Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2023-02-10

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Feb 10
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
1,868 head
▲ 845 vs last sale 1,023▼ 1,958 vs year ago 3,826 · −51.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A light offering last week with few good comparisons, best test on heifers 600 to 650 lbs mostly steady, with the rest of the weight classes of heifers and steers not well compared. Good to very good demand for this offering of many packages and loads, best demand seen for grass type cattle, especially black hided ones. Varied quality again this week, from plain to attractive. Flesh condition mostly moderate to moderate plus, some fill seen also. Calves a bit dirtier this week as the warmer temps have lots thawing and getting muddy. An active market seen for this offering. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, February 17.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $195.01/cwt on 1,224 head.
Average price
$195.01
1,224 head · 742 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,447
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$336
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$34.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.13
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2559201.531,12720
Medium and Large 1736196.871,4481,123
Large 1874167.531,46481
One grade step is worth $34.00/cwt here — about −$336 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 sale1,224 hd
195.01
—
SD average9 barns · 21,137 hd
195.14
−0.13
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

28 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—549207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,13913
BullsMedium and Large 1—656187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,23019
HeifersMedium and Large 1—854166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,4224
HeifersMedium and Large 1—661188.84/cwt177.25–195.001,248110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—423182.00/cwt182.00–182.007706
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—581171.00/cwt171.00–171.0099410
SteersMedium and Large 1—475219.93/cwt218.50–221.501,04540
SteersMedium and Large 1—572223.81/cwt213.50–234.001,28069
SteersMedium and Large 1—690200.80/cwt195.00–205.001,386118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—565207.05/cwt205.00–210.001,17010
SteersMedium and Large 1—783188.07/cwt180.50–191.501,473248
SteersMedium and Large 1—727198.10/cwt190.00–204.251,440249
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625190.39/cwt180.00–194.001,19096
SteersLarge 1—806165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,33018
SteersMedium and Large 1—882175.25/cwt173.25–177.251,546122
SteersMedium and Large 1—619217.45/cwt203.50–223.001,346129
SteersMedium and Large 1—536220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,17924
SteersMedium and Large 1—824188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,54970
HeifersMedium and Large 1—761168.75/cwt168.75–168.751,28427
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528181.50/cwt181.50–181.509586
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—459205.00/cwt205.00–205.009414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—617190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1726
HeifersMedium and Large 1—445202.00/cwt202.00–202.0089910
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567184.88/cwt178.50–193.501,04869
HeifersMedium and Large 1—716175.87/cwt173.00–178.501,25970
HeifersMedium and Large 1—481196.29/cwt194.00–200.0094454
SteersLarge 1—893168.25/cwt168.25–168.251,50263
SteersMedium and Large 1—983172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,69654

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.