Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 16, 2020

3,528 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,528	6,496	4,924
Slaughter cattle	1,161	2,197	2,771

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 3.00 to 5.00 higher, heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher, Holstein steers steady to 2.00 lower. Much improved demand this week for this much lighter offering of steers and heifers. Packers were more aggressive bidders leaving fewer cattle for the two way buyers. 8 full loads of steers, 1 full load of heifers offered, balance part loads and small packages. Hides continued to be fairly clean, weigh up conditions average. Estimated dressed cost this week ranged from 165.00-171.00. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher with the full advance on lean cows, bulls mostly steady. Slaughter lambs steady to 2.00 lower, feeder lambs mostly steady, slaughter ewes steady with instances of 10.00 higher on the thin ewes. Moderate to good demand for slaughter lambs with the best demand centered on the light lambs under 100 lbs. Good to very good demand on the slaughter ewes, best demand on the thin ewes. Good demand for replacement ewes.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1189	1189	14	109.50	$109.50	$1,302	—
1291–1296	1294	16	111.00–115.00	$113.75	$1,472	—
1434–1496	1469	185	104.75–108.00	$107.13	$1,574	—
1522	1522	17	103.75	$103.75	$1,579	+4.79
1503–1582	1550	120	105.85–106.50	$106.15	$1,645	+4.01
1576	1576	74	104.50	$104.50	$1,647	+2.36
1619–1686	1644	32	102.50–104.25	$103.58	$1,703	+2.11
1703	1703	5	102.00	$102.00	$1,737	+3.25

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1249	1249	16	102.50	$102.50	$1,280	—
1300–1435	1379	170	103.00–106.00	$104.80	$1,445	+6.80
1427	1427	9	103.25	$103.25	$1,473	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1223–1695	1451	75-80%	44	53.00–65.00	$60.34	$876	—
1555	1555	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$1,011	—
1285–1968	1669	75-80%	15	48.00–52.00	$49.69	$829	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1505	1237	80-85%	3	58.00–65.00	$61.72	$763	—
1080–1505	1323	80-85%	30	48.00–57.00	$52.49	$694	-4.93
1270–1612	1446	80-85%	23	42.50–48.00	$46.31	$670	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1460	1271	85-90%	12	43.00–48.00	$45.14	$574	-6.47
1140–1484	1281	85-90%	29	46.00–53.00	$49.90	$639	-1.71
1055–1523	1454	85-90%	10	31.00–42.00	$32.22	$468	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1675	1675	65-75%	2	83.00	$83.00	$1,390	+19.90
1610–2310	1723	65-75%	23	65.00–79.00	$70.71	$1,218	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560–1780	1670	2	65.00–69.00	$67.13	$1,121	—
1420–2355	2034	8	71.00–80.50	$75.96	$1,545	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120–145	133	2	90.00–95.00	$92.74	$123	—
165–185	177	3	70.00–85.00	$79.76	$141	+6.60
172–190	178	3	100.00–105.00	$103.22	$184	+30.06
226	226	15	97.00	$97.00	$219	+21.16
220–245	229	6	61.00–75.00	$69.35	$159	-6.49
255	255	1	72.50	$72.50	$185	+2.63
269–285	272	5	77.00	$77.00	$209	+7.13

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
64	64	7	295.00	$295.00	$189	-20.00
70	70	2	225.00	$225.00	$158	-50.00
78	78	2	200.00	$200.00	$156	-75.00
93	93	12	235.00	$235.00	$219	-40.00
185–190	188	3	150.00–220.00	$172.92	$325	+12.92

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1302–1462	1375	11	78.50–83.00	$80.68	$1,109	—
1409–1544	1486	60	84.00–87.00	$84.76	$1,260	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
112	112	3	70.00	$70.00	$78	+12.50
103–141	133	15	72.50–95.00	$87.98	$117	+2.98
115–148	136	13	75.00–95.00	$83.18	$113	-1.82
165–185	171	77	75.00–90.00	$78.78	$135	+1.28
208–231	215	23	72.50–88.00	$81.70	$176	+9.20

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
98	98	Lambs (<1 yr)	Open	52	167.00	$167.00	$164	—
191	191	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Exposed	6	80.00	$80.00	$153	-60.00
210	210	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Winter	11	90.00	$90.00	$189	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
179	179	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Winter	35	315.00	$315.00	+30.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
32	32	3	305.00	$305.00	$98	+56.53
37	37	3	300.00	$300.00	$111	+51.53
46	46	4	270.00	$270.00	$124	+1.58
44–48	47	19	275.00–340.00	$316.76	$149	+48.34
50	50	15	315.00	$315.00	$158	+110.00
50–54	53	24	300.00–335.00	$323.92	$172	+118.92
55	55	4	300.00	$300.00	$165	-1.25
60	60	2	290.00	$290.00	$174	+5.00
60–63	61	6	285.00–310.00	$301.39	$184	+101.39
69	69	45	310.00	$310.00	$214	+60.00
72	72	5	255.00	$255.00	$184	-15.00
73	73	3	270.00	$270.00	$197	±0.00
81	81	24	235.00	$235.00	$190	-35.16

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
40–49	46	35	270.00–300.00	$285.35	$131	—
58–59	58	13	295.00–300.00	$296.94	$172	+5.35
64	64	135	285.00	$285.00	$182	-18.67
85	85	138	214.00	$214.00	$182	-30.75

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
28	28	14	300.00	$300.00	$84	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
83	83	Young (2-4 yrs)	Exposed	3	205.00	$205.00	$170	+55.00
113–130	115	—	—	10	145.00–185.00	$180.47	$208	+20.47
109–135	118	—	—	6	175.00–185.00	$181.18	$214	+21.18
133	133	—	—	2	135.00	$135.00	$180	-25.00
135	135	Young (2-4 yrs)	Exposed	12	190.00	$190.00	$256	+55.00
153	153	—	—	2	80.00	$80.00	$122	-84.02
150–173	162	—	—	4	145.00–155.00	$149.64	$242	-14.38

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
65	65	4	335.00	$335.00	$218	+75.00
75	75	1	255.00	$255.00	$191	+10.00
83	83	10	250.00	$250.00	$208	+5.00
115–145	130	2	205.00–265.00	$231.54	$301	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
53–57	55	49	290.00–300.00	$295.54	$163	+50.54
66–69	68	122	270.00–280.00	$275.82	$188	+30.82
72–79	77	218	215.00–285.00	$240.73	$185	-4.27
83	83	11	167.50	$167.50	$139	-77.50
93–98	93	147	180.00–205.00	$185.08	$172	+13.75
103–104	104	22	165.00–185.00	$179.58	$187	+46.58
114–148	135	659	150.50–156.00	$153.14	$207	-2.27
150–165	155	154	149.00–155.00	$152.73	$237	+0.38
167–170	169	24	149.00–151.00	$149.58	$253	-2.77

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.