Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 22, 2021

3,390 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,390	4,002	3,793
Slaughter cattle	1,570	1,186	2,124

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 2.00 to 5.00 lower, heifers 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Holsteins steady to 2.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering of market ready cattle was moderate. Two way buyers stepped up to buy eye appealing cattle when they saw an opportunity today. Several semi loads sold. No Implant cattle showed to be premium value. Estimated dressed cost 1.88 - 1.94. CME Live Cattle up as well as corn. Slaughter cows Boner and Lean steady to 2.00 lower, Breaker steady to 2.00 higher. Bulls steady to 3.00 lower. Traditional weight slaughter lambs were steady to 5.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering was moderate. Slaughter ewes 7.00 to 12.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1260	1256	39	114.00–116.00	$115.29	$1,448	-0.27
1235–1353	1316	27	119.00–122.50	$120.86	$1,591	+2.17
1324	1324	5	114.00	$114.00	$1,509	-4.69
1207–1374	1335	35	117.00–122.00	$120.39	$1,607	+1.70
1348–1349	1348	24	121.50–122.00	$121.77	$1,641	+3.08
1375–1431	1391	67	125.50–126.00	$125.65	$1,748	+9.65
1388–1482	1424	47	114.50–116.00	$115.11	$1,639	—
1465	1465	4	118.00	$118.00	$1,729	-3.50
1517–1591	1551	313	117.00–120.00	$118.13	$1,832	—
1548–1552	1551	34	125.00–127.00	$125.35	$1,944	—
1515–1585	1581	117	114.50–116.50	$114.63	$1,812	—
1603	1603	18	117.75	$117.75	$1,888	-5.25

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1169	1169	22	118.00	$118.00	$1,379	—
1173–1291	1248	26	115.00–117.50	$116.47	$1,454	—
1325	1325	10	114.00	$114.00	$1,510	—
1280–1352	1327	111	124.50–126.00	$124.94	$1,658	—
1247–1451	1328	163	116.50–117.75	$117.16	$1,556	—
1390	1390	6	120.00	$120.00	$1,668	-3.50

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–1540	1231	85-90%	22	21.00–48.00	$38.80	$478	-15.42
1060–1555	1309	85-90%	30	57.00–62.00	$59.78	$783	—
1088–1595	1309	85-90%	22	48.00–56.00	$52.65	$689	—
1110–1400	1310	85-90%	9	63.00–65.50	$63.85	$836	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1710	1325	80-85%	37	63.50–67.50	$65.12	$863	—
1340	1340	80-85%	1	55.00	$55.00	$737	—
1250–1703	1542	80-85%	5	57.00–62.00	$60.64	$935	+0.81

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1675	1464	75-80%	7	62.00–70.00	$66.78	$978	+0.45
1403–1795	1520	75-80%	8	78.00–83.00	$79.56	$1,209	—
1265–2180	1532	75-80%	18	71.00–77.00	$74.00	$1,134	—
1735	1735	75-80%	1	51.00	$51.00	$885	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1323–1730	1636	65-75%	10	85.00–89.00	$87.15	$1,426	+3.53

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1440–2385	1728	9	85.00–90.00	$87.38	$1,510	—
1150–2615	1790	9	70.00–87.00	$81.83	$1,465	—
2040–2070	2055	2	93.00–95.00	$94.01	$1,932	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	4	221.00	$221.00	$387	+16.00
175	175	2	125.00	$125.00	$219	-80.00
200–240	218	3	85.00–105.00	$97.06	$212	-6.08

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
41	41	4	205.00	$205.00	$84	-27.21
45	45	4	230.00	$230.00	$104	-2.21
65	65	1	270.00	$270.00	$176	-2.08
70	70	1	205.00	$205.00	$144	-67.08
71	71	9	275.00	$275.00	$195	-43.82
73	73	3	250.00	$250.00	$182	-68.82
80	80	1	245.00	$245.00	$196	+25.00
100	100	1	185.00	$185.00	$185	-5.00
155–180	168	2	190.00–235.00	$210.82	$354	+31.26
170	170	1	195.00	$195.00	$332	+15.44

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1191–1237	1214	10	79.00–81.00	$80.02	$971	—
1359–1491	1413	67	108.00–112.00	$109.84	$1,552	-2.69
1417–1658	1547	24	114.50–117.75	$116.03	$1,795	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
103–125	107	5	70.00–90.00	$74.66	$80	+19.66
126	126	35	175.00	$175.00	$220	+120.00
130	130	1	100.00	$100.00	$130	+45.00
103–148	134	10	105.00–130.00	$118.23	$158	+3.23
160–188	175	17	110.00–130.00	$119.45	$209	+2.25
210	210	10	105.00	$105.00	$220	+8.96

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
81	81	8	225.00	$225.00	$182	-10.65
93–96	95	13	205.00–215.00	$208.77	$198	-26.88
107	107	29	210.00	$210.00	$225	-4.50

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Hair Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
59	59	18	220.00	$220.00	$130	-43.19
60	60	2	220.00	$220.00	$132	-43.19
75–77	76	18	205.00	$205.00	$156	-20.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
30–38	37	11	320.00	$320.00	$118	+30.00
45	45	3	255.00	$255.00	$115	-38.69
44–48	46	16	225.00–235.00	$231.09	$106	-62.60
51–59	55	32	255.00–275.00	$263.16	$145	+19.04
59	59	13	290.00	$290.00	$171	+57.40
61	61	12	290.00	$290.00	$177	+57.40

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
33	33	5	200.00	$200.00	$66	-98.62
44–48	46	9	295.00–300.00	$297.88	$137	+27.88
50	50	5	185.00	$185.00	$92	-100.89
53 fancy	53	2	290.00	$290.00	$154	—
54–59	55	39	225.00–235.00	$227.47	$125	-58.42
63	63	2	205.00	$205.00	$129	-59.32
68–69	69	77	275.00–295.00	$277.82	$192	+31.41
75 fancy	75	16	280.00	$280.00	$210	—
76–78	78	27	245.00–250.00	$245.72	$192	-27.01

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
63	63	3	220.00	$220.00	$139	+45.00
72–75	72	13	235.00	$235.00	$169	+15.00
80	80	1	215.00	$215.00	$172	+10.00
83	83	2	200.00	$200.00	$166	+35.00
85	85	9	200.00	$200.00	$170	+35.00
90–95	93	3	265.00–285.00	$278.57	$259	+76.03
95	95	4	210.00	$210.00	$200	+7.46
105–137	119	7	175.00–190.00	$182.58	$217	-2.42
120–130	123	3	195.00–210.00	$203.11	$250	+19.94
137	137	19	185.00	$185.00	$253	-33.60
208	208	2	155.00	$155.00	$322	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
65	65	2	280.00	$280.00	$182	-15.00
75	75	2	280.00	$280.00	$210	+60.00
76	76	4	280.00	$280.00	$213	+60.00
90	90	3	285.00	$285.00	$256	±0.00
93–98	96	4	200.00–205.00	$202.57	$194	-104.10
96	96	5	275.00	$275.00	$264	-31.67
113	113	2	215.00	$215.00	$243	-35.00
122–135	123	10	250.00–259.00	$258.01	$317	-41.99

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
87–89	88	17	235.00–242.50	$238.57	$210	-6.43
90	90	12	253.00	$253.00	$228	+8.00
93–98	97	90	225.00–235.00	$226.18	$219	+6.18
97	97	3	205.00	$205.00	$199	-15.00
119	119	5	231.00	$231.00	$275	-16.22
109–149	132	814	235.00–252.00	$247.46	$327	+0.24
157–170	159	82	240.00–253.00	$250.60	$398	+4.98

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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.