Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 25, 2021

4,738 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,738	4,216	3,119
Slaughter cattle	1,505	1,600	1,099

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 2.00 to 4.00 lower, heifers steady to 1.00 lower. Holstein steers steady to 3.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering of steers and heifers was moderate. 16 loads with week. Most hauled in over night making weighing conditions favorable to buyers. Estimated dressed cost 2.01 - 2.08. CME Live Cattle Futures dropped sharply, while corn took a jump higher. Slaughter cows Breaker steady, Boner 3.00 to 4.00 lower, Lean 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Bulls to few to make a meaningful comparison. Traditional Slaughter weight lambs steady to 3.00 lower. Demand for this large offering was moderate. Slaughter ewes Good 2-3 6.00 to 7.00 higher, 4-5 3.00 to 7.00 higher, Utility 6.00 to 10.00 higher, cull to few 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
1118–1297	1256	57	125.00–129.00	$126.13	$1,584	—
1301	1301	42	125.25	$125.25	$1,630	-0.02
1353–1389	1376	19	126.50–127.00	$126.81	$1,745	—
1349–1493	1428	184	124.00–127.00	$125.97	$1,799	+1.37
1482	1482	10	121.50	$121.50	$1,801	-10.82
1503–1563	1532	313	124.50–129.25	$126.52	$1,938	-3.58
1534	1534	12	121.75	$121.75	$1,868	-8.35
1708	1708	3	124.00	$124.00	$2,118	—
1724	1724	34	123.50	$123.50	$2,129	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1018–1260	1144	27	118.00–121.00	$119.71	$1,369	—
1183	1183	13	128.00	$128.00	$1,514	—
1203–1493	1279	23	124.00–125.50	$124.90	$1,597	+3.64
1256–1373	1309	394	124.50–129.00	$126.76	$1,659	+0.51
1442	1442	8	124.00	$124.00	$1,788	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1400	1011	85-90%	14	20.00–49.00	$29.92	$302	+1.80
925–1502	1212	85-90%	41	34.00–55.50	$51.89	$629	+2.64
1238	1238	85-90%	2	61.00	$61.00	$755	+3.60
1085–1746	1412	85-90%	41	56.00–60.00	$57.70	$815	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1530	1530	75-80%	6	81.00	$81.00	$1,239	+15.45
1230–1795	1540	75-80%	15	72.00–76.00	$74.43	$1,146	+8.88
1313–1885	1544	75-80%	21	62.00–67.00	$64.76	$1,000	-0.79

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1241–1565	1348	80-85%	20	55.50–60.00	$57.65	$777	-7.19
1355–1528	1417	80-85%	14	61.00–65.00	$63.57	$901	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420–1520	1496	65-75%	5	82.00–86.00	$82.76	$1,238	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–2140	1602	25	60.00–88.00	$80.90	$1,296	—
1890–2345	2114	4	90.00–91.00	$90.28	$1,909	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110	110	1	175.00	$175.00	$192	—
160–175	168	2	112.50–115.00	$113.81	$191	+38.81
203	203	2	85.00	$85.00	$173	+10.71
265–295	280	2	95.00–105.00	$100.27	$281	+17.55

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
35	35	6	310.00	$310.00	$108	—
45	45	2	240.00	$240.00	$108	—
56	56	5	245.00	$245.00	$137	-25.00
58	58	25	315.00	$315.00	$183	+45.00
60	60	2	295.00	$295.00	$177	+25.00
60–62	62	30	320.00–325.00	$320.32	$199	+50.32
70–75	71	4	275.00–280.00	$278.68	$198	+93.68
76	76	13	310.00	$310.00	$236	+125.00
85	85	1	210.00	$210.00	$178	+25.00
92	92	3	270.00	$270.00	$248	+85.00
105	105	1	205.00	$205.00	$215	-45.00
131	131	6	205.00	$205.00	$269	-45.00
140	140	1	230.00	$230.00	$322	-20.00
145	145	1	205.00	$205.00	$297	-45.00
150	150	1	175.00	$175.00	$262	-50.00
155	155	1	205.00	$205.00	$318	-20.00

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1324–1443	1342	26	101.00–106.00	$101.83	$1,367	—
1402–1598	1513	28	115.00–118.50	$116.97	$1,770	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60	60	8	60.00	$60.00	$36	—
95	95	3	65.00	$65.00	$62	-52.00
99	99	6	85.00	$85.00	$84	-32.00
130	130	5	60.00	$60.00	$78	-22.25
100–145	134	338	82.50–94.00	$91.81	$123	+31.57
118–146	140	63	100.00–105.00	$104.61	$146	+17.11
140	140	2	115.00	$115.00	$161	+27.50
143–146	144	20	67.50–80.00	$76.83	$111	-10.67
158	158	4	80.00	$80.00	$126	-6.47
150–183	166	117	82.00–102.00	$91.76	$152	+5.29
163–180	166	5	70.00–75.00	$73.92	$123	-12.55
185	185	7	93.00	$93.00	$172	+10.50
190	190	3	92.00	$92.00	$175	+9.50
190	190	4	80.00	$80.00	$152	-2.50
216–233	229	16	87.00–92.50	$88.53	$203	-11.47

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
79	79	32	231.00	$231.00	$182	—
80–85	82	67	220.00–237.00	$232.05	$190	—
94	94	26	239.00	$239.00	$225	—
113–134	117	42	207.50–218.00	$212.44	$249	—

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Hair Ewes

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
117	117	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Exposed	6	155.00	$155.00	$181	—

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Hair Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
51	51	20	260.00	$260.00	$133	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
23	23	10	370.00	$370.00	$85	+60.00
25	25	1	345.00	$345.00	$86	+35.00
32	32	23	355.00	$355.00	$114	+45.00
33	33	2	325.00	$325.00	$107	+15.00
40–44	42	68	320.00	$320.00	$134	+10.00
45	45	29	280.00–290.00	$289.31	$130	-20.69
53	53	3	330.00	$330.00	$175	+55.00
69	69	4	270.00	$270.00	$186	-0.15
73–79	76	11	265.00–275.00	$270.26	$205	-4.74

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
38	38	20	320.00	$320.00	$122	+95.00
43–47	43	225	246.00–277.50	$247.37	$106	+22.37
55	55	49	320.00	$320.00	$176	+85.86
60–64	61	353	252.00–271.00	$254.67	$155	+20.53
65	65	8	246.00	$246.00	$160	+4.00
74	74	11	257.00	$257.00	$190	+25.70

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
50	50	10	295.00	$295.00	$148	-10.00
60	60	1	280.00	$280.00	$168	-25.00
75	75	1	235.00	$235.00	$176	+5.00
76	76	5	180.00	$180.00	$137	-50.00
78	78	10	300.00	$300.00	$234	+70.00
83	83	2	275.00	$275.00	$228	+85.00
85	85	1	210.00	$210.00	$178	+20.00
85	85	13	230.00	$230.00	$196	+40.00
88	88	2	245.00	$245.00	$216	+55.00
92	92	15	270.00	$270.00	$248	+80.00
98	98	3	205.00	$205.00	$201	+15.00
125	125	6	220.00	$220.00	$275	+25.00
100–148	131	12	175.00–195.00	$181.92	$238	-13.08

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
73	73	3	295.00	$295.00	$215	+25.00
85	85	8	255.00	$255.00	$217	-15.00
104	104	4	200.00	$200.00	$208	—
105	105	1	280.00	$280.00	$294	—
150	150	3	230.00	$230.00	$345	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
72–75	74	40	240.00–245.00	$241.02	$178	—
80–85	82	157	234.00–252.00	$242.26	$199	—
89	89	13	230.00	$230.00	$205	—
91–99	93	86	231.00–246.00	$242.87	$226	—
102	102	3	221.00	$221.00	$225	-27.73
100–143	127	1,030	235.00–250.00	$246.10	$313	-2.63
152–155	152	42	244.00–247.00	$244.22	$371	-7.04

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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.