Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2023-03-31

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 31
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
2,890 head
1,032 vs last sale 3,922 77 vs year ago 2,967 · 2.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 750 to 950 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Best test on heifers 600 to 700 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Good to very good demand for today's offering which featured quite a few loads and multiple loads as well as some packages. Lots of attractive quality cattle to choose from again this week, both home raised and back grounded cattle offered. An active market today despite another round of winter weather today with much of the area seeing blizzard conditions. Icy road conditions and blowing snow as well as large accumulations for some areas with more snow predicted for next week. Many producers are calving in these difficult conditions. No sale next week due to Good Friday, next feeder sale is Friday, April 14. Have a very Happy Easter!

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $203.14/cwt on 1,548 head.
Average price
$203.14
1,548 head · 829 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,684
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$590
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$38.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.90
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2564219.881,23942
Medium and Large 1830203.531,6891,448
Large 11,009181.251,82958
One grade step is worth $38.63/cwt here — about −$590 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 sale1,548 hd
203.14
SD average6 barns · 11,237 hd
200.24
+2.90
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

29 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 1Fleshy760164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,24631
HeifersMedium and Large 1768181.12/cwt170.00–186.501,39188
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515194.00/cwt194.00–194.009998
HeifersMedium and Large 1473223.40/cwt219.50–231.001,05729
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432203.00/cwt203.00–203.008777
HeifersMedium and Large 1539226.45/cwt225.00–227.001,22158
SteersMedium and Large 1678228.21/cwt226.00–228.501,54768
SteersMedium and Large 1-2540220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,1915
SteersMedium and Large 1964177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,70621
SteersMedium and Large 1641221.90/cwt218.00–225.501,42225
SteersMedium and Large 1923193.90/cwt193.50–194.251,790344
SteersMedium and Large 1518271.50/cwt271.50–271.501,40624
SteersMedium and Large 1-2652210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,36913
SteersMedium and Large 1870196.24/cwt189.25–204.501,707355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2631207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,30911
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement631216.85/cwt214.00–219.001,368115
SteersMedium and Large 1555252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,39911
SteersLarge 11,009181.25/cwt181.25–181.251,82958
SteersMedium and Large 1736208.75/cwt202.00–213.001,536101
SteersMedium and Large 1774211.68/cwt195.00–214.001,638227
SteersMedium and Large 1824202.73/cwt189.00–209.001,670272
HeifersMedium and Large 1622206.63/cwt198.00–208.751,285134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2427240.00/cwt227.50–250.001,02513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370190.00/cwt190.00–190.007037
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2561210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,17810
HeifersMedium and Large 1683194.34/cwt188.00–197.751,327175
HeifersMedium and Large 1578233.97/cwt231.00–236.001,352246
HeifersMedium and Large 1731188.05/cwt187.50–188.501,37535
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement791194.50/cwt194.50–194.501,53876

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.