Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2020-08-07

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Aug 7
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
1,359 head
1,359 vs last sale 0 2,498 vs year ago 3,857 · 64.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale since June so no price comparisons available. Good to very good demand for this offering of packages and loads which sold on an active market. Flesh varied, with cattle coming off grass in mostly light to moderate flesh and those coming out of yards in moderate to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times. Quality mostly average to attractive today. Wheat harvest has started in the area and haying continues. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, August 14, expecting over 4000 feeder cattle, most of these will be off grass.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.12/cwt on 863 head.
Average price
$135.12
863 head · 894 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,208
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$15
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$25.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.94
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1888135.841,206839
Large 11,109110.091,22124
One grade step is worth $25.74/cwt here — about −$15 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 sale863 hd
135.12
SD average4 barns · 2,323 hd
127.18
+7.94
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

18 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 11,060111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,1829
SteersMedium and Large 1869133.71/cwt131.00–142.501,162129
SteersMedium and Large 1714151.02/cwt147.00–155.001,07830
SteersMedium and Large 1641160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,02620
HeifersMedium and Large 1779133.37/cwt131.25–134.751,03946
HeifersMedium and Large 1668137.50/cwt137.50–137.5091927
SteersMedium and Large 1545170.00/cwt170.00–170.0092715
SteersMedium and Large 1922133.51/cwt130.50–134.501,231261
SteersMedium and Large 1671154.30/cwt151.00–158.001,03513
SteersMedium and Large 1969127.38/cwt123.25–130.001,234235
SteersLarge 11,139109.25/cwt109.25–109.251,24415
SteersMedium and Large 1833144.49/cwt142.00–147.251,204136
HeifersMedium and Large 1505147.00/cwt147.00–147.0074216
HeifersMedium and Large 1709128.62/cwt124.50–132.7591214
HeifersMedium and Large 1597138.00/cwt138.00–138.0082411
HeifersMedium and Large 1985120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,18799
HeifersLarge 11,025112.25/cwt112.25–112.251,15150
HeifersMedium and Large 1872128.73/cwt121.00–130.751,12377

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.