Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2019-11-08

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 8
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
3,946 head
515 vs last sale 4,461 3,946 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 450 to 500 lbs and 551 to 650 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher with instances 7.00 to 10.00 higher on 450 to 500 lbs and 600 to 650 lbs, 501 to 550 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Different weight classes of yearlings steers than last week, higher undertones noted on yearling steers. Heifer calves 500 to 600 lbs mostly steady with instances 5.00 lower on 550 to 600 lbs. Yearling heifers not well tested today for comparison. Good to very good demand for a couple strings and loads of average to attractive quality yearlings today with best demand seen for a string of steers off grass. Flesh varied, from light to moderate plus. Good demand for many packages and a handful of loads of spring calves. More calves with full preconditioning than last week, once again calves without good shots were discounted at times. Flesh varied today, from light to some moderate plus. Quality average to attractive. An active market seen for the offering. Next feeder cattle sale is next Friday, November 15.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.94/cwt on 2,414 head.
Average price
$151.94
2,414 head · 793 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,205
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$284
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$8.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.25
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1750153.511,1511,978
Large 1991144.801,435436
One grade step is worth $8.71/cwt here — about −$284 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 sale2,414 hd
151.94
SD average11 barns · 32,146 hd
156.18
−4.25
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

30 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 1804145.75/cwt145.75–145.751,17262
HeifersMedium and Large 1673136.16/cwt129.00–139.00916135
SteersLarge 11,059142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,50614
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy512179.00/cwt179.00–179.0091645
SteersMedium and Large 1318192.00/cwt192.00–192.006118
SteersMedium and Large 1427181.29/cwt177.00–184.0077424
SteersMedium and Large 1539157.38/cwt153.00–168.00848121
SteersMedium and Large 1985147.83/cwt146.75–150.001,456232
HeifersMedium and Large 1723138.00/cwt138.00–138.0099815
HeifersMedium and Large 1955141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,34760
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy729125.00/cwt125.00–125.009119
HeifersMedium and Large 1469142.11/cwt132.00–148.0066634
HeifersMedium and Large 1579131.89/cwt126.00–135.50764134
HeifersMedium and Large 1521138.57/cwt129.50–144.50722235
SteersLarge 11,012145.26/cwt142.50–147.251,470400
SteersMedium and Large 1394182.00/cwt182.00–182.007175
SteersMedium and Large 1785140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,09914
SteersMedium and Large 1480166.60/cwt159.00–174.75800110
SteersMedium and Large 1578154.34/cwt149.50–164.00892164
SteersMedium and Large 1923150.41/cwt146.00–155.001,388601
HeifersMedium and Large 1391148.58/cwt147.00–150.0058115
HeifersMedium and Large 1945137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,30258
HeifersMedium and Large 1442150.90/cwt146.00–153.7566775
HeifersMedium and Large 1610134.63/cwt127.00–139.25821181
SteersLarge 1561138.00/cwt138.00–138.0077422
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy544149.00/cwt149.00–149.008115
SteersMedium and Large 1656145.09/cwt141.50–153.0095213
SteersMedium and Large 1881155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,37039
SteersMedium and Large 1726152.65/cwt144.25–157.001,108159
SteersMedium and Large 1633151.80/cwt144.00–160.00961438

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.