Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-04-19

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Apr 19
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,138 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 1,086▲ 211 vs year ago 927 · +22.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Fed steers 2.00 to 5.00 higher, heifers 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Holsteins to few to make a meaningful comparison. Demand for this nice offering of fed cattle was good. Premium for non implant cattle was no evident this week. High grading, as well as, clean kept cattle really caught the attention of buyers today. Seeing more cross bred cattle offered, with prices just slightly under angus. Most cattle hauled in overnight. A few cattle carried a fair amount of tag. Estimated dressed cost 290.00 - 298.00. Tight supply of market ready cattle seem to be the overriding factor for the fireworks in the current fed market. Records get set and then broke, how high is the market going to go? Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs in a very light test steady to 3.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering of sheep was good. More lightweight lambs are selling the last few months. The demand seems to be for lambs between 80 lbs and 100lbs. Bidders in person and online become very active when these weight lambs come into the ring. Slaughter ewes steadyish. Black face ewes are in big demand.

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—Low1,860122.202,2736thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,679110.881,86119
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,46698.851,44943
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,30777.441,01287
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,476142.002,0964thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,374120.001,6498thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,360182.432,480334
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,195176.002,10316
SteersChoiceAverage1,512182.222,755502
SteersSelect and ChoiceLow1,316156.282,05719

Every lot

27 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,316156.28/cwt143.00–167.002,05719
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,399184.72/cwt184.50–185.002,58445
Steers—Choice1,426181.59/cwt180.00–186.252,589123
Steers—Choice1,446162.47/cwt158.50–167.002,34927
Steers—Choice1,537184.83/cwt183.00–185.252,841198
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,538187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,8766
Steers—Choice1,570173.39/cwt172.00–175.502,72226
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,641182.34/cwt180.00–182.752,99227
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,647187.00/cwt187.00–187.003,08045
Steers—Choice1,737175.00/cwt175.00–175.003,0405
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,195176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,10316
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,282185.25/cwt185.25–185.252,375113
Heifers—Choice1,362172.01/cwt166.00–176.002,34350
Heifers—Choice1,410183.62/cwt180.00–187.002,589171
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,308116.25/cwt115.00–117.501,5212
Bulls——2,136125.17/cwt121.00–128.002,6744
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19754.70/cwt27.50–66.0065526
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,3521
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,32678.26/cwt73.00–85.001,03821
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,36991.79/cwt86.00–101.001,25740
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,442102.53/cwt99.00–105.001,47824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,51093.37/cwt84.00–96.001,41018
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,605118.99/cwt117.00–120.001,9103
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,689110.58/cwt107.00–114.001,86814
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,718100.80/cwt99.00–103.001,7322
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,374120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,6498
Dairy Steers—Choice1,476142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,0964

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.