Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2024-07-31

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Jul 31
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
641 head
106 vs last sale 747 246 vs year ago 887 · 27.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice slaughter steers 3.00-4.00 higher, with steers over 1500 lbs 6.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. Not enough dairy steers for comparison. Most of the sale consisted of smaller strings, along with two load lots of 1400 lb steers. Good demand. Slaughter cows: Breaker cows 1.00 higher. Not enough Boner or Lean cows for comparison. Bulls steady.

Slaughter lambs: Lambs 60 lbs 21.00 lower, 70 lbs 10.00-13.00 lower, 80 lbs 37.00 lower, 90 lbs 10.00-18.00 lower. Lambs 100 lbs 3.00 lower, 110-130 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 140 lbs 1.00 lower. Slaughter ewes steady to 3.00 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
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,457188.002,7395thin
BullsHigh1,761166.472,93117
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,603147.922,37128
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,498146.402,19377
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,437133.791,9239thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05498.861,04233
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,524171.482,6137thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,386202.252,80322
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,240196.212,43463
SteersChoiceAverage1,462202.512,961194
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,391198.492,76131

Every lot, as filed

23 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%1,437133.79/cwt132.00–137.001,9239
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,498146.40/cwt141.00–153.002,19377
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,903191.00/cwt191.00–191.003,6353
HeifersChoice1,368202.20/cwt202.00–202.252,76614
CowsLean 85-90%1,100106.01/cwt96.00–109.001,16618
CowsLean 85-90%1,088117.49/cwt114.00–125.001,2785
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,647201.50/cwt201.50–201.503,3193
SteersChoice1,530203.62/cwt203.00–205.003,11530
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,417202.35/cwt201.50–205.002,8678
HeifersSelect and Choice1,270190.66/cwt190.00–196.002,42127
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,603147.92/cwt144.00–149.502,37128
CowsLean 85-90%95376.69/cwt70.00–82.5073110
SteersChoice1,442202.21/cwt201.25–203.252,916138
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,395202.23/cwt200.00–204.502,82115
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,457188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,7395
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,615204.50/cwt204.50–204.503,3038
SteersSelect and Choice1,382192.19/cwt191.00–193.002,65610
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,218200.37/cwt199.00–200.502,44136
Dairy SteersChoice1,524171.48/cwt170.00–172.502,6137
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,311203.24/cwt201.00–203.502,66418
Bulls1,875176.17/cwt173.00–180.003,3034
Bulls1,681165.12/cwt159.00–167.502,77611
Bulls1,970154.47/cwt154.00–155.003,0432

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.