Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2019-11-22

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 22
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
4,035 head
1,220 vs last sale 5,255 4,035 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 500 to 550 lbs mostly steady, 551 to 650 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Yearling steers 900 to 950 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifer calves 500 to 600 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower, 601 to 650 lbs mostly steady. Other weight classes of steers and heifers not well compared. Moderate to good demand for today's yearling offering consisting of one long string and a couple of loads of steers. Quality on yearlings mostly plain to average and flesh mostly moderate plus. A lighter calf offering than last week consisting mostly of packages and just a few loads. Quality on calves varied, from plain to attractive. Mostly light to moderate flesh on the calves with some moderate plus flesh at times. A moderate to active market seen for today's offering. No sale next week due to Thanksgiving, next feeder cattle sale is Friday, December 6.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.17/cwt on 2,219 head.
Average price
$149.17
2,219 head · 783 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,168
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$372
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$6.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.30
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1742150.191,1151,839
Medium and Large 1-2507147.4174739
Large 11,034143.861,487341
One grade step is worth $6.33/cwt here — about −$372 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 sale2,219 hd
149.17
SD average9 barns · 22,500 hd
156.47
−7.30
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

41 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 1481138.49/cwt137.50–140.5066667
HeifersMedium and Large 1530136.15/cwt130.50–140.50722180
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2807131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,05710
SteersLarge 11,028144.50/cwt144.00–145.751,485290
SteersMedium and Large 1377174.03/cwt167.00–180.0065611
BullsMedium and Large 1456164.50/cwt164.50–164.5075031
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy634116.00/cwt116.00–116.007358
HeifersMedium and Large 1836143.09/cwt141.00–145.001,19621
SteersMedium and Large 1824147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,21161
SteersMedium and Large 1720140.83/cwt140.00–142.001,014118
SteersMedium and Large 1612151.05/cwt144.50–155.75924242
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed440185.00/cwt185.00–185.0081416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570141.00/cwt141.00–141.0080412
BullsMedium and Large 1569135.00/cwt135.00–135.007689
HeifersLarge 11,068135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,4476
HeifersMedium and Large 1372148.71/cwt140.00–156.0055316
HeifersMedium and Large 1675131.00/cwt131.00–131.0088456
HeifersMedium and Large 1623132.92/cwt131.00–134.50828115
HeifersMedium and Large 1568134.56/cwt127.00–139.00764178
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2455123.00/cwt123.00–123.005607
SteersLarge 11,065140.25/cwt140.25–140.251,49451
SteersMedium and Large 1340175.00/cwt175.00–175.005954
SteersMedium and Large 1481168.45/cwt166.00–176.5081048
SteersMedium and Large 1669150.40/cwt140.50–157.501,00696
SteersMedium and Large 1581150.77/cwt147.00–155.75876234
SteersMedium and Large 1885147.14/cwt144.00–148.501,302379
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500140.00/cwt140.00–140.007007
BullsMedium and Large 1374175.00/cwt175.00–175.006557
HeifersLarge 11,000141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,4106
HeifersMedium and Large 1875138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,2087
HeifersMedium and Large 1419158.72/cwt150.00–163.5066529
HeifersMedium and Large 1730135.25/cwt135.25–135.2598798
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy518120.00/cwt120.00–120.0062216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2508126.50/cwt126.50–126.5064320
SteersMedium and Large 1Full636140.00/cwt140.00–140.008909
SteersMedium and Large 1440166.26/cwt165.75–169.0073235
SteersMedium and Large 1961143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,38164
SteersMedium and Large 1526161.22/cwt152.50–169.50848145
SteersMedium and Large 1932146.59/cwt143.75–149.001,366377
SteersMedium and Large 1-2443150.00/cwt150.00–150.006656
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483155.50/cwt155.50–155.5075114

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.