Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2024-01-03

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Jan 3
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,178 head
676 vs last sale 502 173 vs year ago 1,005 · +17.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: The market continues to rebound. Choice slaughter steers were steady to 2.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady to 1.00 higher. Not enough dairy cattle for comparison. Several load lots of mostly steers in the offering today., along with many smaller packages of both steers and heifers. Demand was good throughout the sale. Slaughter cows: Not enough breaker or boner cows in the previous sale for comparison. Lean cows were steady to 1.00 higher. Good offering of bulls today but not enough bulls last week for comparison.

Slaughter sheep: Slaughter lambs in the 100 lb range were 10.00 higher today. Slaughter ewes were mostly 5.00-10.00 lower.

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
BullsLow1,880108.842,04619
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,648102.391,68710
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48097.971,450126
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37487.721,20582
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23063.5778263
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,478145.502,15014
HeifersChoiceAverage1,468174.362,559139
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,330170.372,26635
HeifersSelectAverage1,339160.002,1425thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,558174.662,722517
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,435167.582,40447
SteersSelectAverage1,279151.701,94010

Every lot, as filed

27 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
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,462168.37/cwt168.00–169.002,4628
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,560176.17/cwt173.00–177.002,748137
HeifersChoice1,491174.52/cwt172.50–176.002,60294
HeifersSelect and Choice1,411169.84/cwt169.00–170.502,39615
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,366170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,3224
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,419174.02/cwt172.50–177.002,46945
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,659168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,78711
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,661174.65/cwt170.50–177.002,901135
CowsLean 85-90%1,30480.53/cwt73.00–83.001,05030
CowsLean 85-90%96128.89/cwt22.50–40.0027814
CowsLean 85-90%1,31162.33/cwt51.00–71.0081719
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,648102.39/cwt101.00–105.501,68710
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,339160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,1425
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,245170.96/cwt167.00–174.002,12816
SteersChoice1,562173.63/cwt173.00–175.502,712118
SteersSelect and Choice1,495165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,4672
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,279151.70/cwt151.00–152.001,94010
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,327167.35/cwt160.00–171.002,22126
Dairy SteersChoice1,478145.50/cwt145.50–145.502,15014
SteersChoice1,462172.49/cwt171.00–174.002,52226
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,439174.39/cwt172.00–176.502,509101
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46597.51/cwt92.00–104.001,429120
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,776107.15/cwt106.00–108.001,9036
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37487.72/cwt84.00–91.001,20582
Bulls1,62882.26/cwt77.00–87.501,3392
Bulls1,879106.40/cwt100.00–111.001,9999
Bulls1,944118.22/cwt113.00–119.502,2988

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.