Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2019-12-06

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 6
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
5,629 head
▲ 1,594 vs last sale 4,035▲ 5,629 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week due to Thanksgiving. Compared to two weeks ago: steer calves 450 to 500 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher, 501 to 550 lbs not well tested today, 551 to 650 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves 500 to 550 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher, 551 to 650 lbs mostly steady. Best test on yearling steers 850 to 950 lbs mostly steady. Good demand for a long string of yearling steers offered today, moderate to good demand for packages and a couple loads. Yearling quality and flesh very similar to two weeks ago with most of the yearlings plain to average in quality and in mostly moderate plus flesh. Moderate to good demand for calves today with best demand seen for steer calves from reputation outfits selling in load lots. Varied quality on calves, from plain to attractive. Several weaned packages available today, weaned from 21 to 50 days, but the majority of the calves were off the cow. Several packages of calves with just a 7 way shot in the spring which sold at the bottom end of the price bracket. A moderate to active market for the offering. Lot conditions tough again with the large snowfall from last weekend. Farmers still struggling with corn harvest. Next feeder cattle sale in Friday, December 13.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.47/cwt on 3,573 head.
Average price
$152.47
3,573 head · 737 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,123
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$327
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$15.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.58
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1733152.931,1213,466
Medium and Large 1-2460137.7863436
Large 11,054137.441,44871
One grade step is worth $15.49/cwt here — about −$327 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 sale3,573 hd
152.47
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SD average9 barns · 22,632 hd
155.05
−2.58
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1306179.00/cwt179.00–179.005485
Steers—Medium and Large 1363177.67/cwt175.00–183.0064517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2371168.00/cwt168.00–168.006235
Steers—Medium and Large 1411189.96/cwt182.00–192.0078186
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421154.00/cwt154.00–154.006487
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463123.00/cwt123.00–123.005699
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy470149.36/cwt149.00–151.0070228
Steers—Medium and Large 1473177.18/cwt164.00–183.00838161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2507129.00/cwt129.00–129.0065415
Steers—Medium and Large 1541160.35/cwt147.00–165.00867228
Steers—Medium and Large 1563158.83/cwt147.00–163.50894617
Steers—Medium and Large 1630153.56/cwt142.50–159.75967306
Steers—Medium and Large 1676144.65/cwt140.50–151.50978254
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full677133.00/cwt133.00–133.009009
Steers—Medium and Large 1711143.11/cwt132.00–146.251,018184
Steers—Medium and Large 1770134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0327
Steers—Medium and Large 1810140.18/cwt138.00–143.001,135144
Steers—Medium and Large 1892147.74/cwt142.50–148.501,318461
Steers—Medium and Large 1909148.26/cwt146.25–148.501,348534
Steers—Medium and Large 1982147.93/cwt146.25–148.751,453425
Steers—Large 11,009138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,39711
Steers—Large 11,062137.25/cwt137.25–137.251,45860
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1339170.00/cwt170.00–170.005767
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384167.22/cwt157.00–176.0064228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy422131.00/cwt131.00–131.005537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427153.12/cwt146.75–166.0065497
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465147.44/cwt142.00–152.00686140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525143.41/cwt132.50–146.50753369
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577137.21/cwt127.50–144.00792165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy583120.00/cwt120.00–120.0070024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full604120.00/cwt120.00–120.007258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625133.14/cwt123.50–137.00832146
Heifers—Large 1628115.00/cwt115.00–115.0072219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680131.51/cwt126.00–134.5089447
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732130.25/cwt130.00–130.5095324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,05746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1833144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,20068
Heifers—Medium and Large 1868133.38/cwt132.00–133.751,15879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1972137.22/cwt136.50–138.001,33427
Heifers—Large 11,003134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,3497
Heifers—Large 11,069134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,4328

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.