Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2021-11-05

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 5
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
3,936 head
▲ 700 vs last sale 3,236▼ 1,809 vs year ago 5,745 · −31.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers weighing less than 550 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower, while those over 550 lb sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher on a light test. No comparison on steers weighing 700 to 950 lb. Heifers overall sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. No comparison on yearling cattle due to a light number of receipts last week. Buyer demand was moderate to good for a moderate supply of feeder cattle. The next feeder cattle sale is Friday, November 12, 2021.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.42/cwt on 2,164 head.
Average price
$166.42
2,164 head · 717 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,193
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$337
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$22.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.72
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1626175.741,0991,202
Medium and Large 1-2577157.65910280
Large 1935153.601,436682
One grade step is worth $22.15/cwt here — about −$337 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 sale2,164 hd
166.42
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SD average10 barns · 32,170 hd
174.14
−7.72
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1371205.64/cwt201.00–210.0076336
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400155.00/cwt155.00–155.0062016
Steers—Medium and Large 1420195.83/cwt185.00–204.0082228
Steers—Medium and Large 1467186.86/cwt180.50–190.00873125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2491154.09/cwt153.00–175.0075739
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy529187.50/cwt187.50–187.50992220
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533170.83/cwt170.00–174.0091132
Steers—Medium and Large 1536173.26/cwt161.00–177.00929263
Steers—Large 1562152.00/cwt152.00–152.0085426
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579157.48/cwt154.00–163.0091297
Steers—Medium and Large 1580171.63/cwt167.00–178.5099562
Steers—Medium and Large 1612170.62/cwt165.00–175.001,044196
Steers—Large 1622151.37/cwt149.00–152.5094250
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627157.29/cwt155.00–160.0098625
Steers—Medium and Large 1664160.69/cwt158.00–164.001,06733
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665154.64/cwt150.00–155.501,02871
Steers—Large 1718156.23/cwt149.25–159.751,122116
Steers—Medium and Large 1976162.33/cwt158.00–163.751,584239
Steers—Large 11,015156.09/cwt151.00–158.001,584352
Steers—Large 11,095148.75/cwt148.75–148.751,629101
Steers—Large 11,103139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,53337
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2333155.47/cwt155.00–157.5051810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381167.22/cwt165.00–170.0063747
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420161.79/cwt151.00–163.5068038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436160.53/cwt158.50–163.5070036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463159.40/cwt152.00–161.00738185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474147.50/cwt140.00–155.0069954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement521168.00/cwt168.00–168.00875115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526157.72/cwt153.00–159.00830160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527147.20/cwt145.00–150.50776123
Heifers—Large 1558133.71/cwt132.00–134.5074650
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement563183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,030100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568148.48/cwt146.25–149.5084366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579151.61/cwt143.00–155.00878176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1606147.25/cwt147.25–147.2589228
Heifers—Large 1607134.00/cwt133.00–135.0081318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement642167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,07581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671143.55/cwt140.00–146.2596375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed884155.75/cwt155.75–155.751,37765

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.