Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 6, 2021

3,606 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,606	640	4,311
Slaughter cattle	2,115	313	2,511

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week's extremely limited test: Slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady. Moderate to good demand for this very large offering of attractive, hard fed, high quality grading steers and heifers. Many full loads of steers and heifers, a large volume of steers greater than 1600 lbs and heifers greater than 1450 lbs. Weighing condition was attractive to buyers as the majority of the cattle were in overnight ahead of today's snow storm. Estimated dressed cost ranged from 175.00 -180.00. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher compared to Monday, bulls no comparison available. Slaughter lambs steady to 3.00 higher, feeder lambs no comparison available, slaughter ewes sold with steady to higher undertones compared to last weeks limited test. Demand on slaughter lambs was good, feeder lambs and slaughter ewes very good. An active market, however the most activity was seen on slaughter ewes.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1379	1379	7	100.00	$100.00	$1,379	—
1384–1431	1405	51	108.00–111.50	$110.70	$1,555	—
1458	1458	5	101.00	$101.00	$1,473	—
1410–1509	1477	194	110.00–112.75	$111.99	$1,654	—
1482	1482	26	113.00	$113.00	$1,675	—
1545	1545	17	108.00	$108.00	$1,669	—
1505–1597	1559	301	108.25–111.85	$110.76	$1,727	-1.24
1609–1689	1644	236	106.25–109.75	$108.38	$1,782	—
1728–1821	1747	85	103.00–108.50	$106.18	$1,855	-1.82

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1228	1228	20	104.25	$104.25	$1,280	—
1236	1236	25	105.00	$105.00	$1,298	—
1311	1311	20	101.00	$101.00	$1,324	—
1134–1525	1404	506	107.00–111.50	$108.93	$1,529	—
1411	1411	16	111.75	$111.75	$1,577	—
1528	1528	12	105.00	$105.00	$1,604	—
1658	1658	13	104.25	$104.25	$1,728	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–1685	1584	75-80%	45	58.00–66.00	$64.60	$1,023	—
1625–1791	1758	75-80%	5	68.00–68.50	$68.41	$1,203	—
1585–2035	1785	75-80%	20	44.00–55.00	$52.06	$929	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1178	1178	85-90%	2	60.00	$60.00	$707	—
1145–1335	1233	85-90%	7	49.00–54.00	$52.26	$644	—
1060–1415	1250	85-90%	30	38.00–48.50	$45.08	$564	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1425	1274	80-85%	7	63.00–66.00	$64.05	$816	—
1303–1317	1311	80-85%	5	45.00–51.00	$48.62	$637	—
1125–1465	1343	80-85%	14	51.00–60.00	$54.72	$735	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450	1450	65-75%	1	53.00	$53.00	$768	—
1495–1865	1620	65-75%	19	65.00–72.00	$66.83	$1,083	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1575–1675	1612	3	60.00–77.00	$68.00	$1,096	—
1655–2200	1923	7	77.00–87.00	$84.24	$1,620	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–175	170	2	85.00–120.00	$101.99	$173	—
202–241	229	11	95.00–100.00	$96.67	$221	+6.67
255–280	268	2	95.00–105.00	$99.77	$267	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
90	90	1	210.00	$210.00	$189	—
108	108	15	220.00	$220.00	$238	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1412–1509	1446	37	88.00–91.00	$89.99	$1,301	—
1431–1606	1567	72	90.00–94.25	$91.18	$1,429	—

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Ewes

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
96	96	Lambs (<1 yr)	Open	37	195.00	$195.00	—
160	160	Young (2-4 yrs)	Winter	13	275.00	$275.00	+55.00
165–190	180	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Winter	95	230.00–285.00	$246.81	+26.81

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105	105	3	155.00	$155.00	$163	+70.00
118–125	119	5	100.00–125.00	$105.23	$125	+20.23
133	133	10	105.00–115.00	$112.00	$149	+27.00
123–140	134	8	85.00–95.00	$91.55	$123	+6.55
157–193	174	38	91.00–115.00	$101.01	$176	-3.99
160–190	181	6	105.00–130.00	$119.32	$216	+14.32
192–195	193	6	85.00–86.00	$85.17	$164	-19.83
200	200	1	75.00	$75.00	$150	-30.00
215–235	224	21	96.00–125.00	$103.74	$232	-1.26
280	280	1	80.00	$80.00	$224	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
151–186	167	Young (2-4 yrs)	Exposed	13	115.00–135.00	$124.73	$208	—
173	173	Aged (>6yrs)	Open	42	109.00	$109.00	$189	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130	130	Young (2-4 yrs)	Winter	4	175.00	$175.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
38	38	7	295.00	$295.00	$112	—
40–45	43	42	270.00–335.00	$332.31	$143	—
59	59	4	325.00	$325.00	$192	—
63	63	49	340.00	$340.00	$214	—
65	65	41	325.00–350.00	$344.51	$224	—
68	68	27	340.00	$340.00	$231	—
71	71	7	280.00	$280.00	$199	—
76–77	76	31	280.00–290.00	$289.02	$220	—

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
51–55	55	110	305.00–335.00	$307.03	$169	—
61–65	62	12	335.00–345.00	$336.76	$209	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
86	86	—	—	6	205.00	$205.00	$176	—
129	129	—	—	4	195.00	$195.00	$252	+10.00
142	142	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Bred	15	170.00	$170.00	$241	-15.00
166–168	167	—	—	8	170.00–200.00	$192.43	$321	—
180	180	—	—	1	185.00	$185.00	$333	—

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
158	158	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Bred	6	335.00	$335.00	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
55	55	33	360.00	$360.00	$198	—
72	72	3	295.00	$295.00	$212	—
118	118	2	280.00	$280.00	$330	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
75–78	76	31	270.00–290.00	$278.60	$212	-41.40
82–88	87	95	265.00–275.00	$265.99	$231	+50.99
98	98	10	180.00	$180.00	$176	-35.00
102–106	103	41	180.00–185.00	$181.75	$187	—
106–148	136	264	154.00–163.00	$157.98	$215	+1.69
150–154	153	203	153.50–157.00	$154.48	$236	-1.32
170–171	170	62	146.00–150.50	$148.68	$253	-7.12

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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.