Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 17, 2024

3,662 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,662	6,363	4,748
Slaughter cattle	667	1,040	1,054

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the sale last week: Light test for choice slaughter steers today. No comparison. Choice slaughter heifers 5.00 lower, 1.00-3.00 lower in heifers with no implants. Most of the auction consisted of small groups, along with a consignment of over two load lots of heifers. Demand was good, both online and in the stands. Slaughter cows: Breaker and Boner cows mostly steady. Lean cows steady to 2.00 higher. Bulls 5.00 higher. Slaughter lambs: Lambs 60 lbs 13.00-19.00 lower, 70 lbs 10.00-12.00 lower, 80 lbs 5.00-8.00 lower. Lambs 100 lbs 8.00 lower, 110 lbs 16.00-19.00 lower,, 120-140 lbs 11.00-15.00 lower. 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
1123–1367	1259	37	190.00–205.00	$195.48	$2,461	—
1308–1466	1417	38	193.50–199.00	$195.53	$2,771	—
1417	1417	3	190.00	$190.00	$2,692	—
1454	1454	25	190.00	$190.00	$2,763	—
1521–1535	1524	39	193.00–196.75	$195.88	$2,985	-7.62
1597	1597	6	191.00	$191.00	$3,050	—
1648	1648	2	199.50	$199.50	$3,288	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1058–1218	1084	28	190.00–198.50	$197.37	$2,139	—
1234–1363	1300	62	194.50–198.75	$197.33	$2,565	-3.39
1268–1506	1301	29	191.00–192.00	$191.16	$2,487	-9.56
1295–1498	1458	132	196.00–199.75	$197.32	$2,877	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1122–1762	1414	75-80%	48	135.00–150.00	$141.55	$2,002	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1028–1913	1459	80-85%	30	123.00–134.00	$127.45	$1,859	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375–1845	1589	65-75%	23	142.00–149.00	$145.79	$2,317	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
873	873	85-90%	4	86.00	$86.00	$751	—
989–1675	1127	85-90%	9	93.00–110.00	$101.34	$1,142	—
1095–1450	1273	85-90%	2	113.00–122.00	$118.13	$1,504	+1.66

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1595–1960	1764	5	152.00–157.50	$154.87	$2,732	—
1583–2325	1832	5	184.00–191.00	$188.53	$3,454	+36.48
1610–2200	1896	17	160.00–176.00	$168.95	$3,203	+4.59

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1221	1221	8	187.00	$187.00	$2,283	—
1366	1366	6	187.00	$187.00	$2,554	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1348–1629	1518	14	188.00–193.00	$190.22	$2,888	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	3	70.00	$70.00	$136	—
208–220	214	4	90.00	$90.00	$193	+30.00
320	320	1	85.00	$85.00	$272	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
54	54	9	295.00	$295.00	$159	-5.00
55	55	1	185.00	$185.00	$102	-115.00
70–71	71	32	255.00–300.00	$256.39	$182	-43.61
175–195	182	3	205.00–210.00	$208.21	$379	+30.94
188	188	2	170.00	$170.00	$320	-7.27

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1482	1482	5	163.00	$163.00	$2,416	—
1563–1675	1580	13	163.00–170.50	$169.28	$2,675	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
105–128	118	45	35.00–60.00	$41.62	$49	-13.04
115–123	120	7	70.00–85.00	$73.53	$88	+18.87
132–140	137	53	45.00–60.00	$50.16	$69	-3.33
141	141	10	105.00	$105.00	$148	+6.73
141–148	144	37	55.00–60.00	$55.81	$80	-2.94
140–148	147	35	85.00	$85.00	$125	+40.00
150–188	166	106	40.00–70.00	$57.25	$95	-32.02
156–185	170	86	75.00–105.00	$84.88	$144	-4.39
180	180	1	120.00	$120.00	$216	+5.16
193–194	194	102	80.00–100.00	$80.39	$156	+4.89
215	215	1	55.00	$55.00	$118	-10.00
203–235	216	41	85.00–105.00	$97.74	$211	+4.10
250–285	268	2	85.00–90.00	$87.66	$235	+7.74

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
90	90	Lambs (<1 yr)	Open	40	247.00	$247.00	$222	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
103	103	Lambs (<1 yr)	Open	19	120.00	$120.00	$124	-120.00

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
75	75	7	245.00	$245.00	$184	+45.00
72–78	76	54	210.00–215.00	$213.60	$162	+13.60
108	108	60	165.00	$165.00	$178	-22.50
116	116	9	145.00	$145.00	$168	-42.50

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110	110	4	60.00	$60.00	$66	-50.00
130	130	2	50.00	$50.00	$65	-20.00
170	170	3	80.00	$80.00	$136	—

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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	18	220.00–240.00	$224.44	$67	+4.44

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
33	33	8	205.00	$205.00	$68	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
21	21	4	155.00	$155.00	$33	+45.00
23–25	23	5	350.00–380.00	$356.41	$82	+113.63
28	28	7	280.00–295.00	$287.14	$80	+44.36
31–34	32	16	300.00–325.00	$311.51	$100	-27.28
36–38	36	31	270.00–285.00	$280.31	$101	-58.48
40–44	42	26	265.00–280.00	$274.16	$115	-26.62
43	43	3	165.00	$165.00	$71	+5.00
46–47	47	28	295.00–310.00	$300.20	$141	-45.87
53–58	54	17	255.00–260.00	$258.74	$140	+0.65
50–57	57	23	285.00–295.00	$294.62	$168	+159.62
60–67	65	13	240.00–260.00	$254.23	$165	-88.44
62–68	65	22	285.00–295.00	$288.67	$188	-54.00
70	70	1	290.00	$290.00	$203	-30.00
113	113	10	330.00	$330.00	$373	—

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
50–54	53	36	265.00–285.00	$279.21	$148	+14.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
31–39	35	16	240.00–275.00	$257.69	$90	+20.46

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
66	66	9	115.00	$115.00	$76	-15.00
70–75	73	19	155.00–170.00	$165.48	$121	+35.48
75	75	1	135.00	$135.00	$101	+5.00
87	87	3	140.00	$140.00	$122	+5.00
99	99	6	120.00	$120.00	$119	+8.80
100–113	108	20	110.00–130.00	$118.50	$128	-94.75
110	110	1	80.00	$80.00	$88	-133.25
100–128	119	3	155.00–175.00	$160.62	$191	+29.79
150–159	155	7	140.00–145.00	$142.93	$222	-1.22

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
81	81	8	290.00	$290.00	$235	+70.00

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
39	39	6	275.00	$275.00	$107	—
57	57	17	247.50	$247.50	$141	-36.23
60–67	64	17	205.00–235.00	$223.44	$143	-57.75
61–69	64	103	245.00–272.50	$261.91	$168	-19.28
70–79	74	42	185.00–215.00	$205.93	$152	-54.45
74–76	75	123	230.00–260.00	$248.40	$186	-11.98
81–86	85	62	225.00–230.00	$228.47	$194	-7.83
93	93	20	195.00	$195.00	$181	-9.38
90–99	96	42	221.00–231.00	$222.96	$214	-2.34
100–108	104	132	186.00–211.00	$198.26	$206	-7.51
109	109	11	176.00	$176.00	$192	-29.77
111–119	117	139	180.00–190.00	$186.05	$218	-18.62
121–126	125	36	173.00–175.00	$174.68	$218	-6.65
124–129	127	157	184.00–189.00	$187.50	$238	-14.79
134	134	7	172.00	$172.00	$230	-30.88
130–139	135	554	181.00–193.00	$188.65	$255	-14.23
140–149	144	242	183.00–193.00	$189.75	$273	-12.82
159	159	3	185.00	$185.00	$294	+4.00

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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.