Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2024-11-13

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 13
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,236 head
▼ 262 vs last sale 1,498▼ 278 vs year ago 1,514 · −18.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Choice slaughter steers steady to 2.00 lower, with no implant steers 3.00-4.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00 lower, with no implant heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. Many load lots, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand throughout the day.

Slaughter lambs: Lambs 70 lbs 27.00 lower, 80 lbs 15.00-21.00 lower, 120-130 lbs 6.00-9.00 lower, 140-150 lbs 11.00 lower. Slaughter ewes 10.00 lower.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,415176.502,4972thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,485177.092,63010
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,403173.562,4369thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,541162.522,50525
HeifersChoiceAverage1,392187.202,606331
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,390182.232,53477
SteersChoiceAverage1,524187.002,850568
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,477183.882,716163

Every lot

24 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 Feed1,310184.88/cwt181.00–202.002,42253
Steers—Select and Choice1,387179.57/cwt179.00–180.002,4917
Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,431183.78/cwt183.00–185.002,63012
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,438191.82/cwt187.00–192.752,75812
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,454190.54/cwt187.00–192.002,77068
Steers—Choice1,477185.37/cwt184.00–187.252,738141
Steers—Select and Choice1,543182.81/cwt181.50–183.502,82134
Steers—Choice1,551186.02/cwt184.50–189.002,885279
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,567190.49/cwt189.00–193.252,98537
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,573191.68/cwt191.50–192.003,01516
Steers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,614184.15/cwt180.50–184.502,97257
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,685187.10/cwt185.50–191.003,15315
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceNatural1,228193.25/cwt193.25–193.252,3736
Heifers—Choice1,384186.15/cwt185.00–191.502,576238
Heifers—Select and Choice1,388181.42/cwt180.00–183.502,51848
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,394183.58/cwt183.25–184.502,55929
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,426189.67/cwt187.50–192.502,70587
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,535163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,50213
Dairy Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,548162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,50812
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,364173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,3604
Beef/Dairy Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,435174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,4975
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,457175.86/cwt175.00–177.002,5628
Beef/Dairy Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,598182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,9082
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,415176.50/cwt176.50–176.502,4972

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.