Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 26, 2022

2,840 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,840	4,068	1,973
Slaughter cattle	1,426	1,769	1,270

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers steady to 4.00 higher, heifers steady to 1.00 higher. Holsteins 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Demand for this nice offering of eye appealing cattle was good. Weighing conditions were good, as most cattle were hauled in overnight. Black hided cattle are in highest demand, creating wide price gaps. Several loads of clean cattle today as well as no implant cattle. A little premium was evident for no implant and drug free cattle. Estimated dressed cost 221.00 - 227.00. CME Live Cattle closed higher along with corn. Slaughter cows Boner & Lean 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Breaker 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower in a light test. Traditional slaughter weight lambs steady to 5.00 lower, over 150 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Demand for this light offering of slaughter lambs was moderate. Slaughter ewes steady to 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1148	1148	11	135.00	$135.00	$1,550	—
1280	1280	4	141.00	$141.00	$1,805	—
1299	1299	4	134.00	$134.00	$1,741	—
1375–1378	1376	37	138.00–140.75	$140.01	$1,927	+9.01
1361–1492	1432	129	137.75–143.00	$141.43	$2,025	—
1404–1494	1447	262	132.00–140.00	$137.56	$1,990	—
1485	1485	4	143.00	$143.00	$2,124	+9.40
1515	1515	4	141.00	$141.00	$2,136	—
1500–1577	1520	205	135.00–141.00	$137.77	$2,094	—
1548	1548	13	140.75	$140.75	$2,179	—
1603–1619	1604	46	135.00–136.25	$136.14	$2,184	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1194	1194	36	117.00	$117.00	$1,397	—
1372	1372	10	126.00	$126.00	$1,729	-9.01
1231–1442	1376	77	135.50–144.00	$141.69	$1,950	+6.68
1273–1481	1471	95	132.00–138.00	$137.45	$2,022	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1148	1148	80-85%	2	61.50	$61.50	$706	—
1165–1815	1492	80-85%	109	62.00–68.00	$65.67	$980	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1023–1287	1159	85-90%	6	17.50–37.00	$29.83	$346	—
1020–1290	1202	85-90%	6	43.00–54.00	$51.42	$618	—
898–1773	1348	85-90%	28	56.00–61.00	$58.56	$789	+2.82
1333–1670	1417	85-90%	4	62.00–63.00	$62.29	$883	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1298–1925	1669	75-80%	34	69.00–73.00	$70.31	$1,173	—
1380–2380	1767	75-80%	6	61.00–68.50	$67.04	$1,185	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505–1845	1708	65-75%	21	77.00–79.00	$77.71	$1,327	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1595–2085	1856	4	90.00–95.00	$93.27	$1,731	—
1675–2283	2080	3	71.00–86.00	$81.97	$1,705	-12.53

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	232	7	110.00–125.00	$114.03	$265	-20.97
330	330	3	110.00	$110.00	$363	+15.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125–135	130	2	220.00–230.00	$225.19	$293	-24.81
148	148	2	255.00	$255.00	$377	+5.00
180	180	1	240.00	$240.00	$432	±0.00

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1401–1484	1430	39	112.00–117.00	$115.64	$1,654	+1.80

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
108	108	6	100.00	$100.00	$108	±0.00
130	130	1	220.00	$220.00	$286	+70.00
120–148	135	33	160.00–175.00	$170.59	$230	+20.59
139–148	141	75	180.00–185.00	$181.21	$256	+7.64
147	147	5	130.00	$130.00	$191	-55.00
160–165	163	2	175.00–185.00	$179.92	$293	+11.35
150–175	169	63	160.00–170.00	$168.57	$285	+53.57
153–179	170	22	140.00–145.00	$144.33	$245	+29.33
192–193	193	6	165.00–170.00	$167.49	$323	+12.49
200	200	1	130.00	$130.00	$260	+20.68
205–208	208	18	150.00–160.00	$151.10	$314	+41.78

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
158	158	Young (2-4 yrs)	Winter	28	340.00	$340.00	-61.01
192	192	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Winter	38	325.00	$325.00	-6.08

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
198	198	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Exposed	6	140.00	$140.00	$277	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
67	67	3	295.00	$295.00	$198	-105.00
88	88	15	330.00	$330.00	$290	-35.00
113–118	114	11	205.00–221.00	$217.99	$249	+12.99
235	235	1	170.00	$170.00	$400	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
95	95	9	175.00	$175.00	$166	+20.00
120	120	2	170.00	$170.00	$204	—
140	140	1	155.00	$155.00	$217	—
152–170	158	8	155.00–160.00	$156.80	$248	-3.20

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
50	50	4	460.00	$460.00	$230	+75.38
50–52	52	4	210.00–240.00	$217.28	$113	-167.34
55	55	8	320.00	$320.00	$176	-127.62
60	60	1	420.00	$420.00	$252	+90.00
60–62	60	33	450.00–470.00	$466.88	$280	+136.88
61	61	8	350.00	$350.00	$214	+20.00
76–78	77	6	405.00–415.00	$408.39	$314	+188.39
85–88	85	28	345.00–355.00	$354.26	$301	+134.26
90	90	1	335.00	$335.00	$302	+115.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
86	86	Young (2-4 yrs)	Exposed	7	265.00	$265.00	$228	+115.00
88	88	—	—	2	245.00	$245.00	$216	-30.00
92	92	Young (2-4 yrs)	Exposed	3	310.00	$310.00	$285	+35.00
95	95	Young (2-4 yrs)	Bred	6	310.00	$310.00	$294	+35.00
105	105	—	—	3	270.00	$270.00	$284	-1.95
107–128	115	—	—	5	300.00–340.00	$317.75	$365	+45.80
110–127	124	—	—	11	220.00–230.00	$228.27	$283	+48.27
145	145	Young (2-4 yrs)	Exposed	2	220.00	$220.00	$319	-2.36
148	148	—	—	2	205.00	$205.00	$303	-17.36

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
90	90	2	285.00	$285.00	$256	-65.00
110–125	118	2	270.00–305.00	$286.38	$338	+81.38
134	134	4	250.00	$250.00	$335	+45.00
140	140	1	160.00	$160.00	$224	-45.00

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
56–59	58	9	400.00–410.00	$405.68	$235	-20.29
61	61	6	405.00	$405.00	$247	-20.97
65	65	3	345.00	$345.00	$224	-69.45
70–76	74	18	375.00–385.00	$377.62	$279	-9.71
81–86	83	216	350.00–380.00	$356.07	$296	-31.26
88	88	10	300.00	$300.00	$264	±0.00
96–97	97	89	340.00–350.00	$345.64	$335	+40.64
101–104 fancy	104	94	280.00–320.00	$315.92	$329	+22.71
110	110	4	252.50	$252.50	$278	+25.27
116–141	125	11	200.00–225.00	$214.75	$268	-12.48
107–141	132	311	231.00–245.00	$238.14	$314	-0.94
153–159	155	72	221.00–231.00	$229.43	$356	-4.60
170	170	1	175.00	$175.00	$298	-56.41
172	172	31	221.00	$221.00	$380	-10.41

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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.