Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 26, 2021

2,895 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,895	2,914	2,292
Slaughter cattle	1,131	1,338	1,275

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers steady to 1.00 lower, heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower, Holstein steers 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand was good for non implanted, black hided steers and heifers, light to moderate demand on conventional and mixed colored cattle. A lighter offering of attractive clean hided cattle. Weighing conditions were fair as most cattle were hauled in overnight. Packers showed very little interest in closing the gap between live cattle and boxed beef. Packers are keeping a firm grip on the market. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Traditional Slaughter weight sheep 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering of traditional weight was good to very good. Big offering of feeder and light slaughter lambs with demand being moderate. Slaughter ewes steady to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1264–1422	1339	38	115.50–119.00	$116.96	$1,566	—
1350	1350	14	125.00	$125.00	$1,688	—
1371–1492	1459	127	115.50–119.50	$116.77	$1,704	—
1465–1477	1467	26	125.00–126.00	$125.19	$1,837	—
1507–1557	1526	127	118.50–120.50	$120.02	$1,832	-0.55
1502–1579	1563	89	123.00–128.00	$126.57	$1,978	-2.43
1632	1632	11	122.00	$122.00	$1,991	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1108	1108	7	121.00	$121.00	$1,341	—
1276–1286	1285	82	115.50–118.00	$115.80	$1,488	—
1278–1320	1294	18	113.00–114.50	$113.59	$1,470	—
1296	1296	7	115.50	$115.50	$1,497	—
1245–1491	1342	67	118.50–125.00	$122.25	$1,641	-4.75
1402	1402	9	122.00	$122.00	$1,710	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1755	1540	75-80%	49	64.00–73.50	$67.58	$1,041	—
1435–1793	1634	75-80%	12	72.50–75.00	$73.62	$1,203	—
1540–2200	1870	75-80%	2	55.00–56.00	$55.59	$1,040	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
961–1721	1306	80-85%	13	51.00–59.00	$55.06	$719	—
1110–1760	1360	80-85%	41	60.00–68.00	$63.76	$867	—
1410	1410	80-85%	1	69.00	$69.00	$973	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1489–1935	1757	65-75%	44	72.00–76.50	$73.29	$1,288	-11.21

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
828–1285	921	85-90%	11	25.00–35.00	$28.83	$266	—
910–1555	1163	85-90%	9	40.00–53.00	$48.70	$566	+1.38
1045–1610	1312	85-90%	14	55.00–61.00	$58.34	$765	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1945	1704	4	86.00–88.00	$87.02	$1,483	—
1713–2090	1867	7	88.00–97.50	$93.12	$1,739	—
2015	2015	1	103.50	$103.50	$2,086	—

YG3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2080	2080	1	83.00	$83.00	$1,726	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
183	183	2	115.00	$115.00	$210	+10.00
190	190	1	85.00	$85.00	$162	-20.00
225–245	234	8	79.00–85.00	$82.80	$194	+0.30
260	260	1	72.50	$72.50	$188	-8.03

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
75	75	2	305.00	$305.00	$229	+25.00
85	85	2	240.00	$240.00	$204	-40.00
100–135	114	5	195.00–205.00	$199.43	$227	-35.57
120	120	2	160.00	$160.00	$192	-75.00

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1352	1352	3	91.00	$91.00	$1,230	—
1296–1378	1358	16	96.00–98.00	$97.52	$1,324	—
1373	1373	10	79.00	$79.00	$1,085	—
1395–1578	1444	33	99.50–102.00	$100.43	$1,450	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
124	124	9	90.00	$90.00	$112	+2.60
100–146	126	78	75.00–88.00	$85.72	$108	-1.68
128–147	140	50	72.00–92.00	$88.06	$123	-5.40
151	151	4	72.50	$72.50	$109	-7.50
157	157	10	101.00	$101.00	$159	+21.00
170	170	11	65.00	$65.00	$110	-14.32
150–189	173	158	75.00–92.00	$81.14	$140	+1.82
175	175	2	65.00	$65.00	$114	-14.32
194	194	8	65.00	$65.00	$126	-16.30
205–220	213	19	67.50–87.50	$75.64	$161	+0.64
250	250	5	65.00	$65.00	$162	-10.00
254	254	7	55.00	$55.00	$140	-20.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
119–141	134	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	46	100.00–110.00	$101.72	$136	—
152	152	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	135.00	$135.00	$205	—
150–182	170	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	16	102.50–105.00	$103.33	$176	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
25	25	1	370.00	$370.00	$92	-43.65
28	28	2	305.00	$305.00	$85	-108.65
30–38	33	19	350.00–390.00	$373.00	$123	+18.00
30–35	33	9	325.00–330.00	$328.50	$108	-26.50
44–49	48	29	330.00–345.00	$332.36	$160	-33.00
50	50	6	345.00	$345.00	$172	-40.00
54	54	12	355.00	$355.00	$192	-35.00
68	68	5	310.00–355.00	$328.00	$223	-62.00

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
35	35	2	260.00	$260.00	$91	+4.02
44–49	46	79	240.00–255.00	$248.85	$114	+10.94
50–55	53	141	232.50–268.00	$252.69	$134	+4.11
55	55	22	205.00	$205.00	$113	-43.58
60–68	66	116	225.00–250.00	$241.21	$159	-13.52
67	67	3	230.00	$230.00	$154	-24.73

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
45	45	7	200.00	$200.00	$90	—
45	45	8	205.00	$205.00	$92	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60	60	1	315.00	$315.00	$189	+150.00
73	73	3	225.00	$225.00	$164	+60.00
95	95	4	185.00	$185.00	$176	-25.00
105–140	111	7	190.00–200.00	$195.23	$217	-57.27
111	111	7	180.00	$180.00	$200	-72.50
103–116	114	18	180.00–195.00	$192.74	$220	-59.76
130	130	1	225.00	$225.00	$292	+7.58
153–156	155	9	185.00	$185.00	$287	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
73–79	77	93	230.00–240.00	$238.28	$183	-9.58
81–89	85	97	225.00–243.00	$237.57	$202	-8.02
90–95	92	256	233.00–250.00	$240.36	$221	+8.36
100–148	138	231	231.00–244.00	$236.93	$327	+12.37
152	152	5	224.00	$224.00	$340	—

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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.