Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2023-11-17

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 17
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
6,523 head
964 vs last sale 7,487 313 vs year ago 6,836 · 4.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 900 to 999 lbs and 1050 to 1099 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower with instances up to 20.00 lower. Best test on yearling heifers 800 to 849 lbs mostly steady, 850 to 899 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Best test on steer calves 500 to 549 and 600 to 649 lbs mostly steady. Best test on heifer calves 500 to 549 mostly steady. Moderate demand for yearlings today. Another large offering of strings and loads including the same family outfit selling the last couple weeks. This is where similarities to last week ended. Yearlings today carried more flesh and tag and were less attractive in quality than last weeks. Buyers picked through loads more often instead of taking all loads of the same cut which they did more frequently last week. Moderate demand for calves which sold entirely in packages. Quite a few colored cattle, which continue to be discounted at times. Calves without all their shots also see discounts at times. Calf quality less attractive overall than last week. A moderate market with a few less of the normal buyers and farmer feeders in the seats. The futures ended up on the positive side again today and the cattle on feed report was friendlier than expected. No sale next week due to Thanksgiving, next feeder cattle sale is Friday, December 1. Happy Thanksgiving!

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $225.89/cwt on 4,643 head.
Average price
$225.89
4,643 head · 903 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,039
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$874
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$41.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
41.67
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2518251.511,303129
Medium and Large 1843233.871,9712,866
Large 11,037210.022,1781,648
One grade step is worth $41.49/cwt here — about −$874 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 sale4,643 hd
225.89
SD average9 barns · 24,678 hd
267.57
−41.67
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

38 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
HeifersLarge 11,022204.50/cwt204.50–204.502,09013
HeifersMedium and Large 1364265.00/cwt265.00–265.0096518
HeifersMedium and Large 1962210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,020110
HeifersMedium and Large 1825218.42/cwt211.00–220.251,802169
HeifersMedium and Large 1877212.49/cwt210.25–215.251,864180
HeifersMedium and Large 1516255.16/cwt241.00–263.501,317153
SteersMedium and Large 1396315.25/cwt305.00–322.001,24820
SteersMedium and Large 1808224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,81031
SteersMedium and Large 1532286.12/cwt275.00–301.001,522158
SteersMedium and Large 1936221.80/cwt212.25–226.252,0761,373
SteersMedium and Large 1-2532242.30/cwt235.00–247.501,28959
SteersMedium and Large 1-2381260.00/cwt260.00–260.009915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,48310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2638239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,52513
SteersMedium and Large 1968217.55/cwt205.50–225.252,106455
SteersMedium and Large 1863227.12/cwt220.00–229.501,960287
SteersMedium and Large 1-2426281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,19710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2474262.26/cwt257.00–266.001,24332
SteersMedium and Large 1560274.27/cwt267.50–278.001,53664
SteersMedium and Large 1481292.68/cwt280.00–308.001,40891
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376210.00/cwt210.00–210.007905
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422233.00/cwt233.00–233.009837
SteersMedium and Large 1436306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,3347
SteersMedium and Large 1661236.24/cwt235.00–237.001,56213
SteersLarge 11,060210.86/cwt204.00–215.502,235528
SteersLarge 11,026209.62/cwt204.75–215.502,1511,120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2484236.67/cwt236.00–238.001,14515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2529232.11/cwt230.00–237.501,22821
SteersMedium and Large 1628257.83/cwt251.00–267.501,619329
SteersMedium and Large 1731233.96/cwt230.00–240.001,71038
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2774201.96/cwt200.50–205.501,56358
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2719207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,48879
HeifersMedium and Large 1443255.64/cwt254.00–257.001,13229
HeifersMedium and Large 1485245.56/cwt240.00–252.001,19153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,29012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2640226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,44614
HeifersMedium and Large 1604240.20/cwt238.50–240.501,45161
HeifersMedium and Large 1574242.37/cwt236.00–247.001,39190

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.