Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2023-08-18

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Aug 18
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
3,011 head
493 vs last sale 3,504 553 vs year ago 2,458 · +22.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 850 to 899 and 950 to 999 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 5.00 higher on 950 to 999 lbs, 900 to 949 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifers not well tested last week for comparison. Good demand for another large yearling offering selling in strings and loads. The majority of these cattle were off grass and in light to moderate flesh. A few loads of yard cattle offered, flesh mostly moderate to moderate plus on these cattle. Quality similar to last week. An active market but slightly less enthusiasm than last week to own cattle. Crop and grass conditions still looking good in this area as rains have been timely. Some wheat harvest has started. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, August 25.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $245.60/cwt on 2,087 head.
Average price
$245.60
2,087 head · 923 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,267
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$125
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$12.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.21
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1917246.282,2601,973
Large 11,020233.792,385114
One grade step is worth $12.49/cwt here — about −$125 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 sale2,087 hd
245.60
SD average6 barns · 5,349 hd
239.39
+6.21
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

9 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 1636254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,61510
HeifersMedium and Large 1741251.60/cwt240.00–255.251,86442
HeifersMedium and Large 1860241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,073306
HeifersMedium and Large 1776246.44/cwt244.00–250.251,912447
SteersLarge 11,020233.79/cwt230.50–237.252,385114
SteersMedium and Large 1750280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,10019
SteersMedium and Large 1924248.19/cwt244.25–251.502,293553
SteersMedium and Large 1977237.80/cwt227.25–251.002,323563
SteersMedium and Large 1877249.95/cwt238.50–253.752,192838

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.