Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2022-04-08

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Apr 8
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
1,230 head
1,737 vs last sale 2,967 4,332 vs year ago 5,562 · 77.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A light offering today with too few comparisons to develop an accurate price trend, lower undertones noted in both steers and heifers. Good to very good demand for this light offering of packages and a handful of loads. Cattle which could fit grass programs saw very good demand. Quality was mostly attractive today and flesh varied from light to moderate plus. An active market with order buyers and some farmer feeder attending the sale. Some winter weather is in the forecast for this weekend and snow and rain mix several days next week with temperatures only in the 30's, not great weather for calving. No sale next Friday due to Good Friday, next feeder cattle sale is Friday, April 22. Happy Easter!!

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $154.70/cwt on 764 head.
Average price
$154.70
764 head · 693 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,073
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.12
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1696154.781,077747
Medium and Large 1-2601151.1890817thin
One grade step is worth $3.60/cwt here — about $169 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 sale764 hd
154.70
SD average8 barns · 9,582 hd
151.58
+3.12
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

20 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 1457179.00/cwt179.00–179.0081816
HeifersMedium and Large 1635162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,02918
HeifersMedium and Large 1773142.60/cwt130.00–149.501,10257
HeifersMedium and Large 1563172.25/cwt172.25–172.2597071
HeifersMedium and Large 1743147.10/cwt143.50–152.001,093151
HeifersMedium and Large 1674155.57/cwt150.00–158.751,049364
SteersMedium and Large 1928148.75/cwt148.75–148.751,38069
SteersMedium and Large 1570200.05/cwt195.00–200.501,14061
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement847152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,28770
SteersMedium and Large 1533201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0715
SteersMedium and Large 1666181.87/cwt180.50–182.251,21193
SteersMedium and Large 1710170.08/cwt166.00–172.501,20827
SteersMedium and Large 1465207.50/cwt207.50–207.5096519
SteersMedium and Large 1751159.99/cwt152.00–165.501,20249
SteersMedium and Large 1-2489195.00/cwt195.00–195.009546
SteersMedium and Large 1641176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,1317
SteersMedium and Large 1844151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,27437
SteersMedium and Large 1881148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,3047
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585159.00/cwt159.00–159.0093010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2623140.00/cwt140.00–140.008727

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.