Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week due to Labor Day holiday. Compared to two weeks ago: best test on steers 900 to 950 lbs 10.00 to 12.00 higher, 951 to 1050 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Best test on heifers 800 to 900 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Good to very good demand for today's yearling's offering which sold on an active market. Many packages, a couple loads, and one long string of steers made up today's offering. Flesh varied, from light to moderate plus, with most of the cattle advertised as coming off grass. Quality mostly average to attractive. Most of the area saw a freeze this week. Silage harvest is largely completed. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, September 18.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.59/cwt on 1,267 head.

Average price

$144.59

1,267 head · 877 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,268

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$69

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$14.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.87

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	867	145.81	1,264	1,154
Medium and Large 1-2	803	136.03	1,092	19thin
Large 1	1,015	131.34	1,333	94

One grade step is worth $14.47/cwt here — about −$69 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 sale1,267 hd

144.59

—

SD average6 barns · 6,789 hd

138.71

+5.87

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

20 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	126.90/cwt	124.00–129.50	1,170	63
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,098	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,252	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,190	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,123	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	132.90/cwt	130.00–134.25	1,082	140
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,000	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,225	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	130.24/cwt	126.00–131.25	1,125	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	135.59/cwt	134.50–136.50	998	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	935	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	144.68/cwt	144.50–144.75	977	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	134.59/cwt	131.00–140.50	1,038	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	999	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,224	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,025	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	150.96/cwt	148.00–154.50	1,116	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	136.39/cwt	134.75–137.50	1,322	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	144.28/cwt	143.00–145.50	1,255	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	144.56/cwt	142.00–145.50	1,315	254
Steers	Large 1	—	1,015	131.34/cwt	126.00–134.75	1,333	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	149.03/cwt	144.00–150.25	1,249	465
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,043	12

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.

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