Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 24, 2022

6,211 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,211	3,989	4,732
Slaughter cattle	1,996	1,134	1,505

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 2.00 to 3.00 lower, heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Holsteins sold with lower undertones. Demand for this large offering of eye appealing cattle was moderate. Black hided are in biggest demand creating price gaps. Estimated dressed cost is 231.00 - 237.00. CME Live Cattle Futures closed lower, while corn was slightly higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Traditional weight slaughter lambs 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand for this large offering was moderate. Slaughter ewes steady to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225	1225	19	140.50	$140.50	$1,721	—
1119–1277	1257	63	152.25–154.50	$152.50	$1,917	—
1332–1358	1344	150	147.50–149.50	$148.63	$1,998	-5.98
1349–1483	1408	98	143.00–147.00	$145.11	$2,043	—
1334–1469	1434	54	152.75–153.50	$153.32	$2,199	—
1435	1435	24	147.00	$147.00	$2,109	—
1429–1495	1464	85	138.00–142.00	$141.31	$2,069	-11.06
1502–1569	1518	376	142.25–148.00	$144.55	$2,194	-3.64
1523	1523	11	153.00	$153.00	$2,330	+4.81

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1106–1165	1148	38	139.50–143.50	$142.47	$1,636	—
1219–1408	1275	132	148.00–156.25	$150.79	$1,923	-2.57
1242–1337	1292	30	137.50–142.50	$140.22	$1,812	-13.14
1210–1451	1357	312	145.00–149.50	$146.96	$1,994	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–895	893	85-90%	3	41.00–46.00	$42.66	$381	—
1003–1483	1202	85-90%	58	61.00–72.00	$68.57	$824	—
1200–1492	1340	85-90%	25	73.00–78.00	$75.13	$1,007	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1800	1430	80-85%	44	82.00–89.00	$85.00	$1,216	—
1231–1631	1443	80-85%	20	74.00–81.00	$78.86	$1,138	—
1555	1555	80-85%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,400	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1401–1532	1461	75-80%	22	96.00–97.50	$96.44	$1,409	+6.74
1475–1650	1572	75-80%	12	92.00–94.00	$92.85	$1,460	+17.38
1395–1745	1586	75-80%	12	87.00–91.50	$90.08	$1,429	+14.61

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510–1645	1578	2	101.00–104.00	$102.44	$1,617	—
1720	1720	1	131.00	$131.00	$2,253	—
1835–2420	2042	5	106.00–115.00	$111.45	$2,276	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
91	91	20	135.00	$135.00	$123	—
185–195	191	5	90.00–105.00	$95.81	$183	+8.58
205–225	220	4	90.00–100.00	$96.28	$212	+7.67
273	273	2	85.00	$85.00	$232	±0.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60	60	1	280.00	$280.00	$168	+105.00
106	106	5	125.00	$125.00	$132	-36.33
130–145	138	2	210.00–220.00	$215.27	$297	+53.94
154–175	157	7	195.00	$195.00	$306	—
170	170	2	120.00	$120.00	$204	-65.00

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1353–1489	1428	86	128.00–135.50	$131.57	$1,879	-3.40

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
128–132	132	20	65.00–70.00	$69.51	$92	-17.25
136	136	13	115.00	$115.00	$156	+51.44
138–149	147	50	75.00–95.00	$89.77	$132	+2.94
163	163	57	122.50	$122.50	$200	+48.30
155–189	179	134	80.00–100.00	$89.65	$160	+2.82
194–199	197	8	85.00–91.00	$87.96	$173	+5.46
201–236	208	55	85.00–100.00	$86.16	$179	+6.16

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
67	67	29	140.00–205.00	$198.28	$133	—
74	74	49	175.00	$175.00	$130	—
88	88	16	160.00	$160.00	$141	—
95	95	20	146.00	$146.00	$139	—
106	106	19	113.00	$113.00	$120	+31.00

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
71	71	6	195.00	$195.00	$138	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
78	78	2	85.00	$85.00	$66	—
108–146	116	38	95.00–105.00	$97.65	$113	-14.86

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Hair Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
54	54	9	205.00	$205.00	$111	±0.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
32	32	5	205.00	$205.00	$66	-80.00
37	37	7	240.00	$240.00	$89	-2.11
37	37	3	255.00	$255.00	$94	+12.89
38	38	2	185.00	$185.00	$70	-57.11
40–49	44	23	235.00–245.00	$240.29	$106	-1.82
45–46	45	19	250.00–260.00	$252.14	$113	+10.03
53–56	56	30	250.00–265.00	$264.05	$148	+19.05
56–58	56	17	285.00–290.00	$289.39	$162	+44.39
58	58	6	230.00	$230.00	$133	-15.00
60	60	4	170.00	$170.00	$102	-15.00
60	60	8	170.00	$170.00	$102	-15.00
60	60	1	215.00	$215.00	$129	+30.00
65–66	66	11	280.00–285.00	$284.10	$188	+93.54
73	73	2	265.00	$265.00	$193	+26.40
70–79	78	6	240.00–245.00	$240.75	$188	+2.15
89	89	4	240.00	$240.00	$214	±0.00

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
44–48	47	77	195.00–220.00	$215.46	$101	+24.29
55	55	63	235.00	$235.00	$129	+11.35
65–66	66	57	220.00–235.00	$224.69	$148	+0.22
68	68	29	190.00	$190.00	$129	-34.47

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
60	60	1	170.00	$170.00	$102	+10.00
77	77	13	235.00	$235.00	$181	+75.00
80	80	1	60.00	$60.00	$48	-100.00
95	95	23	175.00	$175.00	$166	+70.00
97	97	5	120.00	$120.00	$116	+15.00
103–140	112	15	145.00–155.00	$150.74	$169	-11.01
116	116	9	100.00	$100.00	$116	-30.00
113–138	119	11	190.00–195.00	$193.70	$231	+63.70
152	152	3	190.00	$190.00	$289	+28.47

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
63	63	2	240.00	$240.00	$151	-5.00
70	70	40	275.00	$275.00	$192	+30.00
93	93	2	265.00	$265.00	$246	+25.00
105–120	113	2	250.00	$250.00	$282	—
184	184	5	225.00	$225.00	$414	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
51–57	53	18	220.00–255.00	$230.52	$122	+52.17
65	65	21	195.00	$195.00	$127	+16.65
60–68	66	177	200.00–230.00	$209.18	$138	+30.83
70–79	74	203	180.00–235.00	$199.81	$148	+21.46
79	79	5	175.00	$175.00	$138	-3.35
85	85	13	140.00	$140.00	$119	-38.35
84–89	86	296	150.00–200.00	$174.99	$150	-3.36
91–93 fancy	92	149	147.50–170.00	$162.01	$149	—
91–99	94	261	107.00–140.00	$118.45	$111	-44.04
101 fancy	101	37	126.00	$126.00	$127	—
101–149	124	1,706	95.00–117.00	$103.35	$128	+16.35
150–170	153	105	84.00–96.00	$89.77	$137	-1.23

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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.