Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2024-11-13

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 13
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,236 head
262 vs last sale 1,498 278 vs year ago 1,514 · 18.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Choice slaughter steers steady to 2.00 lower, with no implant steers 3.00-4.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00 lower, with no implant heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. Many load lots, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand throughout the day.

Slaughter lambs: Lambs 70 lbs 27.00 lower, 80 lbs 15.00-21.00 lower, 120-130 lbs 6.00-9.00 lower, 140-150 lbs 11.00 lower. Slaughter ewes 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
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,415176.502,4972thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,485177.092,63010
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,403173.562,4369thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,541162.522,50525
HeifersChoiceAverage1,392187.202,606331
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,390182.232,53477
SteersChoiceAverage1,524187.002,850568
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,477183.882,716163

Every lot, as filed

24 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
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,685187.10/cwt185.50–191.003,15315
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,454190.54/cwt187.00–192.002,77068
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,310184.88/cwt181.00–202.002,42253
SteersChoice1,477185.37/cwt184.00–187.252,738141
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,567190.49/cwt189.00–193.252,98537
SteersChoiceNatural1,573191.68/cwt191.50–192.003,01516
Dairy SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,548162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,50812
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,431183.78/cwt183.00–185.002,63012
SteersChoiceNatural1,438191.82/cwt187.00–192.752,75812
SteersSelect and Choice1,387179.57/cwt179.00–180.002,4917
SteersSelect and Choice1,543182.81/cwt181.50–183.502,82134
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,614184.15/cwt180.50–184.502,97257
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,364173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,3604
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,415176.50/cwt176.50–176.502,4972
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,457175.86/cwt175.00–177.002,5628
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,598182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,9082
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,435174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,4975
Dairy SteersChoice1,535163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,50213
SteersChoice1,551186.02/cwt184.50–189.002,885279
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,394183.58/cwt183.25–184.502,55929
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,426189.67/cwt187.50–192.502,70587
HeifersChoiceNatural1,228193.25/cwt193.25–193.252,3736
HeifersSelect and Choice1,388181.42/cwt180.00–183.502,51848
HeifersChoice1,384186.15/cwt185.00–191.502,576238

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.