Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2023-02-03

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Feb 3
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
1,023 head
2,223 vs last sale 3,246 435 vs year ago 1,458 · 29.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few cattle today compared to last week to develop an accurate price trend, higher undertones noted on heifers 600 to 700 lbs. Good to very good demand for this light offering featuring a handful of loads and packages, most of the cattle were home raised. A variety of quality for such a small sale, from plain to attractive. Flesh mostly moderate to moderate plus, some heavy flesh at times. An active market with quite a few buyers attending despite the light number of cattle today. Warmer weather expected for the weekend into next week. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, February 10.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $182.74/cwt on 683 head.
Average price
$182.74
683 head · 663 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,211
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$181
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.04
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1668183.061,222642
Medium and Large 1-2586177.781,04241
One grade step is worth $5.28/cwt here — about $181 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 sale683 hd
182.74
SD average5 barns · 5,022 hd
176.70
+6.04
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

18 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 1719170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,22626
HeifersMedium and Large 1572197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,13046
HeifersMedium and Large 1773173.75/cwt173.75–173.751,34378
HeifersMedium and Large 1617189.89/cwt184.50–193.501,172154
HeifersMedium and Large 1687177.77/cwt173.00–184.251,221232
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2478181.00/cwt181.00–181.008658
SteersMedium and Large 1534223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,19135
SteersMedium and Large 1-2436218.00/cwt218.00–218.009506
SteersMedium and Large 1-2388225.00/cwt225.00–225.008738
SteersMedium and Large 1834182.75/cwt182.75–182.751,52454
SteersMedium and Large 1712184.97/cwt179.00–188.251,31792
SteersMedium and Large 1623203.11/cwt202.50–204.001,26527
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2612177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,08333
HeifersMedium and Large 1517185.00/cwt185.00–185.009565
HeifersMedium and Large 1412206.00/cwt206.00–206.0084911
HeifersMedium and Large 1454207.00/cwt207.00–207.0094020
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement753180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,35970
SteersMedium and Large 1788179.25/cwt179.25–179.251,41239

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.