Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-07-27

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Jul 27
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
897 head
90 vs last sale 807 524 vs year ago 373 · +140.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers steady to 1.00 higher, heifers 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Holsteins in a light test sold with steady undertones. Demand for this nice offering of eye appealing slaughter cattle was moderate. CME Live Cattle were higher while corn was slightly lower. Slaughter cows Breaker and Boner steady to 1.00 higher, Lean 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Bulls steady to 1.00 higher.

Traditional slaughter weight lambs 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Demand for this large offering was moderate. Sheep under 100 lbs sold with higher undertones. Slaughter ewes Good 4-5 and Utility 1-2 steady to 5.00 lower, Good 2-3 10.00 lower, 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
BullsLow1,70295.561,62717
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,62289.641,45440
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,42281.811,16345
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,27965.5483992
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,486126.001,87217
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,405122.251,71812
HeifersChoiceAverage1,300142.341,850270
SteersChoiceLow1,475142.992,110244

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
HeifersChoice1,295142.12/cwt138.50–144.001,840244
CowsLean 85-90%1,13954.06/cwt30.00–59.5061626
CowsLean 85-90%1,25766.40/cwt61.00–70.0083534
CowsLean 85-90%1,18579.00/cwt79.00–79.009362
CowsLean 85-90%1,43373.62/cwt71.00–76.001,05530
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73784.28/cwt80.00–86.001,4643
SteersChoice1,416139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,97510
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59689.40/cwt86.00–93.501,42735
SteersChoiceNatural1,580150.84/cwt146.00–152.502,38325
SteersChoiceNatural1,484147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,1815
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,511149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,2515
HeifersChoice1,225137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,67811
Dairy SteersChoice1,486126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,87217
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,313128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,6876
SteersChoice1,336141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,89010
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,438149.75/cwt149.75–149.752,15315
SteersChoice1,572142.57/cwt142.00–143.352,24193
SteersChoice1,373141.35/cwt140.00–143.001,94196
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,497116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,7376
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,903101.94/cwt101.00–103.001,9402
CowsBoner 80-85%1,67564.00/cwt64.00–64.001,0721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41083.41/cwt81.00–86.001,17637
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44975.87/cwt70.00–79.501,0997
Bulls1,65091.32/cwt81.00–101.001,50712
Bulls1,827105.75/cwt102.00–109.001,9325

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.