Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2024-08-14

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 14
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,328 head
331 vs last sale 997 295 vs year ago 1,623 · 18.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice slaughter steers 3.00-4.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00-3.00 lower. No implant and drug free cattle bringing a premium. Dairy steers 10.00 lower with light numbers. Many load lots, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand throughout the sale. Slaughter cows: Breaker cows 3.00 lower. Boner cows steady to 1.00 higher. Lean cows steady. Bulls 4.00-6.00 higher.

Slaughter lambs: Limited number of light lambs last week. Lambs 110 lbs 2.00 lower, 120-130 lbs 3.00-4.00 lower, 140 lbs 4.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter ewes mostly 5.00-7.00 lower with light numbers last week.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,344187.052,51411
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,555190.522,96262
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,534184.002,8234thin
BullsLow1,834167.313,06822
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,538142.512,19212
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,444142.132,05279
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,366134.221,83339
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,156104.811,21240
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,554168.162,61310
HeifersChoiceAverage1,326192.652,555245
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,253190.002,38024
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,302196.022,55228
SteersChoiceAverage1,474192.162,833647

Every lot, as filed

29 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 ChoiceReturn to Feed1,171202.42/cwt199.00–205.002,37017
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,616186.98/cwt185.00–189.003,02212
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,668182.00/cwt182.00–182.003,0362
SteersChoiceNatural1,409195.35/cwt195.00–197.002,75217
Dairy SteersChoice1,554168.16/cwt167.00–170.002,61310
CowsLean 85-90%1,127103.57/cwt92.00–108.001,16719
CowsLean 85-90%86175.60/cwt66.00–87.506516
HeifersSelect and Choice1,450186.01/cwt184.00–187.002,6976
SteersSelect and Choice1,574187.50/cwt187.50–187.502,9515
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,607194.00/cwt194.00–194.003,11832
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,300193.51/cwt192.50–196.002,51644
HeifersChoiceNatural1,347194.50/cwt194.50–194.502,62013
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,187191.33/cwt189.00–192.502,27118
HeifersChoice1,331192.32/cwt188.75–194.002,560188
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,427194.72/cwt192.25–196.252,77943
SteersChoice1,400191.35/cwt189.75–193.002,679300
SteersChoice1,554192.51/cwt191.00–194.002,992243
SteersSelect and Choice1,334186.50/cwt186.50–186.502,4884
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,350186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,5113
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,342187.45/cwt184.50–188.502,5168
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,534184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,8234
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,535190.01/cwt185.50–190.352,91746
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,612191.99/cwt189.00–193.003,09516
CowsLean 85-90%1,311118.06/cwt110.00–124.001,54815
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,538142.51/cwt139.50–146.002,19212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,444142.13/cwt138.00–148.002,05279
CowsBoner 80-85%1,366134.22/cwt127.00–136.501,83339
Bulls1,673153.04/cwt145.00–159.002,5605
Bulls1,881171.51/cwt165.00–175.003,22617

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.