Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2019-05-10

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, May 10
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
1,350 head
528 vs last sale 1,878 1,350 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few cattle and different weight classes today than last week to develop an accurate trend. Moderate to good demand for today's offering which consisted of one long string of 900 backgrounded heifers and several packages of homeraised cattle. Moderate to moderate plus flesh on most of the cattle today. Market activity was mostly active with a more limited crowd of buyers today. Rainy and cold conditions have delayed field work in this area and most farmers are just starting their spring work. Big annual birthday sale planned for next Friday, May 7.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.28/cwt on 1,012 head.
Average price
$121.28
1,012 head · 864 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,047
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$239
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$16.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.61
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2589137.508107thin
Medium and Large 1866121.171,0491,005
One grade step is worth $16.33/cwt here — about −$239 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 sale1,012 hd
121.28
SD average6 barns · 6,043 hd
134.89
−13.61
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

11 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1935117.67/cwt117.00–118.001,100356
HeifersMedium and Large 1841120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,013133
HeifersMedium and Large 1505149.00/cwt149.00–149.007524
HeifersMedium and Large 1777122.43/cwt122.00–123.0095116
HeifersMedium and Large 1610143.02/cwt138.00–145.0087244
HeifersMedium and Large 1859120.11/cwt114.75–121.001,032415
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement807130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,04912
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement708144.09/cwt141.00–148.001,02025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2589137.50/cwt137.50–137.508107
SteersMedium and Large 1629160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,0109
SteersMedium and Large 1752152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,14319

How this sale compares

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.