Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 4, 2022

3,121 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,121	2,908	3,746
Slaughter cattle	815	995	1,115

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers sold with higher undertones, heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Holstein steers sold with lower undertones. Demand for this eye appealing offering of slaughter cattle was moderate. Light test today. The weather is nice today allowing farmers to get into the field. Estimated dressed cost 234.00 - 238.00. CME Live Cattle and Corn were lower today. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold with higher undertones. Traditional slaughter weight lambs 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering was good. Seeing more feeder weight lambs the last few weeks. Slaughter ewes Good 4-5 & Utility steady, Good 2-3 2.00 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
1218	1218	6	110.00	$110.00	$1,340	—
1233	1233	4	145.00	$145.00	$1,788	—
1282–1347	1315	22	142.50–144.75	$144.12	$1,895	—
1363–1482	1426	78	147.00–149.00	$147.80	$2,108	+4.44
1353–1486	1446	28	150.00–152.00	$151.03	$2,184	+7.67
1499	1499	14	143.50	$143.50	$2,151	-9.33
1506	1506	8	144.00	$144.00	$2,169	—
1535–1638	1562	19	147.50–153.00	$151.48	$2,366	-4.52
1577	1577	9	146.50	$146.50	$2,310	-9.50
1676	1676	7	146.00	$146.00	$2,447	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1271	1271	17	140.50	$140.50	$1,786	-8.57
1253–1472	1292	131	143.50–148.00	$145.48	$1,880	+8.48
1304	1304	33	140.00	$140.00	$1,826	—
1295–1466	1322	55	153.50–157.25	$156.48	$2,069	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1303	1303	80-85%	2	79.00	$79.00	$1,029	—
980–1703	1400	80-85%	52	73.00–78.50	$75.39	$1,055	—
1345–1685	1484	80-85%	5	61.00–72.00	$69.11	$1,026	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1705	1446	75-80%	8	87.00–89.00	$88.56	$1,281	+4.04
1175–1960	1489	75-80%	34	80.00–86.00	$82.71	$1,232	—
1448–1750	1588	75-80%	6	75.00–78.50	$76.78	$1,219	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–1535	917	85-90%	17	5.00–51.00	$30.12	$276	—
870–1300	1166	85-90%	13	60.00–65.50	$63.11	$736	+5.11
820–1473	1223	85-90%	15	69.00–71.00	$70.12	$858	-4.88
1180–1555	1368	85-90%	2	72.50–73.00	$72.72	$995	+2.04

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1237–1563	1433	65-75%	12	87.00–96.00	$90.76	$1,301	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1565–1945	1773	3	86.00–100.00	$92.14	$1,634	—
1565–2008	1889	5	102.00–107.50	$105.90	$2,000	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	55.00	$55.00	$94	-90.00
198	198	2	35.00	$35.00	$69	-110.00
218–245	232	4	75.00	$75.00	$174	—
250–285	274	4	75.00–85.00	$81.42	$223	-19.54

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60	60	2	355.00	$355.00	$213	±0.00
73	73	3	175.00	$175.00	$128	-180.00
74	74	6	375.00	$375.00	$278	+20.00
80	80	1	310.00	$310.00	$248	+95.00
90	90	1	190.00	$190.00	$171	-25.00
100	100	1	205.00	$205.00	$205	—
122	122	3	145.00	$145.00	$177	—
135	135	1	155.00	$155.00	$209	—
160–185	173	2	160.00–165.00	$162.68	$281	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1386–1484	1424	51	118.50–122.00	$120.82	$1,720	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
111–142	130	33	70.00–85.00	$78.30	$102	+31.97
128–140	130	7	45.00–55.00	$50.61	$66	+4.28
110–148	136	138	95.00–115.00	$107.93	$147	+9.96
155	155	2	40.00–55.00	$47.50	$74	-27.50
160	160	1	25.00	$25.00	$40	-50.00
150–188	171	255	75.00–95.00	$82.37	$141	+7.37
163–184	171	10	65.00–70.00	$67.15	$115	-7.85
160–189	173	53	100.00–115.00	$104.33	$180	+29.33
190–196	193	27	65.00–80.00	$75.68	$146	+10.68
193	193	7	100.00	$100.00	$193	+35.00
210	210	2	65.00	$65.00	$136	-13.46
202–235	214	6	100.00	$100.00	$214	+21.54
200–248	219	45	70.00–80.00	$73.97	$162	-4.49
272	272	3	75.00	$75.00	$204	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
70	70	15	265.00	$265.00	$186	-10.00
85–89	89	35	270.00–280.00	$279.18	$248	+4.18

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
82	82	3	120.00	$120.00	$98	+27.22
99	99	4	95.00	$95.00	$94	+2.22
105	105	8	110.00	$110.00	$116	+10.00
118	118	8	85.00	$85.00	$100	-15.00
142	142	9	65.00	$65.00	$92	-35.00

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Hair Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
30	30	6	300.00	$300.00	$90	—
51	51	28	305.00	$305.00	$156	-10.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
23	23	3	300.00	$300.00	$69	+1.07
25	25	2	360.00	$360.00	$90	+61.07
34–36	35	19	305.00	$305.00	$107	-15.00
39	39	31	345.00	$345.00	$135	+25.00
43	43	18	355.00–370.00	$357.50	$154	-57.50
40–48	45	21	295.00–305.00	$301.94	$136	-113.06
53	53	2	370.00	$370.00	$196	-50.00
52–58	54	22	440.00–445.00	$440.73	$238	+20.73
55	55	1	340.00	$340.00	$187	-80.00
57	57	3	305.00	$305.00	$174	-100.00
60	60	4	345.00	$345.00	$207	-60.00
61–66	62	32	440.00–450.00	$448.33	$278	+43.33
65	65	1	200.00	$200.00	$130	-150.00

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
41–48	43	29	320.00–345.00	$336.76	$145	-32.11
44	44	6	295.00	$295.00	$130	-73.87
53–55	53	23	310.00–340.00	$321.08	$170	-10.70
60	60	6	275.00	$275.00	$165	-56.78
61–68	66	298	280.00–305.00	$295.50	$195	-30.74
70–78	74	198	275.00–290.00	$287.60	$213	-28.56
74	74	24	265.00	$265.00	$196	-51.16
82–84	83	135	285.00–295.00	$288.65	$240	-15.09

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
75	75	11	335.00	$335.00	$251	—
75	75	3	105.00	$105.00	$79	—
85	85	2	125.00	$125.00	$106	—
85	85	2	280.00	$280.00	$238	—
97	97	3	205.00	$205.00	$199	—
98	98	3	170.00	$170.00	$167	—
112	112	8	125.00	$125.00	$140	-40.00
120	120	2	140.00	$140.00	$168	-25.00
130–140	135	2	175.00–185.00	$180.19	$243	+15.19
150	150	2	200.00	$200.00	$300	—
158	158	2	135.00	$135.00	$213	—
215	215	1	125.00	$125.00	$269	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
79	79	5	365.00	$365.00	$288	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
62–64	63	67	290.00–305.00	$296.93	$187	-3.28
73–77	75	57	280.00–290.00	$283.41	$213	-16.80
80–88	84	118	270.00–295.00	$281.66	$237	-18.55
94–97	97	207	280.00–285.00	$281.36	$273	-20.49
108	108	2	280.00	$280.00	$302	-15.04
124–144	131	85	211.00–223.00	$214.50	$281	-5.14
175	175	1	110.00	$110.00	$192	-73.00
195	195	4	126.00	$126.00	$246	-52.13
225	225	58	91.00	$91.00	$205	-44.00
240	240	26	125.00	$125.00	$300	-10.00

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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.