Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 900 to 950 lbs mostly steady with other weight classes of steers and heifers not well compared. Many packages and a handful of loads made up today's yearling offering. Moderate to good demand seen for these with best demand for loads. Quality varied greatly and there were many plain to average quality packages. Flesh light to moderate plus with cattle coming off grass and out of yards. Some tag on the cattle at times as lot conditions as well as yards for loading are very muddy. Today was the first test on spring calves, these were met with light to moderate demand. Again, loads were met with the best demand. The majority of the calves had preconditioning and all were off the cow. Flesh varied, from light to moderate plus. A moderate to active market with many buyers and producers attending the sale today. Weather has improved a little and field work has begun again. Yards and lots remain very muddy and the desire to procure bawling calves and put them in these yard conditions is rare. Harvesting and getting feed in the yard is the most pressing concern at this time. Next feeder cattle sale is next Friday, October 25.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.72/cwt on 1,680 head.

Average price

$146.72

1,680 head · 739 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$3.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.95

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	740	146.77	1,086	1,660
Medium and Large 1-2	701	143.00	1,002	20

One grade step is worth $3.77/cwt here — about $83 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 sale1,680 hd

146.72

—

SD average12 barns · 27,976 hd

152.68

−5.95

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

40 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
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,029	127.16/cwt	123.00–128.50	1,308	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	875	125.90/cwt	125.50–126.00	1,102	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	656	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	136.69/cwt	131.50–139.50	1,073	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	136.80/cwt	132.50–144.25	710	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	136.97/cwt	131.50–140.50	842	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,244	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,078	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	144.92/cwt	142.50–146.00	762	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	152.07/cwt	142.00–155.25	856	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	724	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,064	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,002	20
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	799	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	527	12
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,080	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,328	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	690	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	890	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	137.95/cwt	136.00–142.00	574	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	136.61/cwt	134.50–139.00	917	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,178	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	132.63/cwt	128.00–135.00	753	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	667	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	959	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	574	138.28/cwt	138.00–138.50	794	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	155.22/cwt	154.00–156.50	1,212	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	149.89/cwt	145.50–153.00	1,292	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	774	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,138	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	637	145.03/cwt	138.00–149.50	924	281
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	720	71.50/cwt	71.50–71.50	515	30
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	—	1,065	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,267	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	506	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	622	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	833	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	140.40/cwt	139.00–141.50	1,026	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	129.30/cwt	124.50–130.25	1,249	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	133.70/cwt	132.00–135.75	1,250	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	709	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,021	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	603	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,045	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	151.05/cwt	144.50–158.00	714	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	146.61/cwt	144.50–147.50	1,365	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	143.47/cwt	135.00–147.00	1,387	388
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	676	147.05/cwt	141.00–149.25	994	110
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	585	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	366	16

How this sale compares

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