Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2024-02-07

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Feb 7
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,178 head
▼ 534 vs last sale 1,712▼ 491 vs year ago 1,669 · −29.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: choice slaughter steers were 3.00-4.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00-4.00 higher. Not enough dairy steers last week for comparison. Several load lots offered today, along with many smaller packages. Good demand both in the arena and on the internet. Slaughter cows: Breaker cows 1.00 lower today. Boner cows were steady. Lean cows 6.00 higher. Bulls 4.00 higher.

Slaughter lambs: Lighter offering this week. Lambs, 100 lbs, were 3.00 lower this week. Slaughter ewes 2.00-6.00 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—Low2,015121.152,44127
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,619107.861,74657
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,485101.841,512227
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21788.741,08047
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08967.7373741
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,563143.642,24557
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,516132.582,01016
HeifersChoiceAverage1,490176.392,629123
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,362166.852,27240
SteersChoiceAverage1,579176.302,784331
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,459168.442,45762
SteersSelectAverage1,463153.002,2383thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,313173.07/cwt169.00–178.002,27221
Steers—Choice1,418171.68/cwt171.00–174.502,43418
Steers—Select and Choice1,443162.65/cwt160.00–167.002,34717
Steers—Select1,463153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,2383
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,471176.50/cwt176.50–176.502,59611
Steers—Select and Choice1,520169.50/cwt169.50–169.502,57611
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,543176.59/cwt176.00–177.002,72549
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,552174.25/cwt174.25–174.252,70410
Steers—Choice1,567174.37/cwt171.00–176.502,73257
Steers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,601171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,7389
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,616177.36/cwt176.00–179.002,866186
Steers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,801160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,8824
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,184169.81/cwt165.00–173.502,0117
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,303172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,2413
Heifers—Select and Choice1,409165.65/cwt162.00–169.002,33430
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,433175.87/cwt174.75–176.752,52043
Heifers—Choice1,500175.91/cwt174.00–184.002,63970
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,669182.00/cwt182.00–182.003,03810
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,861132.65/cwt129.00–137.002,4694
Bulls——1,885106.39/cwt95.00–112.002,0053
Bulls——2,065121.06/cwt115.00–126.002,50020
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89534.62/cwt30.00–37.503108
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02664.82/cwt60.00–71.006658
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17179.25/cwt76.00–83.0092825
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21788.74/cwt84.00–93.001,08047
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,485101.84/cwt94.00–112.001,512227
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,619107.86/cwt105.00–112.001,74657
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,327126.90/cwt123.00–133.001,6847
Dairy Steers—Choice1,563143.64/cwt142.00–144.502,24557
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,663137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,2789

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.