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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Nov 12
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
923 head
▼ 179 vs last sale 1,102▼ 313 vs year ago 1,236 · −25.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Light to moderate for this nice offering of hard fed, high quality grading steers and heifers. The market was less active this week. Weighing condition fair overall as there were a lot of cattle hauled in overnight. 6 full loads of steers, balance part loads and stock trailer loads.

Slaughter lambs mostly steady. Slaughter ewes 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for slaughter lambs, improved demand for those non-traditional weight slaughter lambs. Very good demand for slaughter ewes as there were many buyers on the seats actively bidding. Good demand for the light fleshed lambs suitable for feeding.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,413222.503,14424
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,476208.593,07915
HeifersChoiceAverage1,383223.183,086107
SteersChoiceAverage1,570223.893,516375
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,349221.252,98525

Every lot, as filed

11 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
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice—1,413222.50/cwt222.50–222.503,14424
HeifersChoice—1,376222.53/cwt222.00–223.503,06264
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,677223.29/cwt222.75–224.753,745133
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,542225.15/cwt223.00–226.003,472114
SteersChoice—1,521223.13/cwt222.50–224.503,39463
SteersChoice—1,553221.50/cwt221.50–221.503,44019
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,393224.15/cwt222.00–225.503,12243
SteersChoice—1,444223.32/cwt223.00–223.503,22517
SteersSelect and Choice—1,349221.25/cwt221.00–222.002,98525
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,387225.23/cwt224.00–226.003,12429
Dairy SteersChoice—1,476208.59/cwt207.00–210.003,07915

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.