Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2020-01-10

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 10
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
2,667 head
▲ 675 vs last sale 1,992▲ 2,667 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A smaller offering last week with most weight classes not well tested compared to this week, higher undertones noted in both steers and heifers. Good to very good demand for today's large offering of mostly packages and just a couple of loads. Unlike last week, most of today's calves were weaned and preconditioned, just a few packages off the cow. Flesh varied, from light to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times, depending on what feedstuffs are available to the producer. Many producers struggled to get hay up this summer as the weather was so wet, and hay quality has been poorer this year. Mostly average to attractive quality calves today. An active market with more interest in getting cattle bought than a week ago. Very cold temperatures fore casted for the next week. Net feeder cattle sale is next Friday, January 17.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.94/cwt on 1,329 head.
Average price
$159.94
1,329 head · 659 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,054
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$241
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$36.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.88
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1657160.331,0531,305
Medium and Large 1-2622145.9490716thin
Large 1-21,048123.501,2948thin
One grade step is worth $36.83/cwt here — about −$241 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 sale1,329 hd
159.94
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SD average8 barns · 18,237 hd
156.06
+3.88
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1380182.50/cwt182.50–182.506949
Steers—Medium and Large 1427178.46/cwt176.00–180.0076220
Steers—Medium and Large 1480182.44/cwt180.00–186.0087657
Steers—Medium and Large 1515176.29/cwt169.50–184.0090898
Steers—Medium and Large 1576170.22/cwt162.50–178.00980112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576149.00/cwt149.00–149.008589
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy608156.00/cwt156.00–156.0094820
Steers—Medium and Large 1622162.75/cwt158.00–173.001,012355
Steers—Medium and Large 1672159.19/cwt149.00–163.251,070191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680142.00/cwt142.00–142.009667
Steers—Medium and Large 1732152.58/cwt143.00–156.001,117298
Steers—Medium and Large 1785138.98/cwt137.00–142.001,09124
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy791133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,05210
Steers—Medium and Large 1812140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,14139
Steers—Medium and Large 1898145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,30765
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy940130.25/cwt130.25–130.251,2247
Steers—Large 1-21,048123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,2948
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421146.66/cwt140.00–150.0061757
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467148.48/cwt146.00–155.5069375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy467138.50/cwt138.50–138.5064714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531146.23/cwt138.00–153.5077691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531135.00/cwt135.00–135.007175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566148.67/cwt143.25–155.25841133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy590137.34/cwt137.00–138.0081065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625142.07/cwt138.00–146.75888192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662140.63/cwt138.00–142.0093178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy696129.00/cwt129.00–129.008988
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711137.58/cwt133.50–138.7597828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy855120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,03010
Heifers—Large 11,028127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,3115
Heifers—Large 11,055128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,35611

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.