Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2024-07-31

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Jul 31
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
641 head
▼ 106 vs last sale 747▼ 246 vs year ago 887 · −27.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice slaughter steers 3.00-4.00 higher, with steers over 1500 lbs 6.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. Not enough dairy steers for comparison. Most of the sale consisted of smaller strings, along with two load lots of 1400 lb steers. Good demand. Slaughter cows: Breaker cows 1.00 higher. Not enough Boner or Lean cows for comparison. Bulls steady.

Slaughter lambs: Lambs 60 lbs 21.00 lower, 70 lbs 10.00-13.00 lower, 80 lbs 37.00 lower, 90 lbs 10.00-18.00 lower. Lambs 100 lbs 3.00 lower, 110-130 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 140 lbs 1.00 lower. Slaughter ewes steady to 3.00 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
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,457188.002,7395thin
Bulls—High1,761166.472,93117
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,603147.922,37128
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,498146.402,19377
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,437133.791,9239thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05498.861,04233
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,524171.482,6137thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,386202.252,80322
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,240196.212,43463
SteersChoiceAverage1,462202.512,961194
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,391198.492,76131

Every lot

23 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—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,311203.24/cwt201.00–203.502,66418
Steers—Select and Choice1,382192.19/cwt191.00–193.002,65610
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,395202.23/cwt200.00–204.502,82115
Steers—Choice1,442202.21/cwt201.25–203.252,916138
Steers—Choice1,530203.62/cwt203.00–205.003,11530
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,615204.50/cwt204.50–204.503,3038
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,647201.50/cwt201.50–201.503,3193
Steers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,903191.00/cwt191.00–191.003,6353
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,218200.37/cwt199.00–200.502,44136
Heifers—Select and Choice1,270190.66/cwt190.00–196.002,42127
Heifers—Choice1,368202.20/cwt202.00–202.252,76614
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,417202.35/cwt201.50–205.002,8678
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,681165.12/cwt159.00–167.502,77611
Bulls——1,875176.17/cwt173.00–180.003,3034
Bulls——1,970154.47/cwt154.00–155.003,0432
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95376.69/cwt70.00–82.5073110
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,088117.49/cwt114.00–125.001,2785
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100106.01/cwt96.00–109.001,16618
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,437133.79/cwt132.00–137.001,9239
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,498146.40/cwt141.00–153.002,19377
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,603147.92/cwt144.00–149.502,37128
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,457188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,7395
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,524171.48/cwt170.00–172.502,6137

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.