Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-04-05

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Apr 5
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
270 head
1,382 vs last sale 1,652 789 vs year ago 1,059 · 74.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Fed steers and heifers in a very light test sold steady to strong. No Holsteins to compare. Demand for this small offering was good. The weather deterred producers from hauling livestock to the barn. Cattle carried a small amount of tag. It has been difficult to keep cattle clean with the moisture and up and down temperatures. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Traditional slaughter weight lambs in a very light test sold with higher undertones. Demand for this small offering was good. Lambs weighing 70 lbs - 90 lbs were in highest demand. Bidding got very active and exciting between internet buyers and buyers in the seats for these medium weight lambs. Slaughter ewes sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Goats sold with lower undertones.

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
BullsHigh2,143123.482,64610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,63499.441,6257thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,53897.361,49833
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21780.1597546
HeifersChoiceAverage1,379172.142,37461
SteersChoiceLow1,531172.032,63439

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Bulls2,105129.30/cwt128.50–131.002,7223
Bulls2,245122.48/cwt117.00–125.002,7506
Bulls1,645112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,8421
HeifersChoice1,246172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,1436
CowsLean 85-90%1,25492.95/cwt87.00–96.001,16632
CowsLean 85-90%1,10530.36/cwt10.00–50.003358
CowsLean 85-90%1,16978.29/cwt75.00–85.009156
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67296.61/cwt96.00–97.501,6155
HeifersChoice1,334167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,22812
SteersChoice1,428167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,38512
SteersChoice1,421174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,4737
SteersChoice1,723174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,9986
SteersChoice1,592174.50/cwt174.50–174.502,77814
HeifersChoice1,410173.59/cwt172.00–175.002,44843
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46577.72/cwt60.00–91.001,1392
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,540106.53/cwt106.00–107.001,6412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,54398.63/cwt97.00–102.001,52231

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.