Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week due to the winter weather, compared to two weeks ago: best test on steer calves 500 to 550 lbs mostly steady, 600 to 650 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, yearling steers 900 to 1000 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower, 1001 to 1050 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Best test on heifer calves 400 to 450 lbs and 500 to 550 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher, yearling heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for both yearlings and calves today. Yearlings sold mostly in strings and loads. One consignment came off grass right before the storm so these steers still looked pretty green, otherwise flesh was mostly moderate to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times. A large calf offering today featuring many packages and loads of attractive quality calves, including many colored cattle. A couple weaned packages, but the vast majority of the calves came off the cow. A variety of flesh, from light to moderate plus. Most had full preconditioning, or at least a full round of fall shots. An active market with many order buyers and farmer feeders attending the sale. Wintery weather today with cold, windy conditions and blowing snow. Temperatures look to warm up at the end of next week which will be welcome to melt the ice cover. No sale next week due to Thanksgiving, next feeder cattle sale is Friday, December 2. Happy Thanksgiving!!

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $197.06/cwt on 4,239 head.

Average price

$197.06

4,239 head · 735 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,449

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$346

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

$44.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.67

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	670	203.81	1,366	2,827
Medium and Large 1-2	631	190.44	1,201	572
Large 1	1,022	180.23	1,843	785
Large 1-2	1,075	159.25	1,712	55

One grade step is worth $44.56/cwt here — about −$346 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 sale4,239 hd

197.06

—

SD average9 barns · 24,009 hd

202.73

−5.67

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

45 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	—	399	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	830	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	207.82/cwt	201.00–214.00	1,164	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	190.61/cwt	190.00–193.00	1,107	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	180.10/cwt	171.75–184.00	1,688	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	190.25/cwt	190.25–190.25	1,655	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	173.25/cwt	173.25–173.25	1,169	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	185.21/cwt	171.00–187.25	1,167	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	188.25/cwt	180.50–190.00	1,363	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	231.50/cwt	231.00–232.50	968	13
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,075	159.25/cwt	159.25–159.25	1,712	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	226.23/cwt	221.00–238.00	1,077	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	247.18/cwt	242.50–250.50	1,060	307
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	199.05/cwt	188.00–209.00	1,232	539
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	179.91/cwt	178.75–181.75	1,752	380
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	191.80/cwt	184.75–197.00	1,272	311
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	1,586	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,200	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	191.62/cwt	180.00–198.00	724	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	200.77/cwt	197.00–203.00	968	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	180.04/cwt	171.00–186.50	1,096	194
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,009	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,710	51
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,161	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,811	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	180.29/cwt	175.00–184.75	1,042	325
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	175.96/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,468	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	179.91/cwt	175.00–186.00	873	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,125	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	178.69/cwt	178.00–180.00	1,226	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	177.33/cwt	172.00–178.75	1,621	128
Steers	Large 1	—	1,020	180.27/cwt	178.75–181.75	1,839	731
Steers	Large 1	—	1,056	179.75/cwt	179.75–179.75	1,898	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	172.68/cwt	172.00–173.00	1,369	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,481	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	180.76/cwt	174.00–184.50	936	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	182.08/cwt	178.00–190.00	787	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	220.88/cwt	213.50–233.00	1,164	531
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	212.68/cwt	203.00–219.00	1,012	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	205.05/cwt	201.00–209.00	769	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,002	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	196.94/cwt	185.00–205.50	1,014	383
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	206.19/cwt	196.50–209.00	870	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	186.55/cwt	179.00–188.50	1,422	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	200.76/cwt	187.00–209.50	1,078	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	181.75/cwt	181.75–181.75	1,485	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	530	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,108	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	572	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,230	95

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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