Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-12-27

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Dec 27
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
502 head
708 vs last sale 1,210 503 vs year ago 1,005 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice slaughter steers were 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady. Not enough dairy steers for comparison. Several load lots and many smaller groups in the offering today. Demand was good throughout the sale.

Slaughter cows: Limited numbers of slaughter cows today. Not enough breaker or boner cows for comparison. Lean cows remain steady.

Slaughter sheep: Light numbers of slaughter lambs today, due to the holiday. Lambs in the 100 lb range were steady to 6.00 higher. Slaughter ewes mostly steady to 5.00 higher, at times reaching 10.00 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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,63090.001,4671thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20467.9081742
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,718152.002,6113thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,435173.592,491212
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,257169.532,13124
SteersChoiceAverage1,514173.172,622180
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,328170.092,25914

Every lot, as filed

15 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,63090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4671
CowsLean 85-90%1,28977.25/cwt72.00–84.0099631
CowsLean 85-90%1,29862.77/cwt60.00–67.508154
CowsLean 85-90%77229.45/cwt27.50–31.002277
HeifersSelect and Choice1,278166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,1214
HeifersChoice1,456173.47/cwt170.00–175.502,526157
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,448174.37/cwt173.50–175.002,52581
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,628173.23/cwt172.00–175.002,82048
Dairy SteersChoice1,718152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,6113
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,328170.09/cwt168.00–173.002,25914
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,575175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,75610
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,253170.23/cwt169.00–176.002,13320
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,376173.93/cwt173.00–176.002,39355
SteersChoice1,539170.15/cwt168.00–172.502,61923
SteersChoice1,444170.48/cwt168.00–171.752,46218

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.