Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 850 lbs and 951 to 1000 lbs mostly steady, 851 to 950 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Few heifers selling again this week. Good demand for today's yearling offering consisting mostly of loads and strings of steers, many of these off grass. Moderate to good demand for packages. Slightly more attractive quality and flesh than last week with very little tag on the cattle as so many were coming off grass. A mostly active market with many buyers attending the sale. Silage cutting is in full swing in the area and some bean harvest is starting. Rain is in the forecast for the weekend. Next feeder cattle sale is next Friday, October 4.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.68/cwt on 1,925 head.

Average price

$143.68

1,925 head · 892 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,281

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$419

per head · Large 1-2 over Large 1

$20.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.81

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	672	146.50	984	30
Medium and Large 1	890	144.04	1,282	1,853
Large 1	1,116	125.75	1,403	42

One grade step is worth $20.75/cwt here — about −$419 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 sale1,925 hd

143.68

—

SD average9 barns · 9,831 hd

138.86

+4.81

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

20 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	146.44/cwt	141.50–149.75	1,278	541
Steers	Large 1	—	1,116	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,403	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	969	58
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,096	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	1,302	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	144.24/cwt	138.75–148.75	1,326	647
Steers	Large 1-2	—	672	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	984	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	122.69/cwt	121.50–128.50	1,221	70
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,103	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,285	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,056	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	128.48/cwt	128.00–130.75	1,182	75
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,046	115.75/cwt	115.75–115.75	1,211	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	149.23/cwt	148.50–149.50	1,171	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	904	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	1,200	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,104	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	137.24/cwt	134.75–139.00	1,337	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	886	132.53/cwt	131.00–132.75	1,174	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	135.95/cwt	134.50–137.00	1,032	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	143.47/cwt	137.75–150.75	1,197	356
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	933	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	145.68/cwt	145.50–145.75	922	35

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.

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