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
Bulls—Average1,953112.322,19315
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 Prgms—1,144147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,6827
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53582.90/cwt79.50–84.501,27319
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,364145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,9786
HeifersSelect—1,204140.67/cwt137.00–141.001,69428
HeifersChoice—1,347147.05/cwt144.00–151.001,98197
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,276153.36/cwt145.50–157.001,95795
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,482152.37/cwt150.00–159.002,25870
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03752.43/cwt45.00–57.005446
SteersSelect—1,374135.65/cwt135.00–137.001,86422
SteersChoice—1,521148.19/cwt144.00–151.502,254269
SteersChoice—1,391146.78/cwt142.00–148.502,042177
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,340154.61/cwt153.00–155.002,07224
Dairy SteersSelect—1,286119.28/cwt118.00–125.001,53412
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,437134.97/cwt133.00–139.001,94019
Dairy SteersChoice—1,377132.24/cwt124.00–135.001,82160
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeCertified Prgms—1,489137.50/cwt137.50–137.502,0475
HeifersSelectCertified Prgms—1,025146.00/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 HeifersSelect—1,428117.05/cwt116.00–118.001,6712
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,337127.87/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
Bulls——1,899113.51/cwt108.00–117.002,1568
Bulls——1,90296.75/cwt86.00–103.001,8403
Bulls——2,099121.60/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.