Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2020-12-04

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 4
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
6,518 head
2,858 vs last sale 3,660 889 vs year ago 5,629 · +15.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week due to Thanksgiving, compared to two weeks ago: best test on yearling steers 900 to 1000 lbs mostly steady, best test on steer calves 500 to 600 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Yearling heifers not well tested today, best test on heifer calves 400 to 450 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 500 to 550 lbs 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Good to very good demand for a long string and several loads of attractive yearling steers included in today's offering. Flesh on these steers light to moderate plus. Good to very good demand for today's large calf offering. Many packages and loads of attractive quality calves offered, the majority off the cow with a full round of fall shots. Flesh varied, from light to moderate plus. An active market with many buyers and farmer feeders in the seats today. The area is experiencing above normal temps and dry conditions for this time of year, these conditions are very good for feeding cattle and helping the calves maintain their bloomy look. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, December 11.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.32/cwt on 3,995 head.
Average price
$155.32
3,995 head · 749 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,164
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$631
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$24.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.59
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2492159.67786133
Medium and Large 1712158.271,1283,332
Large 11,044135.671,417530
One grade step is worth $24.00/cwt here — about −$631 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 sale3,995 hd
155.32
SD average9 barns · 21,020 hd
155.91
−0.59
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersLarge 11,069134.56/cwt134.50–134.751,438213
SteersLarge 11,028136.41/cwt134.75–139.501,402317
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy584153.50/cwt153.50–153.508969
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy858133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,14141
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy725137.00/cwt137.00–137.0099322
HeifersMedium and Large 1434163.64/cwt154.00–171.00710173
SteersMedium and Large 1537175.46/cwt172.00–178.25942246
SteersMedium and Large 1722143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,03818
SteersMedium and Large 1374206.58/cwt203.75–210.0077343
SteersMedium and Large 1926142.33/cwt139.25–143.001,3181,009
SteersMedium and Large 1490186.32/cwt175.00–189.00913265
SteersMedium and Large 1674150.25/cwt150.25–150.251,01334
SteersMedium and Large 1759139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,05767
SteersMedium and Large 1429198.88/cwt192.00–206.00853187
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2529136.50/cwt136.50–136.5072232
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428134.00/cwt134.00–134.0057413
HeifersMedium and Large 1619134.54/cwt131.75–140.5083353
SteersMedium and Large 1802137.25/cwt137.25–137.251,10113
HeifersMedium and Large 1389165.89/cwt162.00–171.0064543
SteersMedium and Large 1579163.98/cwt156.25–171.25949646
SteersMedium and Large 1-2314174.12/cwt172.50–175.0054720
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375184.00/cwt184.00–184.0069020
HeifersMedium and Large 1310170.00/cwt170.00–170.005274
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement517195.27/cwt190.50–196.251,010132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy599115.00/cwt115.00–115.006898
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy603134.50/cwt134.50–134.5081120
SteersMedium and Large 1-2509163.25/cwt163.25–163.2583120
SteersMedium and Large 1-2581149.43/cwt144.50–151.0086841
SteersMedium and Large 1968137.58/cwt135.25–140.001,332292
SteersMedium and Large 1616159.92/cwt150.50–163.00985440
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576133.03/cwt129.50–138.5076638
SteersMedium and Large 1-2467166.00/cwt166.00–166.0077512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2342159.00/cwt159.00–159.005449
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2359144.70/cwt141.00–153.0051934
HeifersMedium and Large 1667129.50/cwt129.50–129.5086420
HeifersMedium and Large 1472154.11/cwt146.00–158.50727113
HeifersMedium and Large 1568150.65/cwt145.25–153.50856481
HeifersMedium and Large 1517152.61/cwt143.00–156.25789371

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.