Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 12, 2021

2,676 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,676	3,780	2,137
Slaughter cattle	906	1,115	915

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers1.00 to 2.00 higher, heifers steady to 1.00 higher, Holstein steers 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand for this light offering of clean, hard fed cattle was moderate. Boxed beef continues to climb in the 3 bills, Packer buyers still not interested in chasing the market today again. Demand was high for black hided steers and non implant cattle. Estimated dressed cost is 189.00 to 193.00. CME Live Cattle is down today, as well as corn. Slaughter cows Breakers 3.00 to 4.00 higher, Boner steady, Lean 2.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls to lightly tested to make a meaningful comparison. Traditional slaughter weight lambs 4.00 to 6.00 higher, lighter weights 100-149 lbs sold with much higher undertones again this week. A light offering of traditional weight slaughter lambs again this week keeps the demand high and prices up. Very large offering of light lambs again this week. Demand was good for all weights of lambs this week. Slaughter ewes Good 4-5 steady to 5.00 lower, Good 2-3 4.00 to 8.00 lower, Utility 21.00 to 25.00 lower, Cull test to light to make a meaningful comparison.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1401–1484	1465	157	117.00–118.00	$117.59	$1,723	—
1502–1599	1534	168	118.00–120.50	$119.56	$1,834	+2.08
1657	1657	3	118.00	$118.00	$1,955	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1299	1299	10	106.00	$106.00	$1,377	-9.62
1138–1444	1336	129	115.00–117.50	$116.21	$1,553	—
1480	1480	10	106.00	$106.00	$1,569	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1114	1114	80-85%	4	70.00	$70.00	$780	—
1155–1688	1390	80-85%	41	61.00–67.00	$62.92	$875	—
1995	1995	80-85%	2	57.00	$57.00	$1,137	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1864	1718	65-75%	40	76.00–88.00	$80.01	$1,375	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–2170	1565	75-80%	18	68.00–75.00	$71.04	$1,112	—
1370–1720	1609	75-80%	5	61.00–65.00	$63.25	$1,018	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1300	1225	85-90%	3	40.00–53.00	$47.32	$580	—
1328	1328	85-90%	2	31.00	$31.00	$412	-26.85
1375	1375	85-90%	1	62.50	$62.50	$859	—
1080–1608	1440	85-90%	17	54.50–61.00	$57.77	$832	-6.23

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1630–2000	1795	3	91.00–98.00	$93.65	$1,681	—
1040–2365	1845	6	71.00–88.00	$82.57	$1,523	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
158	158	2	125.00	$125.00	$198	-80.00
233–235	234	3	75.00–85.00	$81.65	$191	-53.35
278	278	2	100.00	$100.00	$278	+10.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
51–59	56	32	425.00–430.00	$428.35	$240	+18.35
62	62	13	420.00	$420.00	$260	+10.00
78	78	3	215.00	$215.00	$168	+5.00
81–85	82	6	230.00–240.00	$236.56	$194	+26.56
90	90	2	300.00	$300.00	$270	+90.00
125	125	7	250.00	$250.00	$312	-47.30
128	128	2	200.00	$200.00	$256	-97.30
128–138	132	5	205.00–215.00	$209.18	$276	-88.12
184	184	4	220.00	$220.00	$405	+48.00

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1461–1524	1488	20	94.50–96.50	$95.15	$1,416	—
1502–1687	1544	24	99.50–101.50	$100.98	$1,559	+2.74

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
80	80	2	60.00	$60.00	$48	-45.00
110–139	120	23	50.00–70.00	$54.99	$66	-44.04
120–146	138	69	70.00–85.00	$76.77	$106	-17.96
139–148	143	13	80.00–92.50	$87.35	$125	-7.38
154–162	157	30	65.00–85.00	$71.90	$113	-20.60
152–178	160	7	45.00–72.50	$61.85	$99	-13.15
150–188	168	150	80.00–96.00	$84.18	$141	-11.95
161–185	181	45	67.50–75.00	$70.56	$128	-25.57
193–197	195	19	75.00–95.00	$78.97	$154	-9.98
203–225	206	68	70.00–87.50	$75.67	$156	-14.30
203–213	208	4	101.00–103.00	$102.02	$212	+12.05
260	260	1	81.00	$81.00	$211	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Exposed	1	105.00	$105.00	$200	+15.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
26	26	12	495.00	$495.00	$129	+23.35
30	30	2	320.00	$320.00	$96	+10.00
31	31	11	355.00	$355.00	$110	+45.00
35–38	37	5	380.00–445.00	$432.83	$160	+70.21
41–44	42	21	380.00–430.00	$419.92	$176	-80.08
47	47	7	350.00	$350.00	$164	-118.33
53–59	56	12	405.00–460.00	$442.65	$248	+51.91
66	66	23	430.00	$430.00	$284	+10.00
70–75	73	3	400.00–440.00	$427.27	$312	+77.27
87	87	6	360.00	$360.00	$313	-20.00

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
30–39	37	52	225.00–265.00	$246.89	$91	-58.08
40–49	45	16	225.00–245.00	$234.88	$106	-29.24
50–58	56	176	225.00–255.00	$248.66	$139	-7.81
63–69	68	84	247.50–255.00	$249.55	$170	-12.08
79	79	76	265.00	$265.00	$209	+3.37

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
58	58	—	—	2	490.00	$490.00	$284	+262.40
73	73	—	—	5	225.00	$225.00	$164	+45.00
93	93	—	—	10	235.00	$235.00	$219	+80.00
98	98	Young (2-4 yrs)	Exposed	11	242.50	$242.50	$238	+87.50
110–118	113	—	—	6	175.00–190.00	$180.24	$204	-64.76
113–120	118	—	—	21	210.00–230.00	$215.47	$254	-29.53
139	139	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Exposed	39	210.00	$210.00	$292	-25.87
150–168	162	—	—	3	200.00–205.00	$203.46	$330	+8.46

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
46	46	5	210.00	$210.00	$97	-37.50
60	60	4	205.00	$205.00	$123	-49.22
60–68	66	44	225.00–240.00	$227.19	$150	-27.03
74–77	76	106	230.00–255.00	$243.92	$185	-12.26
81–87	83	173	241.00–253.00	$250.22	$208	-3.06
83	83	13	225.00	$225.00	$187	-28.28
93	93	2	225.00	$225.00	$209	-21.39
114–124	115	47	205.00–214.00	$212.97	$245	+7.27
123	123	4	170.00	$170.00	$209	-35.70
100–147	128	103	205.00–235.00	$222.61	$285	+16.91
155	155	100	221.00–222.50	$221.02	$343	+4.17

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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.