Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2021-01-29

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 29
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
2,673 head
1,458 vs last sale 4,131 1,174 vs year ago 3,847 · 30.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 500 to 750 2.00 to 3.00 higher except 600 to 650 lbs mostly steady. Best test on heifers 600 to 650 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Good to very good demand for today's offering of many packages and loads with best demand seen for light fleshed cattle which have more options, including grass. Flesh varied, from light to moderate plus, with less flesh overall than last week. Last week featured many finishing type cattle and less of these were offered this week. Quality similar to last week, from average to attractive. An active market with the normal crowd of buyers a few farmer feeders attending the auction today. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, February 5.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.85/cwt on 1,591 head.
Average price
$154.85
1,591 head · 667 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,033
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$78
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.79
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1667155.111,0351,554
Medium and Large 1-2665143.9495737
One grade step is worth $11.16/cwt here — about $78 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 sale1,591 hd
154.85
SD average7 barns · 14,589 hd
152.06
+2.79
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

23 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1369173.00/cwt173.00–173.006384
HeifersMedium and Large 1762127.27/cwt125.00–128.0097030
HeifersMedium and Large 1505157.39/cwt141.00–159.5079555
HeifersMedium and Large 1720127.30/cwt125.50–129.0091769
HeifersMedium and Large 1565151.79/cwt142.00–158.0085886
HeifersMedium and Large 1690131.21/cwt128.50–132.00905105
SteersMedium and Large 1577169.05/cwt166.75–174.00975151
HeifersMedium and Large 1614136.57/cwt132.50–144.50839131
SteersMedium and Large 1630157.24/cwt151.50–161.00991216
SteersMedium and Large 1548175.39/cwt174.50–177.25961161
SteersMedium and Large 1765143.02/cwt141.00–146.001,094218
SteersMedium and Large 1880131.85/cwt125.00–133.001,16081
SteersMedium and Large 1670153.70/cwt144.00–157.001,030498
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531158.36/cwt155.00–161.5084115
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement693146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,01255
SteersMedium and Large 1-2842126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,06517
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement825140.87/cwt130.00–148.501,162126
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375154.00/cwt154.00–154.0057810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2598135.00/cwt135.00–135.0080714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2462160.00/cwt160.00–160.007395
SteersMedium and Large 1459189.35/cwt182.00–193.0086922
SteersMedium and Large 1709145.95/cwt141.25–150.251,035195
SteersMedium and Large 1429190.00/cwt190.00–190.0081512

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.