Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2025-08-06

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 6
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
966 head
238 vs last sale 728 31 vs year ago 997 · 3.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Very good demand for this nice offering of high quality grading steers and heifers. The market was very active, two way buyers continue to push packer buyers. 8 full loads of steers, 1 full load of heifers, balance part loads and stock trailer loads.

Slaughter lambs steady to instances of 5.00 higher. Slaughter ewes sold with higher undertones compared to last week's light test. Good demand for slaughter lambs of all weights. Very good demand for ewes. Moderate demand for feeder lambs, of which there were few of those lambs on offer.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,330248.123,30121
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,458245.783,58347
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,567213.283,34227
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,371208.482,85830
HeifersSelectAverage1,088265.002,88310
HeifersChoiceAverage1,330249.133,313121
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,379256.593,53861
SteersChoiceAverage1,515252.973,834411

Every lot, as filed

16 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
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,518253.00/cwt253.00–253.003,8416
SteersChoice1,564252.33/cwt251.75–252.853,946227
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,304247.30/cwt247.00–248.003,22521
HeifersChoice1,335249.52/cwt247.00–253.503,331100
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,327244.00/cwt244.00–244.003,2383
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,433258.26/cwt257.50–259.003,70182
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,423255.00/cwt255.00–255.003,6296
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,379256.59/cwt249.00–260.003,53861
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,371208.48/cwt207.00–209.002,85830
Dairy SteersChoice1,567213.28/cwt208.00–216.503,34227
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,390246.00/cwt246.00–246.003,4194
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,495243.53/cwt239.00–247.003,64131
SteersChoice1,474249.62/cwt249.00–252.503,67990
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,088265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,88310
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,384251.50/cwt251.50–251.503,48112
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,331248.81/cwt240.50–253.003,31218

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.