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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Sep 17
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
← Sep 10Sep 17Sep 24 →
Receipts
1,092 head
▼ 531 vs last sale 1,623▼ 325 vs year ago 1,417 · −22.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week; Choice slaughter steers 3.00-5.00 lower, with no implant cattle bringing a premium. Choice slaughter heifers 3.00 lower, with no implant heifers remaining steady. Ten loads of heifers, five loads of steers, along with plenty of part loads and smaller packages in the offering today. Demand good throughout the sale.

Slaughter lambs; Light lambs 70 lbs 21.00 higher. Lambs 100-140 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter ewes mostly steady. Many large consignments of good quality slaughter lambs offered today. Demand good.

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,373238.693,277471
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,219238.002,90114
SteersChoiceAverage1,510236.043,565436
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,598225.383,602100

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,180232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,7383
Steers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,278231.44/cwt231.00–232.002,9587
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,357242.79/cwt240.00–244.003,29542
Steers—Choice1,466235.35/cwt233.50–236.003,450178
Steers—Select and Choice1,517226.00/cwt226.00–226.003,4283
Steers—Choice1,567235.20/cwt234.00–238.003,686177
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,619235.75/cwt235.75–235.753,81739
Steers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,641224.64/cwt224.00–225.003,68687
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,219238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,90114
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,363245.10/cwt241.00–247.003,34184
Heifers—Choice1,375237.30/cwt234.50–240.003,263387

This sale against other markets

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