Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 9, 2023

3,451 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,451	3,812	3,726
Slaughter cattle	756	887	1,127

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Fed steers steady to 3.00 lower, heifers 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Holsteins to few to make a meaningful comparison. Demand for this light offering of slaughter cattle was good. Program cattle showed a good premium this week. Only a couple semi loads of fed cattle offered along with some small packages. The majority of today's offering was call cows. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Traditional weight slaughter lambs 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand for this eye catching offering was good. 70 lbs - 90 lbs lambs sold with higher undertones. Slaughter lambs weighing over 120 lbs seemed to be in highest demand today. Slaughter ewes 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1264	1264	4	175.00	$175.00	$2,212	—
1310	1310	41	194.00	$194.00	$2,541	—
1335	1335	4	182.00	$182.00	$2,430	—
1324–1492	1428	163	183.00–186.50	$184.65	$2,637	-0.88
1440–1483	1473	28	178.00–180.00	$179.65	$2,646	—
1503–1540	1525	32	182.00–186.00	$184.14	$2,808	—
1828	1828	10	182.00	$182.00	$3,327	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1276	1276	12	180.00	$180.00	$2,297	—
1257–1385	1345	48	180.00–184.00	$181.88	$2,446	-4.27
1654	1654	6	155.00	$155.00	$2,564	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1570	1116	85-90%	29	50.00–78.00	$70.24	$784	—
1168–1220	1184	85-90%	13	109.00–111.00	$110.37	$1,307	+18.96
985–2040	1330	85-90%	51	97.00–107.00	$102.64	$1,365	—
1110–1586	1347	85-90%	23	80.00–95.00	$89.74	$1,209	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1183–1333	1281	80-85%	8	119.00–124.00	$120.55	$1,544	—
1105–2000	1411	80-85%	72	108.00–118.00	$112.96	$1,594	+5.55
1363–1827	1600	80-85%	6	100.00–105.00	$101.29	$1,621	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1227–1928	1382	75-80%	14	130.00–135.00	$133.63	$1,847	—
1388–1645	1535	75-80%	49	119.00–129.00	$123.47	$1,895	-3.85
1489–1760	1593	75-80%	9	110.00–118.50	$114.67	$1,827	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1540–2025	1779	6	107.00–121.00	$115.43	$2,053	—
1585–2200	1801	9	124.00–133.00	$127.08	$2,289	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
182	182	3	115.00	$115.00	$209	—
175–190	183	2	45.00–80.00	$63.22	$116	—
230–240	237	3	10.00–40.00	$30.28	$72	-26.29
310–330	321	4	35.00–55.00	$42.28	$136	-2.72

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
40	40	1	70.00	$70.00	$28	—
80	80	1	105.00	$105.00	$84	—
95	95	1	240.00	$240.00	$228	—
133	133	2	225.00	$225.00	$299	+85.00
170	170	1	245.00	$245.00	$416	+90.00
220–225	223	2	220.00–235.00	$227.42	$507	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1697	1697	7	158.50	$158.50	$2,690	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
95	95	4	55.00	$55.00	$52	—
123	123	2	25.00	$25.00	$31	+4.95
135	135	4	75.00	$75.00	$101	+34.23
108–149	141	110	40.00–60.00	$50.70	$71	+9.93
147	147	5	30.00	$30.00	$44	-10.77
150	150	3	60.00	$60.00	$90	+25.00
150	150	2	35.00	$35.00	$52	±0.00
151–190	168	112	45.00–65.00	$58.56	$98	-10.79
170	170	56	35.00	$35.00	$60	-34.35
163–187	174	27	70.00–85.00	$72.66	$126	+3.31
200–215	208	2	75.00	$75.00	$156	+25.00
214	214	15	45.00	$45.00	$96	-5.00

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
58	58	8	150.00	$150.00	$87	-5.00
61	61	14	215.00	$215.00	$131	+60.00
76	76	9	185.00	$185.00	$141	+37.67
80	80	1	180.00	$180.00	$144	+25.00
84	84	18	180.00	$180.00	$151	+25.00
88	88	3	165.00	$165.00	$145	+10.00
94	94	31	198.00	$198.00	$186	+43.00
103	103	15	152.50	$152.50	$157	—
131	131	10	196.00	$196.00	$257	—

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150	150	1	90.00	$90.00	$135	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
108	108	2	90.00	$90.00	$97	+43.94
109	109	6	115.00	$115.00	$125	+68.94
130	130	1	55.00	$55.00	$72	+8.94

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Hair Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
35–36	35	53	155.00–165.00	$158.65	$56	-6.35
51–53	52	21	140.00–165.00	$149.30	$78	—
56 fancy	56	8	220.00	$220.00	$123	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
19	19	27	150.00	$150.00	$28	-20.00
26	26	4	150.00	$150.00	$39	-50.00
25–28	27	4	235.00–260.00	$254.27	$69	+54.27
27	27	5	175.00	$175.00	$47	-25.00
30	30	3	245.00	$245.00	$74	+5.00
31	31	11	205.00	$205.00	$64	-35.00
36	36	9	185.00	$185.00	$67	-55.00
45	45	14	130.00	$130.00	$58	-146.65
46	46	10	310.00	$310.00	$143	+33.35
45–48	47	8	235.00–265.00	$242.14	$114	-34.51
50–55	52	25	300.00–317.50	$311.98	$162	+72.63
51–55	53	10	250.00–265.00	$261.01	$138	+21.66
53	53	8	190.00	$190.00	$101	-49.35
60–61	61	13	280.00–300.00	$296.20	$181	+21.20
62	62	3	155.00	$155.00	$96	-120.00
60–68	65	4	245.00–255.00	$252.70	$164	-43.12
70–75	71	33	260.00–285.00	$276.17	$196	+26.17
70–72	71	41	250.00–255.00	$253.57	$180	+3.57
85	85	1	220.00	$220.00	$187	-35.00
95	95	2	275.00	$275.00	$261	+20.00

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
34 fancy	34	35	200.00	$200.00	$68	—
37–38	38	15	160.00	$160.00	$61	-10.00
43–46	43	44	215.00–220.00	$215.48	$93	+1.63
49	49	4	170.00	$170.00	$83	-43.85
52–56	53	97	200.00–225.00	$210.54	$112	+45.54
50–59	55	10	150.00–190.00	$170.09	$94	+5.09
61	61	69	205.00	$205.00	$125	+45.00
64	64	6	160.00	$160.00	$102	±0.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
43	43	2	85.00	$85.00	$37	—
67	67	3	160.00	$160.00	$107	+45.00
70	70	4	115.00	$115.00	$80	±0.00
77	77	3	105.00	$105.00	$81	-10.00
75–78	78	11	130.00	$130.00	$101	-70.00
80–83	82	4	105.00–115.00	$112.57	$92	-87.43
84	84	7	105.00	$105.00	$88	-95.00
85–88	87	4	120.00–130.00	$124.91	$109	-75.09
112–130	117	7	125.00–130.00	$128.41	$150	+0.29
100–145	119	5	105.00–110.00	$107.31	$128	-20.81
136–148	142	8	115.00	$115.00	$163	-42.74
155	155	1	125.00	$125.00	$194	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
56	56	49	210.00	$210.00	$118	+22.44
64	64	5	185.00	$185.00	$118	-2.56
65	65	9	210.00	$210.00	$136	+22.44
70–78	75	7	150.00–180.00	$175.98	$132	+2.59
71–77	75	94	195.00–215.00	$211.68	$159	+38.29
80–88	86	76	180.00–200.00	$189.66	$163	+10.94
80–89	87	39	170.00–175.00	$170.82	$149	-7.90
90–98	93	61	180.00–200.00	$187.87	$175	+4.00
92–95	93	10	155.00–170.00	$166.92	$155	-16.95
101–121	114	28	150.00–181.00	$167.62	$191	-10.02
100–145	128	969	183.00–213.00	$204.68	$262	+4.78
141 fancy	141	96	221.00	$221.00	$312	+5.00
153	153	4	210.00	$210.00	$321	+12.00

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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.