Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2020-09-18

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 18
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
2,524 head
421 vs last sale 2,103 1,232 vs year ago 3,756 · 32.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 850 lbs and 951 to 1050 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, 901 to 950 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Heifers too lightly tested today for comparison. Good to very good demand seen for this yearling offering featuring mostly loads and strings of steers. Cattle both off grass and out of yards today so flesh varied, from light to moderate plus. Quality similar to last week, mostly average to attractive. An active market with many buyers in attendance today. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, September 25.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.05/cwt on 2,711 head.
Average price
$143.05
2,711 head · 908 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,299
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$291
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$13.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.22
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2721147.861,06635
Medium and Large 1903143.641,2982,493
Large 11,013133.981,357183
One grade step is worth $13.88/cwt here — about −$291 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 sale2,711 hd
143.05
SD average8 barns · 10,988 hd
139.83
+3.22
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

17 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 11,006135.20/cwt129.50–137.251,360169
SteersMedium and Large 1-2642157.20/cwt155.00–158.501,00916
SteersLarge 11,096119.25/cwt119.25–119.251,30714
SteersMedium and Large 1912142.26/cwt137.00–146.501,2971,410
SteersMedium and Large 1981136.40/cwt128.50–141.001,338355
SteersMedium and Large 1840154.03/cwt148.00–156.001,294354
HeifersMedium and Large 1706141.52/cwt137.50–143.5099951
HeifersMedium and Large 1935128.97/cwt127.25–130.501,20645
HeifersMedium and Large 1755137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,04019
HeifersMedium and Large 1810132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,07311
HeifersMedium and Large 1881127.25/cwt127.25–127.251,1216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2840124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,0468
HeifersLarge 11,000119.75/cwt119.75–119.751,19815
HeifersMedium and Large 1973129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,25551
SteersMedium and Large 1879144.72/cwt141.50–145.251,272294
SteersMedium and Large 1775150.29/cwt149.00–152.751,16580
SteersMedium and Large 1-2787140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,10219

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.