt147.75–154.002,17063
Steers—Choice1,523152.99/cwt152.00–155.502,33078
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,537153.51/cwt148.00–158.002,359295
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,619156.50/cwt156.50–156.502,5344
Steers—Choice1,714154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,6409
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,194147.10/cwt142.00–154.001,75633
Heifers—Select and Choice1,226144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,76510
Heifers—Choice1,336141.93/cwt140.50–144.001,89640
Heifers—Choice1,365153.37/cwt150.00–156.752,094357
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,376153.80/cwt150.00–160.002,116213
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,503148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,2248
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,90482.16/cwt52.00–92.001,5645
Bulls——2,02295.44/cwt93.00–98.001,9308
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09950.36/cwt42.50–53.0055324
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14164.00/cwt64.00–64.007304
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19028.66/cwt22.00–46.0034110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21578.00/cwt78.00–78.009482
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30058.02/cwt54.00–61.0075478
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38769.06/cwt63.00–76.0095867
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44960.73/cwt56.00–64.5088017
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54583.73/cwt80.00–86.001,29435
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60989.01/cwt87.50–90.001,43227
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66373.29/cwt64.00–79.001,21911
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,270127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,6135
Dairy Steers—Choice1,564135.52/cwt129.50–140.002,12071

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.