Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-07-06

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Jul 6
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,230 head
98 vs last sale 1,132 54 vs year ago 1,284 · 4.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 1.00 to 4.00 lower, heifers 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Holsteins 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering was moderate. 18 semi loads offered this week. Black hided cattle in biggest demand. Estimated dressed cost 229.00 - 236.00. CME Live Cattle and Corn both higher. Slaughter cows Breaker and Lean steady to 2.00 lower, Boner 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Bulls 1.00 to 4.00 lower.

Traditional weight slaughter lamb 25.00 to 30.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering of lambs was less than moderate. Slaughter ewes Good 2-3 steady to 5.00 lower, Utility 9.00 to 15.00 higher, Good 4-5 and 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
BullsHigh1,898105.762,00823
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,58992.721,47363
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,39486.921,21284
CowsLean 85-90%High1,21176.6892940
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,335125.011,66912
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,290119.781,54513
HeifersChoiceLow1,296143.911,866369
SteersChoiceAverage1,491144.592,156448
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,304138.001,8006thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
HeifersChoice1,303140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,82422
CowsLean 85-90%1,22882.82/cwt82.00–83.501,01711
CowsLean 85-90%1,24576.64/cwt74.00–79.0095425
CowsLean 85-90%95460.00/cwt60.00–60.005724
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,950100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,9601
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53093.83/cwt92.50–99.001,43646
SteersChoice1,544144.97/cwt144.00–146.502,238152
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73589.03/cwt83.00–90.501,54516
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,304138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,8006
SteersChoiceNatural1,500155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,3254
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,602146.75/cwt146.75–146.752,35170
HeifersChoice1,302144.69/cwt143.00–146.751,884308
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,290119.78/cwt119.00–121.001,54513
Dairy SteersChoice1,335125.01/cwt124.00–125.501,66912
SteersChoice1,420143.47/cwt142.25–144.252,037222
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,248140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,74739
CowsBoner 80-85%1,57479.73/cwt62.00–83.001,25513
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,1591
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36388.18/cwt84.00–91.501,20270
Bulls2,155120.46/cwt120.00–121.002,5962
Bulls1,65397.60/cwt71.00–108.001,61312
Bulls2,168113.38/cwt109.00–117.002,4589

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.