Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 900 to 950 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher with other yearlings not well compared. Steer calves 450 to 650 lbs 10.00 higher except 500 to 550 lbs not well compared, 651 to 700 lbs 3.00 higher. Heifer calves 500 to 600 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher, 601 to 650 lbs 3.00 higher. Very good demand for yearling cattle again this week. Several strings of steers offered, as well as a couple loads and packages of heifers, in mostly moderate to moderate plus flesh. Good demand for calves this week. Calf quality more attractive than last week and most of the calves today had their shots. Flesh varied, from moderate to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times. An active market for this offering, many buyers trying to finish up orders before the holiday week. Harvest is finished up in this area and more farmer feeders are ready to get calves in. No feeder cattle sale next week due to Thanksgiving, next feeder cattle sale is Friday, December 3.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.89/cwt on 2,586 head.

Average price

$166.89

2,586 head · 777 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,297

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$17.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.40

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	755	168.14	1,269	2,325
Large 1	1,022	156.49	1,599	227
Medium and Large 1-2	659	151.00	995	34

One grade step is worth $17.14/cwt here — about $274 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 sale2,586 hd

166.89

—

SD average8 barns · 19,871 hd

169.30

−2.40

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

34 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	—	463	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	699	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	663	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	902	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,468	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	169.50/cwt	168.00–172.00	754	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,035	26
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,052	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,520	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	159.18/cwt	152.50–168.50	1,065	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	193.34/cwt	186.00–198.00	920	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	875	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,383	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	169.54/cwt	168.75–171.00	1,558	442
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,419	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,183	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	635	154.07/cwt	148.00–157.00	978	59
Steers	Large 1	—	1,022	156.49/cwt	152.75–160.00	1,599	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	185.72/cwt	184.00–186.25	977	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	169.85/cwt	161.00–177.00	1,060	401
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	170.58/cwt	160.00–172.25	1,505	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	160.49/cwt	158.50–162.50	1,239	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	799	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,185	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	159.16/cwt	157.00–168.00	766	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	157.25/cwt	157.25–157.25	1,525	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	170.63/cwt	165.00–180.75	979	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	524	162.28/cwt	161.00–164.00	850	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	925	158.49/cwt	156.75–160.00	1,466	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	839	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	140.28/cwt	140.00–141.00	736	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	840	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	995	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	149.59/cwt	142.00–156.75	860	290
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	153.58/cwt	146.00–160.50	819	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	143.14/cwt	139.25–151.50	899	261
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	964	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	1,425	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	751	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,111	9

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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