Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2025-10-29

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 29
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,455 head
236 vs last sale 1,219 42 vs year ago 1,497 · 2.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers 6.00 to 7.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for this nice offering of high quality grading steers and heifers. The market was not as active, but better than many expected after the hard crash of the CME Live Cattle contracts the last 3 trading days. Gains were made across all months of the board, plus boxed beef continues to climb higher, these factors all helped to support the market at the auction. Weighing conditions were ranged from fair to full. 11 full loads of steers, 5 full loads of heifers, balance part loads and stock trailer loads.

Slaughter lambs steady. Slaughter ewes 15.00 higher, except Good 2-3 steady. Good demand for all weights of slaughter lambs, a few packages of feeder lambs were met with good demand, very good demand for slaughter ewes.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,386230.503,1954thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,426228.883,264146
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,579201.003,1748thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,369232.773,186410
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,379239.813,30766
SteersChoiceAverage1,527233.253,562598

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
SteersChoice1,549233.21/cwt232.00–234.003,612151
HeifersChoice1,395232.83/cwt231.50–233.503,248191
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,346232.72/cwt229.50–234.503,132219
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,379239.81/cwt235.00–241.003,30766
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,398228.54/cwt228.50–230.503,195135
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceNatural1,773233.00/cwt233.00–233.004,13111
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,386230.50/cwt230.50–230.503,1954
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,655233.20/cwt232.50–233.503,85995
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,577230.66/cwt230.00–231.003,63837
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,478233.66/cwt232.00–234.503,453244
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,419233.75/cwt233.75–233.753,31733
Dairy SteersChoice1,579201.00/cwt201.00–201.003,1748
SteersChoice1,481233.00/cwt233.00–233.003,45138

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.