Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-08-24

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 24
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,996 head
862 vs last sale 1,134 491 vs year ago 1,505 · +32.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 2.00 to 3.00 lower, heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Holsteins sold with lower undertones. Demand for this large offering of eye appealing cattle was moderate. Black hided are in biggest demand creating price gaps. Estimated dressed cost is 231.00 - 237.00. CME Live Cattle Futures closed lower, while corn was slightly higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Traditional weight slaughter lambs 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand for this large offering was moderate. Slaughter ewes steady to 5.00 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
BullsAverage1,886111.642,1058thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52393.841,42946
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,43683.191,19565
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23169.5785786
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,428131.571,87986
HeifersChoiceLow1,330147.601,963474
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,148142.471,63638
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,311149.021,953232
SteersChoiceAverage1,484145.172,155648

Every lot, as filed

26 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58690.08/cwt87.00–91.501,42912
CowsLean 85-90%1,34075.13/cwt73.00–78.001,00725
HeifersChoice1,292140.22/cwt137.50–142.501,81230
CowsLean 85-90%89342.66/cwt41.00–46.003813
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,434153.32/cwt152.75–153.502,19954
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43085.00/cwt82.00–89.001,21644
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46196.44/cwt96.00–97.501,40922
HeifersChoice1,357146.96/cwt145.00–149.501,994312
HeifersSelect and Choice1,148142.47/cwt139.50–143.501,63638
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,275150.79/cwt148.00–156.251,923132
SteersSelect and Choice1,257152.50/cwt152.25–154.501,91763
CowsLean 85-90%1,20268.57/cwt61.00–72.0082458
SteersChoice1,518144.55/cwt142.25–148.002,194376
SteersChoice1,408145.11/cwt143.00–147.002,04398
SteersChoice1,464141.31/cwt138.00–142.002,06985
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,523153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,33011
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,435147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,10924
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,344148.63/cwt147.50–149.501,998150
Dairy SteersChoice1,428131.57/cwt128.00–135.501,87986
SteersSelect and Choice1,225140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,72119
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44378.86/cwt74.00–81.001,13820
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57292.85/cwt92.00–94.001,46012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,55590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4001
Bulls2,042111.45/cwt106.00–115.002,2765
Bulls1,578102.44/cwt101.00–104.001,6172
Bulls1,720131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,2531

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.