Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2019-05-17

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, May 17
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
5,893 head
▲ 4,543 vs last sale 1,350▲ 5,893 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few cattle, especially steers, selling last week to compare to today's large offering and develop an accurate trend. Good to very good demand for today's annual Birthday Sale consisting of many packages, loads, and strings of both yearlings and fall calves. Quality on loads and strings mostly attractive, quality on packages was more varied, from plain to attractive. Flesh varied, but mostly moderate to moderate plus flesh with some heavy flesh at times. An active market with many buyers attending the sale today and many times taking multiple loads when available. A few producers attending interested in replacement heifers, but producer attendance was limited as many are in the field. A rally of the CME feeder and live cattle futures toward the end of the week helping the market today and lending some much needed optimism to cattle feeders. No sale next week due to Memorial Day holiday, the next feeder cattle sale will be Friday, May 31.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.82/cwt on 3,633 head.
Average price
$142.82
3,633 head · 864 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,234
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$329
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$19.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.41
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2678146.5799321
Medium and Large 1845144.561,2223,240
Large 11,037127.421,322372
One grade step is worth $19.15/cwt here — about −$329 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3,633 hd
142.82
—
SD average5 barns · 6,706 hd
140.41
+2.41
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 lots · USDA AMS · Herreid Livestock Market - Herreid, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1404188.00/cwt188.00–188.007608
Steers—Medium and Large 1471176.54/cwt175.00–181.0083231
Steers—Medium and Large 1516181.88/cwt174.00–183.7593949
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522163.49/cwt163.00–164.0085312
Steers—Medium and Large 1584169.34/cwt166.00–171.50989136
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed630177.25/cwt177.25–177.251,11772
Steers—Medium and Large 1630166.69/cwt164.50–168.501,050298
Steers—Medium and Large 1653164.39/cwt163.25–165.751,07346
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy721147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,06017
Steers—Medium and Large 1736156.02/cwt151.75–159.251,148223
Steers—Medium and Large 1774153.93/cwt150.00–155.001,19198
Steers—Medium and Large 1819141.82/cwt139.50–144.251,16248
Steers—Medium and Large 1871140.62/cwt134.75–142.751,225573
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2885124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0979
Steers—Medium and Large 1929133.76/cwt131.75–140.001,243815
Steers—Medium and Large 1974134.01/cwt133.75–134.401,305826
Steers—Large 11,031127.93/cwt125.75–134.001,319267
Steers—Large 11,053126.12/cwt125.75–126.501,328105
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424150.88/cwt148.00–159.0064044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465154.87/cwt152.00–157.5072015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543151.36/cwt150.75–153.0082226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583150.20/cwt146.50–153.50876166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627147.04/cwt143.00–152.50922206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy635135.80/cwt134.00–137.5086223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664141.68/cwt137.50–144.75941122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy691123.61/cwt120.50–127.0085455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy719127.00/cwt127.00–127.0091319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1741138.02/cwt136.25–140.251,023185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement750142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,06546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1792124.96/cwt124.50–127.00990229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1822124.36/cwt122.75–127.001,022448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement837131.25/cwt131.25–131.251,09986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1888119.56/cwt119.50–119.751,062258
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476152.00/cwt152.00–152.007245
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613145.50/cwt145.50–145.508928
Bulls—Medium and Large 1772123.00/cwt123.00–123.0095012

This sale against other markets

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.