Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-09-06

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 6
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
801 head
▼ 795 vs last sale 1,596▼ 187 vs year ago 988 · −18.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Fed steers steady to 2.00 lower, heifers 2.00 lower. Holsteins to few to make a meaningful comparison. Demand for this eye appealing offering of slaughter cattle was good. Several semi loads offered. Small premium for non implant and program cattle. Black hide and high yielding cattle in biggest demand. Estimated dressed cost 290.00 - 295.00. CME Live Cattle closed higher, Corn unchanged. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Bulls steady.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs steady to 10.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering was good. Good fleece and thick built were determining factors for buyers. 70 lbs - 90 lbs sold with lower undertones. Slaughter ewes to few in categories to make a meaningful comparison, sold with lower undertones.

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—High1,616118.481,91417
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,556116.541,81326
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,418100.761,42846
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,26286.581,09382
HeifersChoiceLow1,354180.202,439143
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,182180.002,12810
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,318190.282,50739
SteersChoiceAverage1,508180.662,724396
SteersSelectAverage1,180170.002,0064thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,180170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,0064
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,261192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,4215
Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,297194.00/cwt194.00–194.002,51619
Steers—Select and Choice1,363185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,52215
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,417184.30/cwt183.00–186.002,6129
Steers—Choice1,446179.11/cwt178.50–179.752,59023
Steers—Choice1,456180.54/cwt180.00–182.002,629139
Steers—Choice1,550180.75/cwt180.00–183.002,802225
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,182180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,12810
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,325183.50/cwt182.00–185.002,43124
Heifers—Choice1,326176.25/cwt176.25–176.252,33724
Heifers—Choice1,368180.36/cwt179.50–182.002,46795
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45698.99/cwt80.00–114.001,4416
Bulls——1,703134.63/cwt132.50–139.002,2936
Bulls——1,703122.48/cwt119.00–127.002,0865
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10256.10/cwt12.50–79.0061814
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14085.79/cwt80.00–91.0097825
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36387.47/cwt86.00–88.001,1924
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,38596.96/cwt93.00–102.001,34343
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40297.12/cwt92.00–102.001,36222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,408114.46/cwt114.00–115.001,6122
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,450106.64/cwt103.00–113.001,54618
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,540119.63/cwt115.00–125.001,84224
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,590134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,1311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,90525.00/cwt25.00–25.004761

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.