Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week due to Good Friday and different weight classes from two weeks ago and today to compare and develop an accurate price trend. Good to very good demand for load lots offered today, moderate to good demand for packages, depending on quality which varied from plain to attractive. Flesh mostly moderate to moderate plus today with some heavy flesh seen at times. An active market with both buyers and farmer feeders in the seats. Some of the cattle showed tag today as North Dakota saw large amounts of snow last week which is melting and making muddy yards. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, April 29.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.01/cwt on 703 head.

Average price

$152.01

703 head · 731 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,111

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$452

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

$28.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.82

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	540	158.00	853	10thin
Medium and Large 1	728	152.37	1,109	679
Large 1	1,004	130.00	1,305	14thin

One grade step is worth $28.00/cwt here — about −$452 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 sale703 hd

152.01

—

SD average8 barns · 9,456 hd

149.19

+2.82

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

25 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	558	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,099	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	378	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	907	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	478	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,071	16
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,004	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,305	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	978	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	1,301	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	168.62/cwt	163.50–175.00	1,228	29
Steers	Large 1	—	1,033	145.77/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,506	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,409	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,221	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	158.74/cwt	156.25–160.25	1,367	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,154	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	222.95/cwt	221.00–226.00	1,059	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	175.63/cwt	170.00–179.00	919	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	1,236	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	979	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,282	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	182.05/cwt	179.00–190.00	870	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	876	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	853	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	161.66/cwt	160.00–162.50	1,009	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	195.93/cwt	191.00–200.00	1,009	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	145.62/cwt	139.00–146.75	1,048	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	153.77/cwt	147.00–159.75	1,026	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	143.51/cwt	140.50–144.00	1,118	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	135.47/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,168	114

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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