Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-06-02

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Jun 2
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
669 head
462 vs last sale 1,131 258 vs year ago 927 · 27.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Conventional cattle were to few to make a meaningful comparison. The demand for drug free and non implant cattle was good, they sold steady to $1 higher. Light offering of clean hided cattle, most cattle hauled in overnight. Slaughter Cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher.

Traditional slaughter weight sheep 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering of slaughter weight sheep was good. Demand for feeder lambs was good as well. Slaughter ewes Good 2-3 steady to 1.00 higher, Good 4-5 and Utility 1-2 3.00 to 7.00 higher, Cull 1 12.00 to 13.00 lower.

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
BullsAverage1,94090.551,75710
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,55180.301,24549
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45969.121,00838
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,33964.2586064
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17255.2564735
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,38798.001,35913
HeifersChoiceAverage1,343120.151,613138
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,188112.501,3379thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,590120.041,90996

Every lot, as filed

26 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
HeifersSelect and Choice1,204110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,3305
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,92299.00/cwt99.00–99.001,90313
CowsLean 85-90%1,19357.86/cwt53.00–61.5069026
Dairy SteersChoice1,38798.00/cwt98.00–98.001,35913
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61461.50/cwt56.00–64.009933
SteersChoiceNatural1,568122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,92143
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1961
CowsLean 85-90%1,08245.67/cwt42.00–52.504945
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,347118.88/cwt118.00–120.001,60182
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51040.00/cwt40.00–40.006041
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33364.77/cwt60.00–68.0086362
CowsLean 85-90%1,07062.00/cwt62.00–62.006632
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,54380.01/cwt76.00–85.001,23547
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,74087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,5142
CowsBoner 80-85%1,52056.00/cwt56.00–56.008511
CowsLean 85-90%1,21838.53/cwt37.00–40.004692
Bulls2,05994.32/cwt90.00–99.501,9425
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,453126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,83110
SteersChoice1,494122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,8236
Bulls1,82186.78/cwt84.00–90.001,5805
SteersChoiceNatural1,409123.64/cwt122.00–125.001,7429
SteersChoice1,796117.00/cwt117.00–117.002,1015
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,512128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,93510
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44169.62/cwt65.00–74.001,00334
HeifersChoiceNatural1,336122.02/cwt120.50–128.001,63056
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,168115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3434

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.