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

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 3
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
3,410 head
▲ 1,759 vs last sale 1,651▲ 236 vs year ago 3,174 · +7.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week due to winter weather, compared to two weeks ago: best test on steers 550 to 700 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Best test on heifers 700 to 750 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Good to very good demand for this large offering featuring many packages and loads of mostly home raised cattle. Many attractive cattle to choose from today, flesh condition mostly light to moderate plus. Market activity active to very active, lots in interest to get cattle bought as the fall board is looking very promising. Winter weather expected in the area again this weekend. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, March 10.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $208.69/cwt on 1,881 head.
Average price
$208.69
1,881 head · 736 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,536
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$190
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.09
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1737208.781,5381,867
Medium and Large 1-2684197.001,34714thin
One grade step is worth $11.78/cwt here — about $190 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 sale1,881 hd
208.69
—
SD average9 barns · 18,979 hd
201.59
+7.09
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

26 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 1—767178.63/cwt173.50–182.001,370137
SteersMedium and Large 1—878192.66/cwt192.25–194.501,692294
SteersMedium and Large 1—962178.78/cwt178.50–179.001,720114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—684197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,34714
SteersMedium and Large 1—688213.86/cwt203.75–217.501,471347
SteersMedium and Large 1—517239.01/cwt230.00–250.001,23666
SteersMedium and Large 1—576232.50/cwt229.00–242.601,33996
SteersMedium and Large 1—729203.73/cwt201.50–206.001,485152
SteersMedium and Large 1—781200.36/cwt190.00–204.001,565274
HeifersMedium and Large 1—667190.94/cwt178.50–198.501,274363
HeifersMedium and Large 1—514222.23/cwt217.00–225.001,14232
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—565254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,43541
SteersMedium and Large 1—824188.02/cwt183.00–191.001,54997
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—755162.22/cwt158.00–164.001,22517
HeifersMedium and Large 1—613199.73/cwt192.00–204.001,22445
HeifersMedium and Large 1—939166.25/cwt166.25–166.251,56160
HeifersMedium and Large 1—493216.23/cwt213.00–224.001,06623
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725184.07/cwt178.50–185.501,335108
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—874179.25/cwt179.25–179.251,56728
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—518220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1406
HeifersMedium and Large 1—875171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,496330
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—796186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,48126
SteersMedium and Large 1—626228.64/cwt221.00–235.501,431318
SteersMedium and Large 1—491257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,2628
HeifersMedium and Large 1—808177.72/cwt175.50–179.001,436162
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568205.24/cwt197.50–211.001,166164

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.