Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 18, 2024

4,904 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,904	6,085	3,142
Slaughter cattle	1,090	1,392	1,210

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 4.00 to 5.00 higher, heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Holstein steers not well compared. Very good demand for this nice offering of very high quality grading steers and heifers. The weights of steers and heifers remain very heavy, but that does not deter packer buyers as these cattle are extremely high quality. The market was very active, mixed colored cattle and odd lots sold just as easily as the full loads. Dressed cost looks to be around that 310.00 mark, lower CME Live Cattle futures didn't affect the price at the auction. Traditional weight slaughter lambs steady to 2.00 higher, non-traditional weights 10.00 to 30.00 higher, except 90-100 lbs 20.00 lower. Very good demand for all weights of slaughter lambs, many long strings in the offering, with several half loads and 1 full load of lambs. Slaughter ewes 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Good demand for the replacement ewes.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200	1200	4	207.00	$207.00	$2,484	—
1414	1414	25	191.00	$191.00	$2,701	+0.70
1372–1485	1424	13	191.00–192.00	$191.52	$2,727	+1.22
1324–1478	1433	17	195.00–195.50	$195.36	$2,800	+5.06
1426–1478	1438	38	193.00–194.25	$193.95	$2,789	+3.65
1401–1481	1469	47	193.00–195.00	$194.72	$2,860	+9.72
1527–1568	1546	39	194.00–196.00	$194.83	$3,012	—
1514–1623	1583	93	192.00–197.00	$195.67	$3,097	+6.12
1674–1676	1675	54	194.50–195.25	$195.06	$3,267	+2.48

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1152–1361	1282	15	191.00–193.50	$192.24	$2,465	+0.28
1259–1527	1372	197	191.00–195.50	$194.09	$2,663	—
1322–1571	1422	102	192.00–197.00	$195.17	$2,775	+4.10
1539	1539	11	191.00	$191.00	$2,939	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1436	1436	8	189.00	$189.00	$2,714	—
1493–1598	1568	25	187.00–191.00	$190.30	$2,984	+13.15
1609	1609	23	193.50	$193.50	$3,113	+6.50

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	105.00	$105.00	$205	+50.00
215–237	228	18	90.00–105.00	$97.14	$221	+7.37
250–260	253	5	90.00–105.00	$98.89	$250	+13.89

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
69	69	7	300.00	$300.00	$207	+32.67
85	85	1	140.00	$140.00	$119	-60.00
100	100	2	150.00	$150.00	$150	-70.00
103–135	111	4	220.00–240.00	$226.08	$251	+6.08
110–140	125	4	185.00–195.00	$189.40	$237	-30.60
175	175	2	255.00	$255.00	$446	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1588–1756	1703	17	166.00–173.00	$168.02	$2,861	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120–132	127	7	65.00–75.00	$69.47	$88	-22.19
125–147	134	21	75.00–80.00	$78.40	$105	-13.26
135–148	144	34	80.00–85.00	$80.55	$116	-2.88
156	156	9	75.00	$75.00	$117	+6.45
156–180	167	207	70.00–90.00	$81.80	$137	+0.01
169	169	6	110.00	$110.00	$186	+28.21
186–196	192	21	85.00–95.00	$91.15	$175	-18.16
218–246	225	35	75.00–95.00	$80.59	$181	-6.84
268	268	6	75.00	$75.00	$201	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
106	106	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Winter	11	155.00	$155.00	—
144	144	Young (2-4 yrs)	Winter	22	255.00	$255.00	—
156–182	165	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Winter	84	185.00–200.00	$193.30	—
167–168	168	Young (2-4 yrs)	Winter	25	245.00–255.00	$248.99	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145–147	146	Young (2-4 yrs)	Winter	41	135.00–175.00	$150.96	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
124	124	Lambs (<1 yr)	Winter	14	190.00	$190.00	—
136	136	Young (2-4 yrs)	Winter	7	140.00	$140.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
234	234	Young (2-4 yrs)	Winter	19	260.00	$260.00	—

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
50	50	33	295.00	$295.00	$148	+52.43
63–65	64	30	260.00	$260.00	$166	+78.74
81–84	82	21	205.00–225.00	$221.08	$181	+6.08
93	93	38	195.00	$195.00	$181	+35.65
103	103	22	208.00	$208.00	$214	+98.00
111–115	112	26	175.00–185.00	$183.41	$205	+42.41
120	120	10	143.00–153.00	$149.00	$179	+39.00
138	138	8	150.00	$150.00	$207	+40.00
140	140	1	110.00	$110.00	$154	±0.00

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
97	97	3	105.00	$105.00	$102	—
127	127	3	95.00	$95.00	$121	+65.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
23–29	27	14	300.00–345.00	$316.77	$86	+91.77
33	33	14	265.00	$265.00	$87	+40.00
35	35	11	260.00	$260.00	$91	+135.00
36	36	12	200.00	$200.00	$72	+75.00
38	38	6	135.00	$135.00	$51	+10.00
43	43	11	240.00	$240.00	$103	-90.00
40–48	44	20	300.00–350.00	$327.27	$144	-2.73
46	46	7	80.00	$80.00	$37	-250.00
49	49	14	270.00	$270.00	$132	+90.00
53–59	56	171	305.00–350.00	$336.09	$188	+27.23
54–58	56	10	280.00–315.00	$300.40	$168	-8.46
56	56	40	280.00	$280.00	$157	-28.86
63	63	9	325.00	$325.00	$205	+89.02
65–69	67	8	245.00–285.00	$264.40	$177	+28.42
70	70	6	305.00	$305.00	$214	+69.02
76	76	10	300.00	$300.00	$228	+65.00
77	77	19	260.00	$260.00	$200	+25.00
82	82	5	195.00	$195.00	$160	-57.61
83	83	6	225.00	$225.00	$187	-27.61
86	86	37	205.00	$205.00	$176	-47.61
103	103	43	265.00	$265.00	$273	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
54–56	55	15	135.00–150.00	$144.88	$80	—
83	83	2	165.00	$165.00	$137	+50.00
85–88	87	29	160.00–175.00	$168.92	$147	+53.92
90	90	3	150.00	$150.00	$135	+35.00
92–93	92	12	145.00–155.00	$146.68	$135	+31.68
94–98	95	14	145.00–200.00	$187.82	$178	+72.82
100	100	1	150.00	$150.00	$150	+24.23
107–110	108	8	165.00–215.00	$177.76	$192	+51.99
115	115	3	130.00	$130.00	$150	+4.23
145	145	1	110.00	$110.00	$160	+27.70
158–175	162	4	135.00	$135.00	$219	+20.00
168	168	3	95.00	$95.00	$160	-20.00

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
80	80	32	295.00	$295.00	$236	+45.00
98	98	2	270.00	$270.00	$265	+15.00
104–133	111	68	225.00–250.00	$241.56	$268	—
165	165	11	210.00	$210.00	$346	—
190	190	1	125.00	$125.00	$238	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
47	47	9	250.00	$250.00	$118	—
53–57	57	99	260.00–295.00	$292.36	$167	+99.44
60–64	62	37	260.00–295.00	$269.16	$167	+76.24
70–78	75	115	225.00–245.00	$235.72	$177	+13.32
80–88	83	56	205.00–240.00	$229.86	$191	+41.82
95–99	95	275	170.00–210.00	$208.26	$198	+45.57
101–102	101	37	185.00–215.00	$198.86	$201	+30.11
112–118	114	74	179.00–197.50	$188.76	$215	+31.57
128	128	33	160.00	$160.00	$205	+29.00
132–139	137	538	150.00–162.00	$155.23	$213	+1.85
139	139	12	135.00	$135.00	$188	-18.38
140–149	144	316	150.00–157.00	$155.55	$224	+1.10
150–162	157	498	148.00–159.00	$149.61	$235	-1.86
193	193	56	110.00–115.00	$110.71	$214	-40.76

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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.