Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-08-10

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 10
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,127 head
486 vs last sale 641 223 vs year ago 1,350 · 16.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Holsteins 3.00 to 5.00 lower in a light test. Demand for this nice offering of slaughter cattle was good. Program cattle showed a nice premium today. Most cattle were hauled in overnight making weighing conditions good. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering was moderate. Slaughter ewes Good 2-3 & Utility 10.00 to 15.00 higher, Good 4-5 25.00 to 30.00 higher.

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
BullsHigh1,896109.972,08622
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,56091.071,42158
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,38385.061,17649
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20371.4185962
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,478129.761,91815
HeifersChoiceAverage1,292146.251,890434
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,242136.501,6955thin
SteersChoiceLow1,472145.892,147356
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,277138.351,76713
SteersSelectAverage1,181135.501,6004thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
HeifersChoice1,302144.16/cwt142.35–146.001,877294
HeifersChoice1,246139.88/cwt138.75–140.001,74343
CowsLean 85-90%1,28375.89/cwt73.50–80.0097437
CowsLean 85-90%1,08550.21/cwt40.00–56.005455
CowsLean 85-90%1,08668.42/cwt61.00–72.0074320
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,92071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,3631
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,438144.84/cwt141.50–149.002,08313
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,432156.80/cwt156.00–158.002,24554
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51487.31/cwt86.00–88.001,3229
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49197.00/cwt97.00–97.001,4464
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,543142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,1915
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,504153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,3016
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,368139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,9024
SteersChoice1,513143.59/cwt143.50–145.002,173142
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,284155.42/cwt152.00–160.751,99697
HeifersSelect and Choice1,242136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,6955
SteersSelect1,181135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,6004
SteersSelect and Choice1,282138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,7769
Dairy SteersChoice1,478129.76/cwt128.50–131.001,91815
SteersChoice1,447144.21/cwt143.00–147.752,087121
SteersChoice1,438142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,04211
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,266138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,7474
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56891.76/cwt89.00–95.001,43944
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21579.00/cwt79.00–79.009601
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38685.19/cwt81.00–88.001,18148
Bulls2,021121.76/cwt119.00–124.002,4614
Bulls1,943112.72/cwt109.00–116.002,19010
Bulls1,776100.64/cwt73.00–105.001,7878

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.