Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2021-11-05

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 5
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
3,936 head
▲ 700 vs last sale 3,236▼ 1,809 vs year ago 5,745 · −31.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers weighing less than 550 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower, while those over 550 lb sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher on a light test. No comparison on steers weighing 700 to 950 lb. Heifers overall sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. No comparison on yearling cattle due to a light number of receipts last week. Buyer demand was moderate to good for a moderate supply of feeder cattle. The next feeder cattle sale is Friday, November 12, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.42/cwt on 2,164 head.
Average price
$166.42
2,164 head · 717 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,193
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$337
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$22.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.72
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1626175.741,0991,202
Medium and Large 1-2577157.65910280
Large 1935153.601,436682
One grade step is worth $22.15/cwt here — about −$337 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 sale2,164 hd
166.42
—
SD average10 barns · 32,170 hd
174.14
−7.72
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

39 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 1—1,015156.09/cwt151.00–158.001,584352
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—665154.64/cwt150.00–155.501,02871
SteersMedium and Large 1—371205.64/cwt201.00–210.0076336
SteersMedium and Large 1—580171.63/cwt167.00–178.5099562
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—529187.50/cwt187.50–187.50992220
SteersLarge 1—562152.00/cwt152.00–152.0085426
SteersLarge 1—1,103139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,53337
SteersMedium and Large 1—664160.69/cwt158.00–164.001,06733
SteersMedium and Large 1—976162.33/cwt158.00–163.751,584239
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—491154.09/cwt153.00–175.0075739
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—671143.55/cwt140.00–146.2596375
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—521168.00/cwt168.00–168.00875115
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—642167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,07581
SteersLarge 1—1,095148.75/cwt148.75–148.751,629101
SteersMedium and Large 1—612170.62/cwt165.00–175.001,044196
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—400155.00/cwt155.00–155.0062016
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526157.72/cwt153.00–159.00830160
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463159.40/cwt152.00–161.00738185
HeifersMedium and Large 1—606147.25/cwt147.25–147.2589228
HeifersMedium and Large 1—436160.53/cwt158.50–163.5070036
HeifersMedium and Large 1—381167.22/cwt165.00–170.0063747
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—527147.20/cwt145.00–150.50776123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—627157.29/cwt155.00–160.0098625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—533170.83/cwt170.00–174.0091132
SteersLarge 1—718156.23/cwt149.25–159.751,122116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—579157.48/cwt154.00–163.0091297
SteersMedium and Large 1—467186.86/cwt180.50–190.00873125
HeifersLarge 1—607134.00/cwt133.00–135.0081318
HeifersLarge 1—558133.71/cwt132.00–134.5074650
HeifersMedium and Large 1—579151.61/cwt143.00–155.00878176
SteersLarge 1—622151.37/cwt149.00–152.5094250
SteersMedium and Large 1—536173.26/cwt161.00–177.00929263
SteersMedium and Large 1—420195.83/cwt185.00–204.0082228
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—333155.47/cwt155.00–157.5051810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—420161.79/cwt151.00–163.5068038
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—568148.48/cwt146.25–149.5084366
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—563183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,030100
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—884155.75/cwt155.75–155.751,37765
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—474147.50/cwt140.00–155.0069954

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.