Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2022-08-12

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Aug 12
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
3,121 head
794 vs last sale 2,327 1,592 vs year ago 4,713 · 33.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 850 to 1000 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifers not well tested either week for comparison. Very good demand for yearlings again this week. Mostly strings and loads of steers off grass in today's offering. Flesh condition light to moderate and quality average to attractive. An active market for this offering with many buyers in attendance and buying multiple loads to fill pens when offered. Wheat harvest is starting and haying still going strong in the area. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, August 19.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $184.89/cwt on 2,786 head.
Average price
$184.89
2,786 head · 930 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$11.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.93
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1921185.911,7132,541
Large 11,023174.271,782245
One grade step is worth $11.64/cwt here — about −$70 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 sale2,786 hd
184.89
SD average3 barns · 5,610 hd
177.96
+6.93
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

14 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
SteersMedium and Large 1653225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4696
HeifersMedium and Large 1739179.75/cwt179.75–179.751,32822
HeifersMedium and Large 1577203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,17423
HeifersMedium and Large 1755177.25/cwt177.25–177.251,33835
HeifersMedium and Large 1862171.25/cwt170.50–172.001,47642
SteersLarge 11,063171.25/cwt171.25–171.251,82055
SteersLarge 11,011175.15/cwt173.50–176.001,771190
SteersMedium and Large 1981178.43/cwt174.75–180.251,750567
SteersMedium and Large 1927186.94/cwt177.25–192.001,7331,353
SteersMedium and Large 1553226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,25313
SteersMedium and Large 1743192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,42713
SteersMedium and Large 1776193.80/cwt191.25–196.501,50437
SteersMedium and Large 1830190.04/cwt185.00–192.751,577166
SteersMedium and Large 1889188.58/cwt183.00–192.001,676386

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.