Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 950 to 1050 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Best test on steer calves 450 to 650 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 lower except 500 to 550 lbs not well compared. Best test on heifer calves 500 to 550 lbs mostly steady with other weight classes of heifer calves and yearling heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for several stings of yearling steers and a string of yearling heifers offered today, some of these still coming off grass. Flesh varied, but mostly moderate plus overall. Moderate to good demand for calves today. Most calves sold in packages and had shots, those without shots or all their shots see light demand and discounted prices. Calf quality varied today, many plain to average calves and multicolored packages on offer. An active market on yearlings, moderate to active on calves. Very windy conditions continued today and some areas saw some blizzard conditions. Travel, especially for trucks, was limited by the weather. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, November 19.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.56/cwt on 2,271 head.

Average price

$159.56

2,271 head · 791 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,261

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$611

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$10.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.22

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	507	161.63	820	99
Medium and Large 1	780	160.88	1,255	1,870
Large 1	950	150.70	1,431	302

One grade step is worth $10.93/cwt here — about −$611 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 sale2,271 hd

159.56

—

SD average9 barns · 23,322 hd

170.77

−11.22

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

33 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	810	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,091	16
Heifers	Large 1	—	525	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	706	13
Heifers	Large 1	—	602	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	834	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	169.50/cwt	168.00–170.00	664	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	151.75/cwt	151.25–152.25	1,269	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	150.84/cwt	148.50–151.25	1,163	508
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	156.33/cwt	153.75–157.25	1,512	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	160.55/cwt	156.00–165.25	1,087	273
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	157.82/cwt	155.25–162.25	1,138	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	157.55/cwt	149.00–167.75	983	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	182.53/cwt	173.00–186.00	891	72
Steers	Large 1	—	1,058	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,592	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	866	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	164.32/cwt	154.50–168.00	771	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	1,316	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	142.69/cwt	138.50–144.50	818	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	891	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,292	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	946	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	149.85/cwt	149.50–150.50	1,134	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	1,467	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	992	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	156.52/cwt	155.00–162.00	637	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	144.01/cwt	139.00–145.00	975	148
Steers	Large 1	—	1,031	151.87/cwt	150.00–153.75	1,566	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	158.98/cwt	156.50–167.00	897	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	160.31/cwt	153.75–164.25	1,502	594
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	147.25/cwt	137.00–154.00	757	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	141.26/cwt	134.75–148.50	890	266
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	150.01/cwt	147.50–158.00	720	46
Steers	Large 1	—	531	151.35/cwt	148.00–158.50	804	27
Steers	Large 1	—	636	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	935	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	211.35/cwt	210.00–212.00	814	22

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.

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