Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2019-09-06

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 6
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
3,761 head
3,761 vs last sale 0 3,761 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks so an accurate trend can not be established, lower undertones noted. Moderate to good demand for today's large yearling offering consisting almost entirely of loads and strings of steers. Quality and flesh were both mostly attractive with many of the cattle coming off grass. Market activity just moderate at best with today's dismal futures putting even more pressure on the market today. Wheat harvest and haying continue in the area and both have been a challenge this year with all the wet weather and now cooler temps and shorter days. Rain is forecasted for the weekend with cooler temps and thundershowers following next week. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.40/cwt on 3,253 head.
Average price
$128.40
3,253 head · 950 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,220
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$10.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.96
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1913131.241,1992,365
Large 11,049120.841,268888
One grade step is worth $10.40/cwt here — about −$69 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 sale3,253 hd
128.40
SD average4 barns · 6,961 hd
126.45
+1.96
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

12 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
SteersMedium and Large 1788143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,13323
HeifersMedium and Large 1827124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0259
SteersMedium and Large 1821139.34/cwt138.50–140.251,144128
HeifersMedium and Large 1958115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,10213
SteersMedium and Large 1726145.87/cwt145.25–146.501,059130
HeifersMedium and Large 1927115.47/cwt112.75–119.001,07056
SteersMedium and Large 1908131.41/cwt130.25–134.851,193328
SteersLarge 11,136116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,31855
SteersMedium and Large 1883136.51/cwt134.30–137.751,205742
SteersLarge 11,073118.77/cwt117.25–120.751,274306
SteersMedium and Large 1976124.15/cwt120.70–129.001,2121,014
SteersLarge 11,026122.55/cwt118.00–127.101,257527

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.