Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2025-08-20

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 20
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
← Aug 13Aug 20Aug 27 →
Receipts
1,137 head
▲ 109 vs last sale 1,028▼ 250 vs year ago 1,387 · −18.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Good demand for this nice offering of longtime fed, high quality grading steers and heifers. Fewer cattle hauled in overnight as the heat and humidity have made it miserable for livestock, weighing conditions ran more towards the full side as most cattle were hauled in this morning when it was cooler. The market was moderately active.

Slaughter lambs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, except 80-110 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter ewes not well compared. Good to very good demand for slaughter lambs. A good offering of traditional weight slaughter lambs sold on a very active market.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,343241.983,25098
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,437241.263,46738
HeifersChoiceAverage1,366247.583,382347
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,311248.323,25532
SteersChoiceAverage1,577245.133,865368

Every lot

7 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,311248.32/cwt244.00–250.503,25532
Steers—Choice1,431244.00/cwt244.00–244.003,49210
Steers—Choice1,581245.16/cwt243.50–247.003,876358
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,293251.40/cwt248.00–253.503,25198
Heifers—Choice1,395246.07/cwt244.00–249.003,433249
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,437241.26/cwt238.00–243.003,46738
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,343241.98/cwt238.00–244.003,25098

This sale against other markets

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