Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2020-04-24

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Apr 24
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
3,161 head
711 vs last sale 2,450 3,161 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 700 to 750 lbs and 850 to 900 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 lower, 950 to 1000 lbs 2.00 lower. Mostly moderate to good demand for this offering of packages and loads. Overall quality on the offering was mostly attractive and demand depended on flesh condition. Some light demand seen for cattle in heavy flesh. Cattle green and light enough to fit grass programs continue to be met with good to very good demand, grass turnout is just around the corner. A moderate market with mostly order buyers in the seats today. Next feeder cattle is Friday, May 1.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $126.56/cwt on 1,696 head.
Average price
$126.56
1,696 head · 825 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,044
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$20.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.35
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1814128.191,0431,555
Medium and Large 1-2802109.6888047
Large 11,015108.001,09694
One grade step is worth $20.19/cwt here — about −$53 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 sale1,696 hd
126.56
SD average8 barns · 11,310 hd
129.91
−3.35
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

32 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
SteersLarge 11,015108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,09694
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy787125.25/cwt125.25–125.2598665
SteersMedium and Large 1567157.53/cwt150.00–165.0089345
SteersMedium and Large 1539169.86/cwt165.00–178.0091691
SteersMedium and Large 1790130.26/cwt127.25–133.251,029137
SteersMedium and Large 1863120.52/cwt114.75–124.501,040270
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy946108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,02260
SteersMedium and Large 1430180.00/cwt180.00–180.0077410
SteersMedium and Large 1627148.83/cwt145.00–156.0093372
HeifersMedium and Large 1490142.13/cwt139.00–144.0069629
HeifersMedium and Large 1725119.95/cwt115.50–125.0087064
HeifersMedium and Large 1583138.46/cwt134.00–143.00807105
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement747139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,04225
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy645126.50/cwt126.50–126.5081612
HeifersMedium and Large 1641133.24/cwt130.50–133.7585457
HeifersMedium and Large 1769114.57/cwt109.00–118.00881104
HeifersMedium and Large 1829112.57/cwt107.50–117.25933251
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement770133.58/cwt130.00–137.001,02976
SteersMedium and Large 1932111.00/cwt110.25–112.001,035115
SteersMedium and Large 1975115.47/cwt108.00–121.251,126238
SteersMedium and Large 1-2888105.00/cwt105.00–105.0093225
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy638131.00/cwt131.00–131.0083617
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy878112.00/cwt112.00–112.0098373
SteersMedium and Large 1673141.19/cwt139.25–143.7595058
SteersMedium and Large 1720142.78/cwt135.00–145.251,028107
SteersMedium and Large 1823127.64/cwt123.00–130.001,050197
SteersMedium and Large 1-2704115.00/cwt115.00–115.0081022
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy693122.50/cwt122.50–122.508497
HeifersMedium and Large 1676134.81/cwt134.75–135.0091143
HeifersMedium and Large 1936105.70/cwt102.00–107.0098990
HeifersMedium and Large 1867105.79/cwt104.50–110.00917129
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement822127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,04469

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.