Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-01-22

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Jan 22
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,176 head
418 vs last sale 1,594 1,176 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers steady to 1.00 lower, Holstein steers 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Moderate to good demand from packer buyers for this nice offering of high quality grading, hard fed steers and heifers. Weighing conditions average to full, hides continue to be dirty. Estimated dressed cost 196.00-200.00 this week. Not as many two way buyers present this week but those that were here were active bidders on cattle that looked to be able to stand more days on feed. Slaughter cows and bulls steady with Monday's sale.

Slaughter lambs too lightly tested to allow a good market comparison. Slaughter ewes sold with lower undertones. Feeder lambs not well tested. A light offering of sheep this week after a two day blizzard over the weekend.

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
BullsLow1,76478.821,39011
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,58460.8096366
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,35256.8576848
CowsLean 85-90%High1,25646.9258927
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,47891.051,34670
HeifersChoiceAverage1,278120.351,538367
SteersChoiceAverage1,502120.411,808321
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,364116.991,59659

Every lot, as filed

17 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75469.43/cwt69.00–71.001,2185
Bulls1,99573.32/cwt72.00–74.001,4633
Bulls1,67780.88/cwt77.00–83.001,3568
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47852.42/cwt51.00–53.007759
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24261.60/cwt60.00–62.0076512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35856.22/cwt53.00–59.0076327
Dairy SteersChoice1,47891.05/cwt90.00–93.001,34670
HeifersChoice1,272120.66/cwt118.75–124.501,535327
SteersChoice1,349121.22/cwt118.75–121.751,63598
SteersChoice1,569120.06/cwt118.75–124.001,884223
SteersSelect and Choice1,364116.99/cwt116.00–120.001,59659
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62654.46/cwt51.00–56.0088624
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53463.75/cwt61.50–67.0097837
CowsLean 85-90%1,14755.51/cwt55.00–56.006376
CowsLean 85-90%1,31140.05/cwt34.00–43.5052510
CowsLean 85-90%1,26548.49/cwt46.00–53.0061311
HeifersChoice1,327117.84/cwt116.75–118.001,56440

How this sale compares

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.