Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 30, 2022

3,831 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,831	2,034	1,964
Slaughter cattle	1,199	1,171	1,005

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers in a light test steady to 1.00 higher, heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Holsteins steady to 1.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering of cattle was good. A few cattle were carrying a bit of tag creating a price gap. Black hided cattle in biggest demand also creating a bit of a price spread. Estimated dressed cost 223.00 - 229.00. CME Live Cattle closed lower while corn jumped a little higher. Slaughter cows Breaker and Boner steady to 2.00 higher, Lean steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls in a light test steady to 2.00 higher. Traditional slaughter weight lambs: Steady to 5.00 higher. Demand for this large offering of sheep was good. Several large lots of sheep weighing under 100lbs today. Slaughter ewes 15.00 to 25.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1266	1266	4	138.00	$138.00	$1,747	—
1431–1480	1464	87	138.00–142.00	$141.34	$2,069	+1.49
1468	1468	17	145.75	$145.75	$2,140	+5.90
1520–1573	1540	57	140.00–143.75	$140.27	$2,160	+1.00
1530–1580	1559	32	142.00–144.00	$143.15	$2,232	—
1616–1660	1624	29	140.50–142.00	$141.48	$2,298	+2.33

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1257–1417	1333	196	137.00–143.00	$139.61	$1,861	+2.61
1437	1437	13	136.00	$136.00	$1,954	-4.30
1450	1450	6	135.00	$135.00	$1,958	—
1235–1570	1491	240	136.50–143.50	$140.02	$2,088	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1115	1068	85-90%	2	36.00–45.00	$40.70	$435	-19.98
915–1400	1193	85-90%	19	62.00–65.00	$63.11	$753	—
920–1731	1341	85-90%	28	66.00–71.50	$68.59	$920	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1695	1523	75-80%	15	79.50–83.50	$81.55	$1,242	—
1570–2088	1756	75-80%	7	85.00–91.00	$88.40	$1,552	—
1800	1800	75-80%	1	71.00	$71.00	$1,278	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1530	1288	80-85%	8	75.00–79.00	$76.34	$983	—
1408–1530	1457	80-85%	5	81.50–83.00	$82.37	$1,200	—
1660	1660	80-85%	1	72.50	$72.50	$1,204	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–2000	1376	7	93.00–98.00	$95.28	$1,311	—
1605–2020	1848	3	104.00–107.00	$105.04	$1,941	—
1915	1915	1	110.00	$110.00	$2,106	-4.00

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
183	183	2	80.00	$80.00	$146	—
240–245	243	3	80.00	$80.00	$194	-26.58
255–265	260	2	105.00	$105.00	$273	—
260	260	2	105.00	$105.00	$273	—
262–280	264	9	85.00	$85.00	$224	—
270	270	1	55.00	$55.00	$148	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
78	78	3	355.00	$355.00	$277	—
88	88	4	190.00	$190.00	$167	—
95	95	1	260.00	$260.00	$247	—
113	113	7	220.00	$220.00	$249	+10.00
117	117	3	135.00	$135.00	$158	-75.00

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1404–1550	1495	40	117.00–125.00	$121.55	$1,817	-0.17
1704	1704	7	111.00	$111.00	$1,891	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
80	80	1	40.00	$40.00	$32	—
95	95	1	115.00	$115.00	$109	—
113	113	4	75.00	$75.00	$85	-22.24
120	120	3	55.00	$55.00	$66	-42.24
126–148	141	33	75.00–100.00	$91.38	$129	-28.59
135–144	143	52	110.00–115.00	$112.48	$161	-7.49
142–145	144	62	105.00–115.00	$108.98	$157	-10.99
145	145	2	35.00	$35.00	$51	-84.97
156–173 fancy	165	22	105.00–115.00	$110.71	$183	—
153–189	171	34	65.00–75.00	$70.84	$121	-36.92
152–185	172	109	80.00–100.00	$90.87	$156	-16.89
160–176	175	27	115.00–120.00	$115.17	$202	-13.83
190–197	194	57	80.00–100.00	$94.14	$183	-13.79
196 fancy	196	8	115.00	$115.00	$225	—
201–228	210	100	85.00–105.00	$90.83	$191	-13.97
204–228	221	25	110.00	$110.00	$243	+5.20
277	277	3	85.00	$85.00	$235	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
44–48	44	27	300.00–305.00	$304.40	$134	—
55–59	58	106	295.00–320.00	$309.60	$180	-15.40
65	65	31	275.00	$275.00	$179	-50.00
69	69	6	235.00	$235.00	$162	-90.00
72	72	13	310.00	$310.00	$223	-15.00
83	83	31	295.00	$295.00	$245	+10.00

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
80	80	1	100.00	$100.00	$80	—
120	120	4	95.00	$95.00	$114	-30.28
151	151	4	105.00	$105.00	$159	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
28	28	2	305.00	$305.00	$85	-75.00
35	35	1	370.00	$370.00	$130	-10.00
40	40	2	380.00	$380.00	$152	+25.00
45	45	1	105.00	$105.00	$47	-225.00
44–48	46	17	450.00–460.00	$453.91	$209	+123.91
48	48	10	425.00	$425.00	$204	+95.00
50–52	52	9	385.00–400.00	$386.61	$201	+61.61
52	52	3	385.00	$385.00	$200	+60.00
52–53	52	17	425.00–435.00	$430.25	$224	+105.25
53–58	54	14	350.00–355.00	$353.85	$191	+28.85
60–67	65	111	435.00–440.00	$435.67	$283	+110.67
63–69	66	8	345.00–355.00	$349.77	$231	+24.77
71	71	68	440.00	$440.00	$312	+115.00
72	72	13	335.00	$335.00	$241	+10.00
73	73	22	385.00	$385.00	$281	+60.00
81	81	5	280.00	$280.00	$227	-45.00

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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	8	305.00	$305.00	$116	-23.17
40 fancy	40	2	405.00	$405.00	$162	+55.00
42–49	45	51	315.00–355.00	$343.11	$154	+14.94
48	48	9	290.00	$290.00	$139	-38.17
52–55	53	37	305.00–342.50	$329.37	$175	—
61	61	10	250.00	$250.00	$152	—
67–68	67	40	300.00–310.00	$303.28	$203	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60	60	2	165.00	$165.00	$99	+60.00
75	75	1	55.00	$55.00	$41	-50.00
83	83	5	220.00	$220.00	$183	+115.00
100–104	103	5	200.00–210.00	$201.94	$208	+1.94
110	110	1	55.00	$55.00	$60	-55.00
113	113	2	130.00	$130.00	$147	+20.00
115	115	13	170.00	$170.00	$196	+60.00
115	115	1	115.00	$115.00	$132	+5.00
120	120	1	155.00	$155.00	$186	+45.00
150	150	1	135.00	$135.00	$202	—
160	160	1	155.00	$155.00	$248	—
163	163	2	125.00	$125.00	$204	—
150–179	178	21	155.00–165.00	$155.40	$277	—
205	205	1	105.00	$105.00	$215	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
70	70	1	170.00	$170.00	$119	-130.00
87	87	5	320.00	$320.00	$278	+45.00
90	90	1	175.00	$175.00	$158	-100.00
95	95	7	200.00	$200.00	$190	-75.00
113	113	6	275.00	$275.00	$311	—
121	121	6	155.00	$155.00	$188	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
55–59	56	33	315.00–340.00	$332.05	$186	+20.14
62–69	65	78	310.00–325.00	$320.39	$208	+8.48
65	65	16	210.00–285.00	$256.88	$167	-55.03
70	70	14	275.00	$275.00	$192	-36.91
71–79	75	244	300.00–315.00	$307.51	$231	+7.51
80–85	81	307	305.00–310.00	$306.24	$248	+41.24
83	83	2	265.00	$265.00	$220	±0.00
90	90	13	270.00–295.00	$291.15	$262	+71.15
100 fancy	100	40	260.00–300.00	$295.00	$295	+75.00
131–143	135	84	205.00–222.50	$211.80	$286	+26.80
133–140	136	5	165.00	$165.00	$224	-20.00
136–144	143	46	184.00–202.00	$198.78	$284	-9.11
152	152	20	187.00	$187.00	$284	+26.00
151–155	153	11	150.00–180.00	$164.89	$252	+3.89
208	208	192	156.00	$156.00	$324	—

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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.