Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2020-04-17

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Apr 17
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
2,450 head
2,338 vs last sale 4,788 2,450 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last reported sale was three weeks ago so an accurate price trend cannot be established. Good to very good demand for today's offering of many packages, loads and a couple strings with best demand seen for cattle suitable for grass programs. Quality today was mostly attractive and flesh varied, but most cattle in light to moderate plus flesh. An active market seen for this offering. After limit losses on Monday, the futures market saw positive numbers the rest of the week. Warm temps predicted for the weekend and into next week which will be a welcome change. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, April 24.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.76/cwt on 1,374 head.
Average price
$134.76
1,374 head · 823 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,110
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$54
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$27.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.99
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1806136.611,1021,281
Large 11,058109.241,15593
One grade step is worth $27.37/cwt here — about −$54 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 sale1,374 hd
134.76
SD average4 barns · 3,083 hd
132.77
+1.99
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

25 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 1Fleshy958111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,06328
SteersMedium and Large 1470180.75/cwt180.75–180.7585014
SteersMedium and Large 1624163.93/cwt160.00–164.251,02361
SteersMedium and Large 1573171.25/cwt171.25–171.2598190
SteersMedium and Large 1968118.17/cwt113.50–123.251,144234
SteersLarge 11,019111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,13665
SteersMedium and Large 1Full618147.72/cwt147.50–148.0091323
SteersMedium and Large 1526169.49/cwt161.50–173.0089245
SteersMedium and Large 1795131.20/cwt130.00–132.251,04373
HeifersMedium and Large 1907105.50/cwt105.50–105.509576
HeifersMedium and Large 1665139.26/cwt131.50–142.25926114
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement755123.50/cwt123.50–123.5093239
HeifersMedium and Large 1574135.50/cwt135.50–135.507786
HeifersMedium and Large 1483149.00/cwt145.00–152.0072042
HeifersMedium and Large 1635142.06/cwt138.00–146.00902281
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy896103.50/cwt103.50–103.5092734
HeifersMedium and Large 1527138.52/cwt137.00–145.0073032
HeifersMedium and Large 1717127.31/cwt123.00–131.25913179
SteersMedium and Large 1931123.17/cwt123.00–123.251,147184
SteersLarge 11,147104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,19328
SteersMedium and Large 1Full473162.50/cwt162.50–162.5076915
SteersMedium and Large 1810130.34/cwt129.50–131.251,05625
SteersMedium and Large 1665152.51/cwt149.50–157.251,01473
SteersMedium and Large 1721146.93/cwt139.50–150.251,059130
SteersMedium and Large 1862129.74/cwt119.50–131.751,118286

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.