Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2023-03-24

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 24
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
3,922 head
88 vs last sale 4,010 2,137 vs year ago 1,785 · +119.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 800 lbs mostly steady, 801 to 950 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Different weight classes of heifers today than last week so an accurate trend could not be established. Good to very good demand for today's large offering. Similar to last week, many packages, loads, and multiple loads of both home raised and backgrounded cattle were offered. Quality mostly attractive today. Flesh varied, from moderate to some heavy flesh at time, more flesh overall than seen last week. Cattle suitable for grass continue to be very sought after. Some tag seen this week, lots are getting hard to maintain. Some of the area saw more snow this week and temps remain below normal for this time of year. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, March 31.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $204.50/cwt on 2,682 head.
Average price
$204.50
2,682 head · 765 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$248
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.10
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1767204.601,5692,629
Medium and Large 1-2663199.291,32153
One grade step is worth $5.31/cwt here — about $248 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 sale2,682 hd
204.50
SD average7 barns · 16,148 hd
204.40
+0.10
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy886159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,41314
HeifersMedium and Large 1759172.25/cwt172.25–172.251,30721
HeifersMedium and Large 1415220.18/cwt215.00–225.0091418
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2446207.50/cwt207.50–207.5092511
HeifersMedium and Large 1637189.40/cwt181.25–199.751,206125
HeifersMedium and Large 1729184.16/cwt179.50–185.501,34398
SteersMedium and Large 1625235.34/cwt218.00–239.751,471178
SteersMedium and Large 1-2692202.03/cwt200.50–202.501,39817
SteersMedium and Large 1783201.05/cwt188.00–202.001,574291
SteersMedium and Large 1913184.11/cwt179.75–188.001,681181
SteersMedium and Large 1721208.68/cwt202.50–218.501,505245
SteersMedium and Large 1481254.05/cwt252.00–260.001,22252
SteersMedium and Large 1865189.00/cwt182.75–190.751,635390
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned488239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,1666
SteersMedium and Large 1827192.90/cwt179.00–200.001,595566
HeifersMedium and Large 1529214.01/cwt212.00–215.251,132120
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy685191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,30821
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy753181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,36713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2609200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2186
SteersMedium and Large 1-2593213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,2639
SteersMedium and Large 1675219.13/cwt211.00–226.001,479309
HeifersMedium and Large 1839173.76/cwt170.00–176.251,458140
HeifersMedium and Large 1688186.49/cwt174.50–191.001,283151
HeifersMedium and Large 1483230.98/cwt229.00–231.251,11693
SteersMedium and Large 1421251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,05712
SteersMedium and Large 1564250.15/cwt236.00–253.501,411124
SteersMedium and Large 1956178.75/cwt177.25–180.251,709125
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement779196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,52747
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement744214.73/cwt195.00–219.001,59884
HeifersMedium and Large 1563207.52/cwt200.00–210.001,168110
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy563221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2447
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy731188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,37477
SteersMedium and Large 1537246.29/cwt245.00–249.001,32353

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.