Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-02-19

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Feb 19
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,081 head
637 vs last sale 1,718 1,081 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 2.00 to 3.00 higher, heifers 1.00 to 2.00 higher, Holstein steers 3.00 higher. A nice offering of high quality grading steers and heifers were met with only moderate to good demand, few packer buyers participated this week. Weighing condition was fair as there were quite a few overnight cattle in, hides still carrying a good amount of tag. Estimated dressed cost looked to be 193.00-196.00. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher, bulls sold with higher undertones.

Slaughter lambs unevenly steady in a light test. Good slaughter ewes 6.00 to 10.00 lower, other grades not well compared. A limited offering of feeder lambs, no recent price comparison available. Good demand for slaughter ewes.

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
BullsHigh1,87479.381,48812
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,66074.501,23723
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50761.0892197
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28357.2473538
CowsLean 85-90%High1,17853.0562522
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,43996.931,39568
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,26293.001,1743thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,23981.001,0047thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,401118.811,66579
SteersChoiceAverage1,511120.521,820489
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,375118.521,63022
SteersSelectAverage1,216118.001,43510

Every lot, as filed

27 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%1,70371.57/cwt71.00–72.001,2192
SteersChoice1,557120.29/cwt118.00–121.001,873282
SteersSelect and Choice1,404118.25/cwt118.25–118.251,66010
HeifersChoice1,432118.03/cwt116.75–119.001,69034
HeifersChoice1,321115.55/cwt115.00–117.001,52611
CowsLean 85-90%1,16062.70/cwt59.00–64.007279
CowsLean 85-90%1,23941.62/cwt36.00–45.005167
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27957.05/cwt53.00–63.5073030
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37366.38/cwt64.00–68.509114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22749.57/cwt48.00–52.006084
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48164.48/cwt60.00–68.5095558
SteersChoice1,447120.74/cwt118.00–121.001,747184
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,26293.00/cwt93.00–93.001,1743
Dairy SteersSelect1,23981.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0047
Dairy SteersChoice1,43996.93/cwt95.00–99.001,39568
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53855.19/cwt51.00–59.0084937
Bulls1,68089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,4951
Bulls1,85780.70/cwt77.00–85.001,4998
Bulls1,89871.00/cwt71.00–71.001,3482
Bulls2,15576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,6381
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,66074.50/cwt74.00–76.001,23723
CowsLean 85-90%1,13351.92/cwt46.00–55.005886
HeifersChoiceNatural1,396120.64/cwt120.00–121.001,68434
SteersChoiceNatural1,437121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,74619
SteersChoiceNatural1,511121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,8364
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,216118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,43510
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,351118.74/cwt118.00–120.251,60412

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.