Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-08-17

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 17
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,134 head
7 vs last sale 1,127 466 vs year ago 1,600 · 29.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Holsteins steady to 2.00 higher compared to a light test. Demand for this offering of slaughter cattle was moderate. Program cattle showed a nice premium today. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Bulls sold steady.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand for this offering was moderate. Slaughter ewes sold weak on a light test this week.

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
BullsAverage1,953112.322,19315
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,52886.771,32655
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32382.691,09475
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14271.3481530
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,337127.871,71013
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,428117.051,6712thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,448135.501,96224
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,377132.241,82160
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,286119.281,53412
HeifersChoiceAverage1,312150.171,970192
HeifersSelectAverage1,177141.481,66533
SteersChoiceLow1,464148.522,175546
SteersSelectAverage1,318138.391,82529

Every lot, as filed

30 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,19179.86/cwt74.00–82.0095111
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56075.47/cwt74.00–80.001,1777
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47389.70/cwt85.50–93.001,32123
SteersSelectCertified Prgms1,144147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,6827
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53582.90/cwt79.50–84.501,27319
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,364145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,9786
HeifersSelect1,204140.67/cwt137.00–141.001,69428
HeifersChoice1,347147.05/cwt144.00–151.001,98197
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,276153.36/cwt145.50–157.001,95795
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,482152.37/cwt150.00–159.002,25870
CowsLean 85-90%1,03752.43/cwt45.00–57.005446
SteersSelect1,374135.65/cwt135.00–137.001,86422
SteersChoice1,521148.19/cwt144.00–151.502,254269
SteersChoice1,391146.78/cwt142.00–148.502,042177
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,340154.61/cwt153.00–155.002,07224
Dairy SteersSelect1,286119.28/cwt118.00–125.001,53412
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,437134.97/cwt133.00–139.001,94019
Dairy SteersChoice1,377132.24/cwt124.00–135.001,82160
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeCertified Prgms1,489137.50/cwt137.50–137.502,0475
HeifersSelectCertified Prgms1,025146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,4975
CowsLean 85-90%1,10968.06/cwt63.00–71.007559
CowsLean 85-90%1,24283.68/cwt82.50–87.001,0394
Dairy HeifersSelect1,428117.05/cwt116.00–118.001,6712
Dairy HeifersChoice1,337127.87/cwt123.00–131.001,71013
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,682101.02/cwt98.00–101.501,6996
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32984.10/cwt81.00–89.501,11858
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30377.89/cwt76.00–80.501,01517
Bulls1,899113.51/cwt108.00–117.002,1568
Bulls1,90296.75/cwt86.00–103.001,8403
Bulls2,099121.60/cwt120.00–124.002,5524

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.