Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 900 to 950 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower, 951 to 1000 lbs mostly steady. Yearling heifers not well compared. Steer calves 450 to 600 lbs and heifer calves 500 to 600 lbs unevenly steady. Good demand for loads, strings, and a few packages of yearlings included in today's offering. Quality on yearlings varied, from plain to attractive, and most were in moderate to moderate plus flesh. Moderate to good demand for today's calf offering. Some loads offered but the majority of the calf offering sold in packages. Quality varied, from plain to attractive, and most of the calves were in light to moderate flesh. Preconditioning was all over the map with some calves having full preconditioning and others having none. Buyers are not eager to buy calves which have not had at least one good round of shots and this report shows the price spread and discounts for calves without a shot record. An moderate to active market seen for this offering with mostly order buyers attending the sale today, farmers are taking advantage of this week's warm weather to catch up on fall work or finish harvesting. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, November 13.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.75/cwt on 3,761 head.

Average price

$150.75

3,761 head · 690 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,040

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$368

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$18.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.80

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	658	152.56	1,004	3,349
Medium and Large 1-2	536	145.78	781	61
Large 1	1,021	134.38	1,372	351

One grade step is worth $18.18/cwt here — about −$368 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 sale3,761 hd

150.75

—

SD average11 barns · 33,040 hd

158.55

−7.80

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

38 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
Steers	Large 1	—	1,021	134.38/cwt	132.50–136.50	1,372	351
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,016	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	1,318	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	492	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	748	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	427	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	717	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	384	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	647	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	747	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	170.42/cwt	155.00–178.00	835	374
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	136.40/cwt	133.25–138.75	1,329	481
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	139.44/cwt	136.75–141.50	1,240	345
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	536	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	844	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	143.79/cwt	139.75–149.00	746	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	149.26/cwt	140.00–154.50	702	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	134.33/cwt	133.50–134.75	1,016	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	145.70/cwt	140.00–154.50	906	345
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	156.68/cwt	146.75–162.00	904	398
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	142.84/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,096	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	948	137.69/cwt	136.50–138.25	1,305	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	186.45/cwt	182.75–190.25	802	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	150.65/cwt	142.00–153.00	1,015	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	823	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	575	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	853	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	150.98/cwt	137.00–158.00	587	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	176.74/cwt	170.00–185.00	679	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	130.91/cwt	129.00–133.00	1,156	309
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	129.57/cwt	129.00–132.50	1,171	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	761	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	873	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	143.31/cwt	141.00–147.00	489	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	141.67/cwt	139.00–142.50	1,027	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	401	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	818	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	690	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	144.40/cwt	138.00–150.50	608	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	405	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	824	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	133.59/cwt	132.75–134.50	1,117	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	153.39/cwt	152.00–160.50	819	793
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	138.04/cwt	134.75–142.50	794	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	134.14/cwt	130.50–135.25	825	209

How this sale compares

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