Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steer calves 500 to 649 lbs mostly steady, yearling steers 950 to 999 lbs and 1050 to 1099 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Best test on heifer calves 400 to 449 and 500 to 549 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 higher, 450 to 499 lbs mostly steady. Good demand for yearlings today. Another large yearling offering this week selling in strings and loads. Flesh varied, but mostly moderate plus overall. Good demand for calves today with best demand seen for light calves. Most of the calf offering still coming off the cow with only a few consignments of weaned calves, some of these weaned only 30 days. Shot records varied and calves without at least a good round of fall shots see discounts. An active market for this offering with both buyers and farmer feeders attending the sale and trying to tie up loose ends before the end of the year. This is the last sale of 2023, next feeder cattle sale is January 5,2024. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $243.17/cwt on 2,562 head.

Average price

$243.17

2,562 head · 808 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,966

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$337

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$67.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.58

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	673	267.22	1,799	1,575
Medium and Large 1-2	623	249.98	1,557	99
Large 1	1,069	199.75	2,136	888

One grade step is worth $67.47/cwt here — about −$337 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 sale2,562 hd

243.17

—

SD average5 barns · 9,960 hd

240.59

+2.58

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

35 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	Large 1	—	1,054	183.75/cwt	183.75–183.75	1,937	64
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,014	192.28/cwt	188.00–194.50	1,950	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	224.67/cwt	224.00–225.50	1,386	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,819	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	270.61/cwt	260.00–280.50	1,128	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	270.45/cwt	261.50–278.00	1,441	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	322.64/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,232	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	260.00/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,531	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,591	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,582	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	215.25/cwt	215.25–215.25	2,030	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,557	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	239.30/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,709	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,380	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	267.25/cwt	260.00–274.00	1,662	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	331.60/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,370	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,337	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	223.47/cwt	220.00–224.50	1,752	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	299.39/cwt	290.00–303.00	1,590	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	214.47/cwt	204.50–215.25	2,065	315
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	318.50/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,545	278
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	475	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,392	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	284.05/cwt	270.00–295.50	1,625	289
Steers	Large 1	—	1,072	199.55/cwt	198.75–200.00	2,139	669
Steers	Large 1	—	1,122	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,199	103
Steers	Large 1	—	1,006	204.25/cwt	204.25–204.25	2,055	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,668	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	225.20/cwt	222.00–228.00	1,344	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,933	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	216.75/cwt	216.75–216.75	1,699	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	272.30/cwt	260.00–280.50	1,274	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	243.54/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,376	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,810	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	227.95/cwt	215.00–231.00	1,504	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	280.12/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,092	38

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.

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