Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2026-03-18

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 18
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
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Receipts
411 head
▼ 517 vs last sale 928▼ 646 vs year ago 1,057 · −61.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers 5.00 to 9.00 higher. A light offering of steers and heifers. Demand good, yet not all packer buyers participated. Cattle feeders have been disappointed in the trajectory of the fat market lately, which resulted in few producers opting to market their cattle this week.

Slaughter lambs under 130 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 lower, over 130 lbs unevenly steady. Slaughter ewes steady to 5.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for slaughter lambs, very good demand for feeder lambs, good demand for slaughter ewes, very good demand for bred ewes and ewe/lamb families. Many long strings of slaughter lambs, including full loads and half loads.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,532242.893,72247
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,591237.173,77321
HeifersChoiceAverage1,428241.383,44725
SteersChoiceAverage1,575245.013,85991

Every lot

9 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,449244.00/cwt244.00–244.003,5368
Steers—Choice1,516244.00/cwt244.00–244.003,69940
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,566246.50/cwt246.50–246.503,86011
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,683246.00/cwt246.00–246.004,14032
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,339244.50/cwt244.50–244.503,2748
Heifers—Choice1,470239.91/cwt236.00–241.003,52717
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,492245.00/cwt245.00–245.003,65536
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,664236.00/cwt236.00–236.003,92711
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,591237.17/cwt233.00–244.003,77321

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.
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