Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2020-12-18

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 18
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
1,835 head
2,544 vs last sale 4,379 1,680 vs year ago 3,515 · 47.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: calves and yearlings too lightly tested today to develop an accurate price trend, lower undertones noted on most weight classes of calves. Just one load and a couple packages of yearlings in the offering today, most of these plain to average in quality. Both yearlings and calves met with moderate to good demand. Mostly packages of calves today with just a couple loads. A few weaned consignments, but most of the calves still off the cow. Quality and flesh varied, and most calves had at least fall shots. A moderate to active market seen for today's offering. This is the last feeder cattle sale of 2020, next feeder cattle sale will be Friday, January 8, 2021. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.75/cwt on 775 head.
Average price
$157.75
775 head · 631 lb average
Value per head Derived
$996
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.28
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1632158.621,003722
Medium and Large 1-2620145.8990553
One grade step is worth $12.73/cwt here — about $98 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 sale775 hd
157.75
SD average6 barns · 8,560 hd
155.47
+2.28
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

24 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy583148.00/cwt148.00–148.008635
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy696139.00/cwt139.00–139.0096716
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full525136.50/cwt136.50–136.5071714
HeifersMedium and Large 1376160.00/cwt160.00–160.006024
HeifersMedium and Large 1758122.00/cwt122.00–122.0092510
HeifersMedium and Large 1629135.80/cwt130.00–137.0085447
SteersMedium and Large 1793143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,13875
SteersMedium and Large 1395197.00/cwt197.00–197.007787
SteersMedium and Large 1344211.00/cwt211.00–211.0072619
SteersMedium and Large 1433196.44/cwt190.00–198.0085136
SteersMedium and Large 1927131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,21436
HeifersMedium and Large 1537144.81/cwt140.00–149.0077891
HeifersMedium and Large 1577142.63/cwt134.00–144.25823119
SteersMedium and Large 1846143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,21469
HeifersMedium and Large 1476152.16/cwt152.00–152.5072465
HeifersMedium and Large 1426161.25/cwt160.50–164.5068766
SteersMedium and Large 1491174.82/cwt172.50–178.0085860
SteersMedium and Large 1529166.94/cwt161.50–173.5088393
SteersMedium and Large 1578160.77/cwt153.00–162.00929100
SteersMedium and Large 1630153.52/cwt150.00–159.00967206
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2536132.00/cwt132.00–132.007086
SteersMedium and Large 1-2571139.50/cwt139.50–139.507978
SteersMedium and Large 1-2432178.56/cwt178.00–179.5077118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2760126.00/cwt126.00–126.0095827

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.