Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-05-18

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, May 18
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
740 head
198 vs last sale 938 598 vs year ago 1,338 · 44.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter Steers steady to 1.00 lower, heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Holsteins sold with definite higher undertones. Demand for this light offering of cattle was moderate. Estimated dressed cost was 232.00. CME Live Cattle were lower along with corn. Slaughter cows sold with much higher undertones. Bulls to few to make a meaningful comparison.

Traditional slaughter weight sheep 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Slaughter ewes Good 4-5 5.00 to 10.00 higher, Good 2-3 & Utility steady to 3.00 lower, Cull to few to make a meaningful comparison. Demand for this nice offering of sheep was good.

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
BullsAverage1,755110.001,9311thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,92991.871,7724thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49184.261,25637
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,45776.611,11621
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,43871.241,02554
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,513130.481,97421
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,458122.331,78332
HeifersChoiceAverage1,320142.051,875195
HeifersSelect and ChoiceLow1,265136.001,7209thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,474142.102,094164
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,404138.431,94435
SteersSelectAverage1,181120.501,4238thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Bulls1,755110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,9311
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62788.21/cwt87.00–89.001,43512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41776.95/cwt76.00–79.001,09018
CowsBoner 80-85%1,69774.59/cwt74.00–75.001,2663
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41782.55/cwt80.00–86.001,17024
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,2791
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,485121.09/cwt120.00–126.001,79827
HeifersChoice1,310141.89/cwt140.00–142.001,859173
HeifersSelect and Choice1,265136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,7209
SteersChoice1,534142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,17840
SteersSelect1,181120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,4238
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,312129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,6925
Dairy SteersChoice1,513130.48/cwt129.50–131.001,97421
SteersChoice1,460142.14/cwt140.00–144.002,07583
SteersChoice1,434139.25/cwt138.00–140.001,99722
CowsLean 85-90%1,25465.50/cwt64.00–69.0082110
CowsLean 85-90%1,06530.00/cwt30.00–30.003201
SteersSelect and Choice1,433137.78/cwt135.00–138.501,97423
SteersSelect and Choice1,363136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,8548
CowsLean 85-90%1,49073.54/cwt70.00–75.001,09643
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,92991.87/cwt91.00–95.001,7724
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,400145.07/cwt144.50–146.002,03115
HeifersChoice1,399139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,9527
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,453145.40/cwt145.00–145.502,11319
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,321147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,9424

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.