Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2025-05-14

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, May 14
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
649 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 736▲ 232 vs year ago 417 · +55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers steady. Good demand for this lighter, seasonal offering of longtime, hard fed steers and heifers. This week's offering was primarily stock trailer loads, few part loads as the supply of market ready cattle is tight.

Slaughter lambs under 100 lbs steady, except 60-70 lbs 5.00 to 15.00 higher, over 100 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter ewes 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Good demand for both traditional and non-traditional slaughter lambs, very good demand for ewes. Good demand for feeder lambs.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,427225.713,22039
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,550225.523,49668
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,488189.002,8125thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,383229.663,17664
SteersChoiceAverage1,546229.173,544134

Every lot, as filed

13 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 Weight—1,655227.05/cwt225.00–228.003,75847
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice—1,436220.07/cwt217.00–224.003,16022
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice—1,605228.12/cwt223.00–231.003,66146
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice—1,500232.00/cwt232.00–232.003,4805
SteersChoice—1,440229.72/cwt228.00–230.003,30822
SteersChoice—1,544230.00/cwt230.00–230.003,55123
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,364231.22/cwt228.00–238.003,15421
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,578230.45/cwt230.00–231.003,63715
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,656231.00/cwt231.00–231.003,8259
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice—1,416224.78/cwt219.00–230.003,18334
HeifersChoice—1,322228.35/cwt226.00–229.003,01934
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,429231.00/cwt231.00–231.003,30127
Dairy SteersChoice—1,488189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,8125

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.