Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 20, 2021

2,849 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,849	2,865	3,351
Slaughter cattle	1,035	1,691	1,653

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 1.00 to 3.00 higher, heifers 3.00 higher. Holsteins steady to 2.00 higher. Demand for this light offering of slaughter cattle was moderate. No Implant cattle brought a premium. Black hided cattle continue to be in the biggest demand. Estimated dressed weight 198.00 - 201.00. CME Live Cattle were higher with corn taking a big jump higher as well. Traditional weight slaughter lambs 1.00 to 3.00 lower, over 150 lbs 6.00 to 7.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering of lambs was good. Ewes sold with higher undertones in a light comparison. Demand for ewes was very good this week.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1176	1176	7	128.50	$128.50	$1,511	—
1183–1274	1244	46	127.00–134.00	$132.11	$1,643	—
1312	1312	7	128.50	$128.50	$1,686	+10.56
1330	1330	8	127.00	$127.00	$1,689	+9.06
1350	1350	16	126.50	$126.50	$1,708	+4.94
1343–1432	1399	16	123.00–125.75	$124.76	$1,745	+0.27
1454–1467	1461	18	123.00–124.50	$123.75	$1,808	-4.25
1505–1573	1555	247	124.00–124.75	$124.43	$1,935	-0.57
1646	1646	7	127.00	$127.00	$2,090	+6.91
1652–1655	1653	36	115.00–119.00	$116.78	$1,930	—
1733	1733	17	104.00	$104.00	$1,802	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1261	1261	4	122.00	$122.00	$1,538	+5.00
1234–1471	1377	188	121.00–124.00	$121.56	$1,674	+2.38
1497	1497	18	116.00	$116.00	$1,737	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1553	1492	75-80%	4	61.00–65.00	$62.92	$939	-1.14
1280–1938	1544	75-80%	43	68.00–73.00	$71.20	$1,099	—
1644	1644	75-80%	10	78.50	$78.50	$1,291	+10.60

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1537	1537	65-75%	7	95.00	$95.00	$1,460	—
1470–2015	1775	65-75%	44	80.00–90.00	$85.77	$1,522	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1103–1265	1168	85-90%	7	30.00–36.00	$32.86	$384	—
1235	1235	85-90%	2	58.00	$58.00	$716	+11.63
830–1605	1287	85-90%	19	52.00–55.00	$53.39	$687	+0.11
1065–1560	1393	85-90%	16	45.00–51.00	$49.54	$690	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1758	1409	80-85%	26	59.00–65.00	$62.75	$884	+10.48
1382–1500	1431	80-85%	7	53.00–56.00	$55.25	$791	+2.98
1430–1475	1438	80-85%	6	67.00–69.00	$67.34	$968	+15.07

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–2500	1836	14	60.00–87.00	$74.70	$1,371	—
2125–2440	2283	2	89.00–91.00	$90.07	$2,056	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
130	130	1	75.00	$75.00	$98	-152.00
168	168	2	90.00	$90.00	$151	+10.00
173	173	2	175.00	$175.00	$303	+95.00
220–240	234	9	80.00–95.00	$89.99	$211	-65.01
250–295	273	2	85.00	$85.00	$232	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
35	35	1	255.00	$255.00	$89	—
41	41	20	280.00	$280.00	$115	—
50	50	3	260.00	$260.00	$130	+55.00
53	53	2	265.00	$265.00	$140	+60.00
56	56	10	245.00	$245.00	$137	+40.00
65	65	1	320.00	$320.00	$208	+115.00
75–77	76	70	275.00–280.00	$277.11	$211	+102.11
80	80	1	270.00	$270.00	$216	+95.00
83	83	4	310.00	$310.00	$257	+135.00
90	90	1	235.00	$235.00	$212	+55.00
95	95	1	240.00	$240.00	$228	+60.00
105	105	3	255.00	$255.00	$268	+35.00
115–140	119	6	205.00–215.00	$213.04	$254	-6.96
115–130	123	2	235.00–240.00	$237.65	$292	+17.65
148	148	2	180.00	$180.00	$266	—
155	155	1	175.00	$175.00	$271	—
165	165	1	225.00	$225.00	$371	—
255	255	1	260.00	$260.00	$663	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1343–1378	1354	19	101.00–108.00	$103.25	$1,398	-1.14
1425–1654	1485	59	109.00–113.25	$109.95	$1,633	+10.45
1671	1671	8	99.50	$99.50	$1,663	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
98	98	2	135.00	$135.00	$132	—
119–148	129	12	118.00–125.00	$120.34	$155	+25.34
110–137	130	4	65.00–75.00	$72.89	$95	-42.11
141	141	8	175.00	$175.00	$247	+60.00
158	158	4	135.00	$135.00	$213	+29.08
160	160	1	95.00	$95.00	$152	-10.92
155–173	165	7	130.00	$130.00	$214	+24.08
190	190	2	130.00	$130.00	$247	+30.00
190	190	1	100.00	$100.00	$190	±0.00
190–194	193	21	125.00–127.50	$127.03	$245	+27.03
200–228	215	8	120.00–135.00	$127.52	$274	—
218–230	223	11	95.00–105.00	$104.06	$232	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
77	77	9	220.00	$220.00	$169	-10.00
85	85	1	215.00	$215.00	$183	-15.00
100–132	115	70	201.00–215.00	$211.86	$244	—

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60	60	2	125.00	$125.00	$75	—
120	120	1	135.00	$135.00	$162	—
245	245	1	95.00	$95.00	$233	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110	110	10	130.00	$130.00	$143	—
137	137	14	135.00	$135.00	$185	—

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Hair Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
50–52	50	14	250.00–270.00	$254.42	$127	-25.58
62	62	9	225.00	$225.00	$140	-55.00
62–67	66	33	260.00–300.00	$265.67	$175	-14.33
78	78	8	230.00	$230.00	$179	-50.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
32	32	3	285.00	$285.00	$91	-10.00
32	32	3	255.00	$255.00	$82	-40.00
38	38	2	205.00	$205.00	$78	-90.00
53	53	12	265.00	$265.00	$140	+5.00
53	53	3	300.00	$300.00	$159	+40.00
55	55	2	215.00	$215.00	$118	-45.00
64–67	66	51	295.00–305.00	$297.27	$196	+37.27
68	68	6	285.00	$285.00	$194	+25.00

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
52–54	53	38	270.00–290.00	$283.85	$150	+23.85
58	58	3	255.00	$255.00	$148	-45.00
60–68	62	49	260.00–277.50	$271.63	$168	+1.63
72	72	3	240.00	$240.00	$173	+5.00
71–79	73	25	250.00–275.00	$261.52	$191	+26.52
73–76	75	71	245.00	$245.00	$184	+10.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
65	65	2	225.00	$225.00	$146	+15.00
80	80	5	225.00	$225.00	$180	+25.00
90	90	2	290.00	$290.00	$261	+75.00
94	94	4	250.00	$250.00	$235	+35.00
98	98	3	195.00	$195.00	$191	-20.00
110	110	2	205.00	$205.00	$226	-14.46
111	111	4	155.00	$155.00	$172	-64.46
108–146	139	13	205.00–210.00	$205.60	$286	-44.40
165	165	5	215.00	$215.00	$355	+30.00
195	195	1	170.00	$170.00	$332	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
37	37	5	260.00	$260.00	$96	—
49	49	14	280.00	$280.00	$137	—
65	65	1	290.00	$290.00	$188	+15.00
74	74	5	285.00	$285.00	$211	+25.00
75	75	1	240.00	$240.00	$180	-20.00
94	94	5	270.00	$270.00	$254	+1.97
100	100	1	225.00	$225.00	$225	-35.00

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
82–89	86	80	220.00–240.00	$225.23	$194	+3.85
91–97	96	83	224.00–239.00	$237.64	$228	+16.26
105–119	109	16	205.00–211.00	$208.96	$228	-10.04
109	109	13	215.00	$215.00	$234	-4.00
108–149	133	563	220.00–235.00	$230.17	$306	-2.90
150–163	153	238	224.00–234.00	$232.38	$356	-6.86
184	184	8	202.00	$202.00	$372	-30.46

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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.