Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Another light offering this week with limited comparisons, best test on steers 600 to 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 701 to 750 lbs mostly steady. Best test on heifers 600 to 650 lbs steady. Good to very good demand for this offering of many packages and a handful of loads with best demand again this week for grass type, black hided cattle. Flesh mostly light to moderate plus, less flesh overall than last week and less fill. Quality mostly attractive today. An active market seen for this offering. Decent weather this weekend with some very cold conditions expected next week with a chance of snow. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, February 24.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $206.78/cwt on 860 head.

Average price

$206.78

860 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,408

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$370

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

$5.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.24

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	498	212.39	1,058	50
Medium and Large 1	692	206.43	1,428	810

One grade step is worth $5.96/cwt here — about −$370 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 sale860 hd

206.78

—

SD average6 barns · 12,219 hd

196.54

+10.24

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

22 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 1Fleshy	—	638	174.14/cwt	170.00–175.25	1,111	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	191.28/cwt	190.00–192.00	920	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	179.86/cwt	178.00–180.25	1,277	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	171.76/cwt	166.50–175.50	1,405	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	194.19/cwt	191.50–197.00	1,140	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	170.08/cwt	169.00–170.50	1,320	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	192.38/cwt	189.50–195.25	1,487	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	225.56/cwt	214.50–236.00	1,322	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	236.70/cwt	224.00–240.00	1,243	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	198.69/cwt	189.50–204.25	1,435	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	216.73/cwt	211.00–220.00	1,019	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	176.76/cwt	176.00–177.25	1,561	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	193.89/cwt	189.00–195.00	1,026	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	190.68/cwt	182.50–194.50	1,196	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	201.24/cwt	199.00–205.00	1,149	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	180.34/cwt	179.75–180.75	1,481	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	836	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	710	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,367	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	811	179.25/cwt	179.25–179.25	1,454	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	204.08/cwt	194.50–207.00	1,402	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	221.04/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,404	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,157	8

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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