Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2021-04-30

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Apr 30
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
1,249 head
222 vs last sale 1,471 471 vs year ago 1,720 · 27.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Another light offering this week with different weight classes than last week, best test was on 600 to 650 lbs heifers mostly steady. Good demand for today's offering of loads and packages which sold on a moderate to active market. Flesh varied, from moderate to heavy. Despite persisting dry conditions, there is quite a bit of interest in cattle which can go to grass. Mostly average to attractive quality cattle in the offering today. Next feeder sale is Friday, May 7, and the annual Birthday Sale is Friday, May 14.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.75/cwt on 792 head.
Average price
$127.75
792 head · 800 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,022
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$231
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$13.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.19
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1736130.81963612
Large 11,018117.321,194180
One grade step is worth $13.49/cwt here — about −$231 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 sale792 hd
127.75
SD average5 barns · 4,988 hd
127.93
−0.19
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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy647123.50/cwt123.50–123.507999
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy741121.00/cwt121.00–121.0089710
HeifersLarge 11,018117.32/cwt116.00–118.001,194180
HeifersMedium and Large 1674126.75/cwt126.75–126.7585426
HeifersMedium and Large 1535140.33/cwt138.50–142.0075129
HeifersMedium and Large 1942120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,13062
SteersMedium and Large 1553168.00/cwt168.00–168.009295
SteersMedium and Large 1528170.00/cwt170.00–170.0089812
HeifersMedium and Large 1875118.25/cwt118.25–118.251,03565
HeifersMedium and Large 1804124.32/cwt121.00–126.001,00069
HeifersMedium and Large 1737131.12/cwt131.00–131.25966156
SteersMedium and Large 1741138.93/cwt136.00–140.001,02930
SteersMedium and Large 1978121.64/cwt121.00–121.751,19065
HeifersMedium and Large 1638140.92/cwt140.00–141.50899186
SteersMedium and Large 1627151.00/cwt151.00–151.0094712
SteersMedium and Large 1838125.75/cwt125.75–125.751,05426
SteersLarge 11,031125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,289114

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.