Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 600 to 650 lbs and 700 to 850 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers not well compared this week. A large offering this week featuring many loads and packages of home raised cattle and a couple strings of backgrounded cattle. Grass type cattle see very good demand, especially those sold in load lots. Good to very good demand for feeding type cattle. Flesh varied, but mostly light to moderate plus, less flesh overall than last week. Quality mostly average to attractive today, most of the cattle were clean hided and open haired despite the thaw the area has seen due to the warm weather all week. An active market with the normal crowd of buyers and farmer feeders attending the sale. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, March 25.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $171.71/cwt on 1,957 head.

Average price

$171.71

1,957 head · 747 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,283

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$476

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

$59.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.13

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	479	199.40	955	20
Medium and Large 1	742	172.33	1,279	1,882
Large 1	1,020	140.25	1,431	55

One grade step is worth $59.15/cwt here — about −$476 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 sale1,957 hd

171.71

—

SD average5 barns · 12,561 hd

158.58

+13.13

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	143.41/cwt	134.00–146.50	1,094	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	164.81/cwt	157.00–174.50	949	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	160.54/cwt	151.00–165.00	1,021	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	153.82/cwt	146.00–154.25	1,128	324
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	163.02/cwt	149.00–167.25	1,092	528
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	152.74/cwt	152.50–153.00	874	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	150.73/cwt	146.75–152.50	1,326	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	170.66/cwt	159.00–175.75	1,220	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	963	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,099	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	166.23/cwt	161.00–170.50	1,288	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	196.91/cwt	189.50–204.50	1,130	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	840	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	150.51/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,382	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	163.49/cwt	152.50–165.00	1,331	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	141.05/cwt	136.00–144.00	1,166	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	187.12/cwt	175.00–188.00	1,226	309
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	156.29/cwt	150.00–165.50	746	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	764	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	162.96/cwt	161.00–167.00	870	38
Steers	Large 1	—	1,020	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,431	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	193.97/cwt	185.50–202.00	1,206	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	196.62/cwt	196.00–197.00	1,052	16

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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