Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-06-07

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Jun 7
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
850 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 811▼ 355 vs year ago 1,205 · −29.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 1.00 to 4.00 lower, heifers steady to 1.00 lower. Holsteins steady to 2.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering of cattle was moderate. 4 loads of fed cattle offered with several smaller packages to help buyers fill loads. we are seeing more and more crossbred cattle. Most cattle hauled in overnight, making weighing conditions good for the buyer. Estimated dressed cost 303 - 306. CME Live Cattle and Corn both closed lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs steady to 6.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering of sheep was good. 70 lb lambs sold a light softer, 80 lb lambs steadyish, 90 lb lambs sold with higher undertones. Slaughter weight lambs continue to be lighter in offering. 70 - 90 lb lambs continue to be the biggest assortment offered at the sale. Buck lambs in high demand today. If they had black faces they were in even bigger demand. Eid al Adha holiday coming up at the end of June makes the demand for male lambs and goats much higher than normal. Slaughter ewes steady to 5.00 higher. Demand for the large offering of ewes was good. Biggest demand is black face.

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—Low1,809122.042,20829
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,651112.891,86328
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,484106.271,57774
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,28789.781,156111
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,526145.512,22032
HeifersChoiceAverage1,306186.342,434176
HeifersSelect and ChoiceLow1,275177.002,25718
SteersChoiceAverage1,468188.342,764173
SteersSelect and ChoiceLow1,255179.862,25643
SteersSelectLow1,315161.002,1174thin

Every lot

32 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 Choice1,203182.87/cwt180.00–184.002,20024
Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,243185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,3006
Steers—Select1,315161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,1174
Steers—Select and Choice1,355171.94/cwt170.00–175.002,33013
Steers—Choice1,414188.83/cwt188.00–190.002,670100
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,479191.79/cwt191.00–192.502,83719
Steers—Choice1,499176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,6386
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,547185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,86210
Steers—Choice1,550187.50/cwt187.50–187.502,90622
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,569194.00/cwt194.00–194.003,0445
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,639186.73/cwt184.50–188.003,06111
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,226185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,26812
Heifers—Choice1,286186.56/cwt185.00–188.002,399135
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,352190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,56923
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,373161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,2116
Heifers—Choice1,391175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,4348
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,408183.95/cwt183.00–185.002,59010
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,739116.08/cwt86.00–124.002,01915
Bulls——1,863127.93/cwt125.00–133.002,38313
Bulls——2,165135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,9231
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18488.24/cwt83.00–94.001,04528
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27464.21/cwt26.00–78.0081824
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,325106.22/cwt106.00–107.001,4074
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,343100.52/cwt97.00–105.001,35055
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,2181
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,456117.39/cwt117.00–118.001,7095
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,463110.01/cwt106.00–115.001,60940
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,52099.74/cwt87.00–105.001,51628
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,568119.30/cwt117.00–122.001,87112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,708110.29/cwt96.00–114.001,88415
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,78075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,3351
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,526145.51/cwt143.00–153.002,22032

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.