Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week due to winter weather, compared to two weeks ago: best test on steers 600 to 650 lbs 2.00 to3.00 higher, 750 to 800 lbs and 850 to 900 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers not well compared. Mostly good demand for today's large offering with best demand seen for light, grass type cattle. Many packages and loads of both home raised and backgrounded cattle offered. Flesh condition varied, from light to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times. Quality mostly average to attractive. Cattle were mostly clean hided today even though lots were thawing earlier in the week. A few cancellations due to blowing snow and icy road conditions, its very cold and windy today. An active market seen for the offering. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, March 24.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $209.61/cwt on 2,690 head.

Average price

$209.61

2,690 head · 742 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,556

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$489

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

$51.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.15

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	562	225.22	1,266	159
Medium and Large 1	748	209.39	1,566	2,477
Large 1	1,011	173.50	1,754	54

One grade step is worth $51.72/cwt here — about −$489 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 sale2,690 hd

209.61

—

SD average6 barns · 11,624 hd

199.46

+10.15

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

33 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	—	663	182.86/cwt	182.50–184.25	1,212	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	236.01/cwt	228.50–242.50	998	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	181.27/cwt	180.50–182.50	1,292	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	216.43/cwt	200.00–222.50	1,231	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	965	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	175.46/cwt	174.25–179.00	1,358	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	988	173.89/cwt	173.50–174.25	1,718	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	209.66/cwt	202.00–211.25	1,524	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	927	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	181.15/cwt	179.25–185.25	1,679	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	246.42/cwt	236.00–256.00	1,414	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	185.66/cwt	180.00–187.25	1,610	491
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,180	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,424	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	223.86/cwt	223.00–225.00	1,310	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	966	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	899	170.75/cwt	170.75–170.75	1,535	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	804	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,379	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	197.59/cwt	189.00–201.75	1,543	508
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	281.16/cwt	279.00–288.00	1,201	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,280	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	174.37/cwt	174.25–174.50	1,419	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	198.75/cwt	194.00–202.00	1,202	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	213.00/cwt	205.00–216.00	1,110	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	234.77/cwt	228.00–238.50	1,456	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	270.74/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,272	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	266.36/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,388	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,087	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	185.95/cwt	184.00–187.50	1,170	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	199.42/cwt	198.00–201.00	1,151	34
Steers	Large 1	—	1,011	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,754	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	191.34/cwt	186.00–195.00	1,554	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	222.93/cwt	212.50–230.50	1,480	156

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →