Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-05-19

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, May 19
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,338 head
432 vs last sale 906 315 vs year ago 1,653 · 19.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers steady to 1.00 higher, heifers 1.00 to 2.00 higher, Holstein steers steady to 3.00 higher. Demand for this offering of hard fed clean cattle was moderate. Drug free cattle showed to be of higher value today. CME Live Cattle Futures are up slightly, corn is also up today. Packer buyers not interested in chasing the market. Estimated dressed cost 189.00 to 195.00. Slaughter cows Breakers and Lean steady, Boners steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Very light offering of traditional slaughter weight lambs today, lambs weighing between 100-149 were 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Very large offering of non traditional weight lambs with some going to slaughter and several going back to the feed yard. Demand for sheep was very good today. Slaughter ewes Good 2-3 5.00 to 6.00 lower, Good 4-5 steady, Utility1-2 7.00 to 10.00 higher, Cull 1 steady to 3.00 higher.

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
BullsAverage2,07688.011,82719
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,64280.051,315110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47870.751,04650
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29665.2584559
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18853.0563048
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,455101.421,476113
HeifersChoiceAverage1,366118.251,615233
SteersChoiceAverage1,522120.411,833371

Every lot, as filed

19 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,15747.32/cwt45.00–49.005474
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,650119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,96424
SteersChoice1,536120.57/cwt119.50–121.001,852246
HeifersChoice1,360117.92/cwt116.75–119.001,604206
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,62879.60/cwt75.50–83.001,296100
HeifersChoice1,487115.72/cwt115.00–116.001,72115
CowsBoner 80-85%1,85560.00/cwt60.00–60.001,1131
CowsLean 85-90%1,07064.00/cwt64.00–64.006851
CowsLean 85-90%1,25256.65/cwt52.00–61.5070938
CowsLean 85-90%75228.12/cwt26.00–35.002115
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,78584.50/cwt84.50–84.501,50810
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28665.34/cwt62.00–68.0084058
Bulls2,11794.55/cwt92.00–97.002,0027
Dairy SteersChoice1,455101.42/cwt98.50–105.001,476113
Bulls2,05284.20/cwt70.00–89.501,72812
SteersChoiceNatural1,550129.00/cwt129.00–129.002,00011
HeifersChoiceNatural1,316127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,67112
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47870.75/cwt68.00–75.001,04650
SteersChoice1,447119.31/cwt117.00–119.501,72690

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.