Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 18, 2022

3,093 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,093	2,766	2,908
Slaughter cattle	740	938	1,338

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter Steers steady to 1.00 lower, heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Holsteins sold with definite higher undertones. Demand for this light offering of cattle was moderate. Estimated dressed cost was 232.00. CME Live Cattle were lower along with corn. Slaughter cows sold with much higher undertones. Bulls to few to make a meaningful comparison. Traditional slaughter weight sheep 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Slaughter ewes Good 4-5 5.00 to 10.00 higher, Good 2-3 & Utility steady to 3.00 lower, Cull to few to make a meaningful comparison. Demand for this nice offering of sheep was good.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1181	1181	8	120.50	$120.50	$1,423	—
1321	1321	4	147.00	$147.00	$1,942	+15.76
1363	1363	8	136.00	$136.00	$1,854	-8.00
1363–1452	1433	23	135.00–138.50	$137.78	$1,974	-9.60
1405–1486	1434	22	138.00–140.00	$139.25	$1,997	-8.13
1410–1464	1453	19	145.00–145.50	$145.40	$2,113	+0.40
1448–1489	1460	83	140.00–144.00	$142.14	$2,075	-2.86
1534	1534	40	142.00	$142.00	$2,178	+2.00

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265	1265	9	136.00	$136.00	$1,720	-3.30
1211–1397	1310	173	140.00–142.00	$141.89	$1,859	-1.03
1399	1399	7	139.50	$139.50	$1,952	—
1321–1453	1400	15	144.50–146.00	$145.07	$2,031	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065	1065	85-90%	1	30.00	$30.00	$320	—
1152–1364	1254	85-90%	10	64.00–69.00	$65.50	$821	-6.28
1050–1890	1490	85-90%	43	70.00–75.00	$73.54	$1,096	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1193–1795	1417	75-80%	24	80.00–86.00	$82.55	$1,170	—
1506–1860	1627	75-80%	12	87.00–89.00	$88.21	$1,435	—
1640	1640	75-80%	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,279	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1775	1417	80-85%	18	76.00–79.00	$76.95	$1,090	—
1513–2065	1697	80-85%	3	74.00–75.00	$74.59	$1,266	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1680–2012	1929	65-75%	4	91.00–95.00	$91.87	$1,772	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1755	1755	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,930	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	50.00	$50.00	$88	±0.00
235–248	242	5	80.00–100.00	$87.76	$212	+17.76
273	273	2	75.00	$75.00	$205	-10.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
90	90	1	255.00	$255.00	$230	+50.00
98	98	5	130.00	$130.00	$127	-75.00
100–135	118	2	155.00–160.00	$157.13	$185	-47.87
220	220	1	220.00	$220.00	$484	+65.00

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1312	1312	5	129.00	$129.00	$1,692	+23.00
1461–1490	1485	27	120.00–126.00	$121.09	$1,798	—
1469–1573	1513	21	129.50–131.00	$130.48	$1,974	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
100–145	128	73	85.00–110.00	$92.31	$118	+42.31
130–141	134	15	65.00–80.00	$74.73	$100	-47.50
139–147	142	35	85.00–100.00	$90.92	$129	+15.18
148	148	5	80.00	$80.00	$118	+4.26
150	150	27	85.00	$85.00	$128	+19.15
161	161	7	55.00	$55.00	$89	-66.03
164–177	170	16	55.00–65.00	$63.79	$108	-23.97
173	173	9	110.00	$110.00	$190	+22.24
155–189	175	57	75.00–95.00	$85.29	$149	-2.47
183–199	194	56	75.00–100.00	$87.54	$170	-17.91
203	203	9	65.00	$65.00	$132	+7.75
202–233	209	20	80.00–100.00	$87.98	$184	+30.73
257	257	3	70.00	$70.00	$180	-5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
123	123	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	3	105.00	$105.00	$129	—
125	125	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	75	120.00	$120.00	$150	—
167–182	175	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	105.00–125.00	$115.95	$203	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	135.00	$135.00	$236	—

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)	Open	2	110.00	$110.00	$218	—
200	200	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	2	105.00	$105.00	$210	—

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Hair Lambs

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
48	48	46	270.00	$270.00	$130	—
55	55	9	270.00	$270.00	$148	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
25	25	3	410.00	$410.00	$102	+200.00
30–38	34	20	425.00–430.00	$429.78	$146	+127.87
40	40	1	305.00	$305.00	$122	+3.09
40–49	46	13	450.00–485.00	$455.56	$210	+85.56
51	51	7	470.00	$470.00	$240	+165.00
54	54	4	180.00	$180.00	$97	-125.00
53–58	55	11	405.00–440.00	$427.24	$235	+122.24
60–65	65	28	430.00–475.00	$472.02	$307	+167.02
65	65	3	180.00	$180.00	$117	-125.00
71	71	13	410.00	$410.00	$291	+105.00

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
41–44	42	41	345.00–360.00	$354.71	$149	+19.11
40–49	45	28	260.00–275.00	$265.18	$119	-29.82
54	54	24	275.00	$275.00	$148	-12.93
51–58	55	69	285.00–320.00	$305.87	$168	+17.94
61–66	63	93	280.00–292.50	$289.50	$182	-0.96
72–79	75	264	250.00–265.00	$256.27	$192	-18.73
80–84	82	124	255.00–260.00	$258.12	$212	-19.38

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
47	47	91	205.00	$205.00	$96	—
57	57	142	205.00	$205.00	$117	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
42–49	45	60	255.00–275.00	$261.59	$118	—
45	45	5	235.00	$235.00	$106	—
56	56	75	235.00	$235.00	$132	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
33	33	11	275.00	$275.00	$91	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
65	65	1	115.00	$115.00	$75	-65.00
73	73	2	150.00	$150.00	$110	-30.00
84	84	5	170.00	$170.00	$143	-35.00
88	88	2	160.00	$160.00	$141	-45.00
105	105	6	195.00	$195.00	$205	+5.00
103–133	113	9	155.00–170.00	$160.00	$181	-30.00
133	133	2	105.00	$105.00	$140	-55.00
153	153	2	105.00	$105.00	$161	-20.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
112	112	3	185.00	$185.00	$207	—
168	168	3	175.00	$175.00	$294	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
64	64	9	265.00	$265.00	$170	-20.22
70	70	14	265.00	$265.00	$186	-20.22
83	83	10	245.00	$245.00	$203	-24.08
84–87	86	119	240.00–265.00	$259.14	$223	-9.94
96	96	91	270.00	$270.00	$259	+100.00
100	100	21	165.00	$165.00	$165	-91.38
108	108	42	262.50	$262.50	$284	+6.12
102–142	121	231	226.00–246.00	$236.32	$286	-20.06

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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.