Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-08-04

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 4
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,004 head
631 vs last sale 373 509 vs year ago 1,513 · 33.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 2.00 higher, heifers to few to make a meaningful comparison. Holstein steers steady to 2.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering of cattle was moderate. Estimated dressed cost 1.92 - 2.00. CME Live Cattle futures closed higher, while corn was lower. Slaughter cows Breaker 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Boner steady, Lean to few to make a meaningful comparison. Bulls 4.00 to 7.00 higher.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs 16.00 to 19.00 lower. Demand for this large offering was moderate. Ewes Good 2-3 3.00 to 7.00 lower, Utility 1-2 5.00 lower, Good 4-5 & Cull to few to make a meaningful comparison.

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
BullsAverage1,82495.771,74615
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,51587.511,32627
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49474.571,11456
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36667.3892062
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,15554.6563142
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,414116.781,65188
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,303112.631,46810
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,309105.761,38416
HeifersChoiceAverage1,327124.841,657121
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,125117.281,31917
SteersChoiceAverage1,463124.621,823359
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,320121.381,60358

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,303112.63/cwt112.00–113.001,46810
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34967.58/cwt65.00–69.0091245
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,326121.12/cwt118.50–125.501,60639
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49274.90/cwt71.00–78.501,11846
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,59583.51/cwt83.00–84.001,33219
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48667.57/cwt65.00–68.501,0044
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,462133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,94440
SteersChoice1,551119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,8464
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,104116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2818
SteersChoice1,708123.72/cwt121.50–124.002,11336
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,297127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,6479
HeifersChoice1,331122.86/cwt120.00–124.001,63578
HeifersChoice1,335129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,72238
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,208124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,4985
SteersChoice1,422120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,70612
HeifersSelect and Choice1,143118.42/cwt117.00–120.001,3549
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,350128.34/cwt127.00–129.501,73332
SteersSelect and Choice1,319117.35/cwt115.00–119.001,54810
CowsLean 85-90%1,27438.86/cwt35.00–41.004953
CowsLean 85-90%1,30768.44/cwt66.00–69.0089515
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,601119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,9054
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51781.59/cwt81.00–82.001,2385
SteersChoice1,544123.12/cwt122.50–124.001,90119
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,32697.00/cwt97.00–97.001,2868
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39171.34/cwt71.00–73.0099210
CowsLean 85-90%1,09563.04/cwt62.00–64.006902
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43760.42/cwt51.00–62.008687
CowsLean 85-90%1,04146.64/cwt40.00–57.0048622
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51552.50/cwt52.50–52.507951
Bulls1,853101.51/cwt98.00–102.501,8816
Bulls2,150104.50/cwt104.00–105.002,2472
Dairy SteersSelect1,309105.76/cwt104.50–106.501,38416
SteersChoice1,429123.23/cwt121.00–125.001,761212
Dairy SteersChoice1,414116.78/cwt114.00–118.001,65188
Bulls1,70588.35/cwt81.00–94.001,5067

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.