Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2023-04-21

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Apr 21
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
2,465 head
2,791 vs last sale 5,256 975 vs year ago 1,490 · +65.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 750 to 849 lbs mostly steady, 850 to 899 lbs steady to 2.00 lower on a narrow comparison. Heifers not well tested today for comparison. Good to very good demand for today's offering selling mostly in loads and strings with just a handful of packages. Many attractive cattle on offer, both home raised and backgrounded. Flesh mostly light to moderate plus today. Cattle which can fit grass programs continue to be very sought after, turn out time is just around the corner and grass has plenty of moisture for a good start. A few cancellations today due to icy roads, some areas are under a winter weather advisory with snow and blowing snow impacting travel. An active market seen for this offering, slightly less determination to own cattle than seen last week. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, April 28.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $220.48/cwt on 1,961 head.
Average price
$220.48
1,961 head · 810 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,787
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$713
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$76.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.29
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2464258.391,20044
Medium and Large 1787224.681,7681,688
Large 11,049182.251,913229
One grade step is worth $76.14/cwt here — about −$713 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 sale1,961 hd
220.48
SD average7 barns · 12,960 hd
210.20
+10.29
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

25 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 1Fleshy674198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,33515
HeifersMedium and Large 1625226.54/cwt215.00–227.501,416183
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2372218.00/cwt218.00–218.0081119
HeifersMedium and Large 1431232.34/cwt225.00–239.001,00132
HeifersMedium and Large 1576220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2674
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement756212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,60381
SteersMedium and Large 1900194.25/cwt194.25–194.251,74871
SteersMedium and Large 1881201.34/cwt197.00–209.001,774310
SteersMedium and Large 1957189.25/cwt189.25–189.251,81167
SteersMedium and Large 1-2463260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,20414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2443259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,15022
SteersMedium and Large 1673260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,75035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2526252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3288
SteersLarge 11,060182.25/cwt182.25–182.251,93257
SteersMedium and Large 1556261.31/cwt260.00–263.001,45328
SteersMedium and Large 1720243.64/cwt238.00–248.001,754172
SteersMedium and Large 1822220.35/cwt213.50–223.751,811258
SteersMedium and Large 1634262.81/cwt259.00–263.001,66687
SteersMedium and Large 1526258.48/cwt257.00–260.001,36020
SteersLarge 11,046182.25/cwt182.25–182.251,906172
SteersMedium and Large 1770230.19/cwt221.50–231.501,772563
HeifersMedium and Large 1713217.37/cwt198.00–218.501,550148
HeifersMedium and Large 1460234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,07610
HeifersMedium and Large 1525236.57/cwt231.00–242.001,24275
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy690228.25/cwt228.25–228.251,57577

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.