Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2025-09-10

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 10
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,623 head
▲ 671 vs last sale 952▲ 811 vs year ago 812 · +99.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Good demand for this nice offering of longtime fed, high quality grading steers and heifers. The market was lower but it was still active. After yesterday's limit losses in the cattle futures and reports of cash trades at 238.00-240.00 in the country, buyers set their sights for a lower market. 12 full loads of steers, 6 full loads of heifers, balance part loads and stock trailer loads.

Slaughter lambs 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter ewes mixed, Good 2-3 10.00 higher, other grades steady. Moderate to good demand for this large offering of traditional weight slaughter lambs. More lambs were carrying mud on their fleeces, lowering dressing percents and buyers bid accordingly. Very good demand for slaughter ewes. Good demand for feeding lambs in that desirable light flesh condition, however most lambs were carrying enough flesh they went to slaughter accounts.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,406240.293,37828
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,519228.633,47377
HeifersChoiceAverage1,368241.083,299474
SteersSelectAverage1,218244.932,98316
SteersChoiceAverage1,554241.623,756668
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,446239.363,46244

Every lot

11 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,218244.93/cwt240.00–252.002,98316
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,381238.00/cwt238.00–238.003,2874
Steers—Select and Choice1,453239.50/cwt239.50–239.503,48040
Steers—Choice1,463240.97/cwt240.75–241.003,52548
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,470245.57/cwt242.00–248.003,61077
Steers—Choice1,557241.14/cwt240.00–242.503,755401
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,624241.05/cwt240.00–243.003,915142
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,364245.18/cwt242.00–247.253,34470
Heifers—Choice1,369240.37/cwt239.75–242.003,291404
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,519228.63/cwt208.00–240.003,47377
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,406240.29/cwt240.00–240.503,37828

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.