Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 850 to 899 lbs mostly steady, 900 to 950 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Yearling heifers not well compared. A full house for the 42nd Anniversary Sale. A large offering of yearlings, mostly strings and loads, was met with good to very good demand. Flesh condition varied with cattle coming both off grass and out of yards. Quite a bit of quality variation also as producers clean up their yearlings for the season. First offering of spring calves for the season met with moderate to good demand with load lots seeing the best demand. Most of the calves had full preconditioning with all coming off the cow. Lots of green, light fleshed calves on offer but also some calves in moderate plus flesh that had seen some creep feed. An active market on yearlings, moderate on calves. Another day of losses on the board today. Quite a bit of uncertainty in the markets right now, especially on calves. Harvest is progressing but is still quite a way from finished and outlets for unweaned calves are somewhat limited. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, October 27.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $253.44/cwt on 4,630 head.

Average price

$253.44

4,630 head · 855 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,167

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$269

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$37.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−38.07

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	806	262.10	2,114	3,373
Medium and Large 1-2	597	257.45	1,537	198
Large 1	1,058	225.11	2,382	1,059

One grade step is worth $37.00/cwt here — about −$269 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 sale4,630 hd

253.44

—

SD average10 barns · 26,703 hd

291.51

−38.07

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

44 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 1Fleshy	—	632	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,390	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	482	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,157	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	537	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,230	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	972	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,002	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	406	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	995	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,957	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	315.57/cwt	314.25–320.00	1,663	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	292.49/cwt	283.00–300.00	1,822	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	954	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,070	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	239.53/cwt	230.50–245.25	2,319	1,026
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,996	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,798	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	255.99/cwt	254.50–256.50	1,800	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	824	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,712	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,823	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	247.59/cwt	239.75–254.50	2,154	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	336.79/cwt	330.00–347.00	1,300	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	318.92/cwt	302.00–334.00	1,473	337
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	242.95/cwt	235.75–252.00	2,259	731
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,267	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	433	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,347	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	251.16/cwt	249.00–254.50	2,102	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	250.73/cwt	246.00–255.50	1,572	40
Steers	Large 1	—	1,076	221.60/cwt	210.50–222.75	2,384	635
Steers	Large 1	—	1,100	221.75/cwt	221.75–221.75	2,439	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	238.88/cwt	237.50–240.00	1,388	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	275.39/cwt	264.50–282.00	1,267	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,447	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,232	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,029	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	220.86/cwt	213.00–233.00	2,016	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,109	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,216	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,694	35
Steers	Large 1	—	1,021	231.75/cwt	231.75–231.75	2,366	365
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,344	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	235.59/cwt	235.50–237.00	1,720	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	903	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	223.72/cwt	214.00–228.50	1,868	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	656	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,535	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,635	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	307	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	760	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	226.22/cwt	225.00–226.50	1,335	66

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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