Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2023-12-01

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 1
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
3,787 head
2,736 vs last sale 6,523 1,014 vs year ago 4,801 · 21.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder cattle last week due to Thanksgiving, compared to two weeks ago: best test on yearling steers 900 to 999 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher, 1000 to 1049 lbs mostly steady. A lighter test on calves this week with best test on steers 500 to 549 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher and 600 to 649 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 6.00 higher. Best test on heifer calves 500 to 549 lbs mostly steady. Good demand for yearlings today. Several strings and a handful of packages made up the yearling offering. More attractive quality and cleaner hides than two weeks ago. Moderate demand for calves, most selling in packages. Quite a few colored hides and calves without all their shots, this continues to cause larger price spreads. All calves came off the cow, flesh was mostly light to moderate. A moderate to active market seen for this offering. Another day of losses on the board with feeder cattle losing over 5.00. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, December 8.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $247.08/cwt on 1,972 head.
Average price
$247.08
1,972 head · 785 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,940
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$924
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$50.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.26
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502262.921,319218
Medium and Large 1774251.581,9461,464
Large 11,055212.502,243290
One grade step is worth $50.42/cwt here — about −$924 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 sale1,972 hd
247.08
SD average9 barns · 14,752 hd
263.35
−16.26
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

30 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 1617220.93/cwt217.50–225.001,36379
HeifersMedium and Large 1483275.04/cwt250.00–284.501,328101
HeifersMedium and Large 1357267.51/cwt265.00–272.5095512
HeifersMedium and Large 1732209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,53443
HeifersMedium and Large 1425274.94/cwt262.00–282.501,168121
HeifersMedium and Large 1519252.61/cwt241.00–263.001,311153
SteersMedium and Large 1974228.17/cwt222.50–230.502,222544
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,13615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,40935
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477270.75/cwt266.00–274.501,29168
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519257.90/cwt244.00–266.001,33990
SteersMedium and Large 1-2429269.38/cwt269.00–270.001,15610
SteersMedium and Large 1395335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3239
SteersMedium and Large 1341319.66/cwt319.00–320.001,09015
SteersMedium and Large 1650245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,59636
SteersMedium and Large 1439330.03/cwt320.00–337.501,44945
SteersMedium and Large 1528292.57/cwt284.00–309.501,545208
SteersMedium and Large 1621258.18/cwt242.50–273.001,603221
SteersLarge 11,032213.84/cwt212.00–216.002,207111
SteersLarge 11,070211.67/cwt211.00–212.002,265179
SteersMedium and Large 1576260.11/cwt250.00–271.001,49891
SteersMedium and Large 1930229.18/cwt227.00–230.252,131191
SteersMedium and Large 1490302.55/cwt302.50–303.001,48247
SteersMedium and Large 1893230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,05457
HeifersMedium and Large 1578245.53/cwt229.00–251.751,419156
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2329252.50/cwt252.50–252.508314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2445258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,14819
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470239.92/cwt237.00–242.501,12831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2531230.85/cwt227.00–235.001,22643
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565219.27/cwt217.00–228.001,23943

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.