Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-02-09

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Feb 9
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,686 head
183 vs last sale 1,503 325 vs year ago 1,361 · +23.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers Choice 2-3 2.00 to 4.00 lower, Choice 3-4 steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter Heifers 1.00 lower, Holsteins 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering of cattle was moderate. Most cattle were hauled in overnight making the weighing conditions good for the buyer. Estimated dressed cost 223.00 - 230.00. CME Live Cattle closed high, corn also jumped higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 to 7.00 higher.

Traditional slaughter weight lambs 15.00 to 20.00 lower, over 150 lbs 5.00 to 9.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering was moderate. Slaughter ewes 15.00 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
BullsAverage1,92798.051,88922
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,70981.141,38740
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,51075.431,139195
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,57769.221,091164
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19456.9668044
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,555119.771,86355
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,393109.261,52226
HeifersChoiceAverage1,432139.651,999374
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,299142.261,84854
SteersChoiceLow1,559138.822,165511

Every lot, as filed

32 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
Bulls1,74798.32/cwt96.00–101.001,71814
Bulls2,300107.00/cwt103.00–109.002,4615
Bulls2,14281.89/cwt79.00–83.001,7543
CowsBoner 80-85%1,60163.64/cwt62.00–64.001,0195
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49548.00/cwt48.00–48.007181
CowsBoner 80-85%1,59069.23/cwt65.00–72.501,101146
Dairy SteersChoice1,567119.25/cwt117.50–122.001,86949
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,393109.26/cwt108.50–111.251,52226
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,248140.10/cwt140.10–140.101,74818
SteersSelect and Choice1,299137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,7866
SteersChoice1,591137.67/cwt135.50–138.752,19018
SteersChoice1,537139.09/cwt138.00–142.502,138190
SteersChoice1,416137.88/cwt135.00–140.001,95285
Dairy SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,461124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,8126
HeifersChoice1,417137.57/cwt135.00–140.001,949218
HeifersChoice1,346134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,8105
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,580145.21/cwt142.25–147.002,29428
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,355145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,97210
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,640138.15/cwt137.25–139.002,266190
SteersSelect and ChoiceNatural1,318144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,89820
CowsLean 85-90%1,12760.00/cwt59.00–63.0067619
CowsLean 85-90%1,13866.18/cwt64.00–68.5075311
CowsLean 85-90%1,34950.67/cwt41.00–57.0068410
CowsLean 85-90%1,27432.93/cwt26.00–38.004204
HeifersChoiceNatural1,554147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,28421
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65036.00/cwt36.00–36.005941
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56482.28/cwt79.00–85.001,28710
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,70981.14/cwt79.00–84.001,38740
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41073.16/cwt73.00–74.001,03212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42170.62/cwt68.50–72.501,00421
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51775.87/cwt73.00–78.001,151163
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,440142.15/cwt141.25–144.752,047130

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.