Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-07-21

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Jul 21
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,302 head
89 vs last sale 1,213 207 vs year ago 1,509 · 13.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 5.00 to 7.00 lower, heifers 7.00 lower. Holsteins steers 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand for this offering of clean cattle was good. Seventeen loads full loads offered this week. Weighing conditions favorable as most were hauled in overnight. CME Live Cattle and Corn both higher today. Slaughter cows Breaker and Lean steady, Boner 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls steady.

Traditional slaughter weight lambs 8.00 to 11.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering of lambs was moderate. Ewes Good 2-3 and 4-5 steady, Utility 10.00 to 20.00 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
BullsLow2,00392.461,85236
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,70982.401,40825
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52674.941,14355
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,32761.1281118
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,16752.5161340
Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,456109.871,59969
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,429103.801,48324
HeifersChoiceAverage1,291116.681,50699
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,227114.061,39917
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,376117.701,620119
SteersChoiceAverage1,480117.701,742618

Every lot, as filed

23 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 Choice1,238117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,44812
SteersChoice1,460117.37/cwt116.00–121.501,714378
SteersChoice1,523118.30/cwt117.00–120.501,802213
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,429103.80/cwt102.50–105.001,48324
HeifersSelect and Choice1,200107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,2845
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30560.00/cwt60.00–60.007831
SteersSelect and Choice1,403116.75/cwt116.75–116.751,6388
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,414117.55/cwt116.00–120.251,66227
Dairy SteersChoice1,620119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,9368
CowsLean 85-90%1,12649.43/cwt40.00–56.0055728
HeifersChoice1,291116.68/cwt115.00–119.001,50699
Dairy SteersChoice1,434108.61/cwt107.00–114.001,55761
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,374117.77/cwt117.25–119.001,618111
CowsLean 85-90%1,26459.70/cwt57.00–62.0075512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51773.04/cwt70.00–76.001,10835
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16551.56/cwt50.00–56.006016
CowsBoner 80-85%1,52071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,0793
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37064.19/cwt62.00–67.008799
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55379.24/cwt78.00–80.001,23119
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,70982.40/cwt80.00–87.001,40825
Bulls2,07087.80/cwt83.00–90.001,81715
Bulls1,843100.56/cwt99.50–102.501,8537
Bulls2,01093.41/cwt90.00–97.001,87814

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.