Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2023-12-08

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 8
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
5,917 head
▲ 2,130 vs last sale 3,787▲ 1,070 vs year ago 4,847 · +22.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 500 to 549 lbs and 600 to 649 lbs mostly steady, best test on yearling steers 900 to 999 lbs and 1050 to 1099 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 lower. Heifers 400 to 549 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower. A very large yearling offering this week featuring many strings and loads and a few packages. Moderate to good demand for yearlings with demand improving throughout the sale. More flesh on yearlings this week, and some tag at times. Quality varied, but mostly average to attractive. Mostly good demand for calves today. Just a couple loads and many packages for the calf offering, A few less colored cattle than last week and more calves with all their shots, as well as a few more weaned consignments. Flesh mostly light to moderate. A moderate to active market on yearlings and calves with both buyers and farmer feeders in the seats. The futures had a positive day today and there seemed to be a bit more optimism in the calf market. Very windy conditions and some snowfall this afternoon could make for icy road conditions. Net feeder cattle sale is Friday, December 15, this will be the last sale of 2023.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $226.24/cwt on 3,438 head.
Average price
$226.24
3,438 head · 854 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,932
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$608
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$66.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−27.96
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545263.891,439313
Medium and Large 1792237.691,8831,951
Large 11,038197.182,0471,174
One grade step is worth $66.72/cwt here — about −$608 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 sale3,438 hd
226.24
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SD average9 barns · 21,166 hd
254.20
−27.96
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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1432317.88/cwt310.00–322.501,37334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433278.34/cwt270.00–291.001,20590
Steers—Medium and Large 1478315.38/cwt306.00–324.001,50864
Steers—Large 1510249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,27014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520272.32/cwt267.50–275.501,41679
Steers—Medium and Large 1524301.95/cwt300.00–310.001,582167
Steers—Medium and Large 1574286.48/cwt274.50–294.001,644288
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580262.89/cwt260.00–268.001,525111
Steers—Medium and Large 1615271.83/cwt270.00–274.751,67295
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full641247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,58329
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,53214
Steers—Large 1668230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,54027
Steers—Medium and Large 1669257.49/cwt242.00–260.001,72396
Steers—Medium and Large 1826222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,83469
Steers—Medium and Large 1872212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,84967
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2892190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,69919
Steers—Medium and Large 1927205.91/cwt199.50–210.251,909443
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy966186.80/cwt183.50–190.001,804119
Steers—Medium and Large 1970206.53/cwt203.50–209.752,003480
Steers—Large 11,025203.84/cwt192.00–212.252,089648
Steers—Large 11,075186.27/cwt179.00–190.502,002258
Steers—Large 11,107191.25/cwt191.25–191.252,117118
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,114174.87/cwt174.75–175.001,948109
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2316245.00/cwt245.00–245.0077412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2397261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,03620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425266.05/cwt255.00–276.001,131100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481264.33/cwt252.00–280.501,27194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2491238.87/cwt234.00–245.001,17331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513230.62/cwt230.00–233.001,18329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530253.08/cwt240.00–263.001,341161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,42132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623229.24/cwt221.00–235.501,428115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy634215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,36310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,50469
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773190.88/cwt188.50–192.751,47697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816198.44/cwt198.00–199.501,619103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1860196.64/cwt194.50–199.501,69126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1925191.13/cwt188.50–195.751,768206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1972189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,84272
Heifers—Large 11,024179.60/cwt179.00–180.001,839327
Heifers—Large 11,054169.75/cwt169.75–169.751,78933

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.