Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2024-02-02

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Feb 2
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
4,035 head
930 vs last sale 3,105 3,012 vs year ago 1,023 · +294.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 600 to 649 lbs and 700 to 749 lbs 9.00 to 10.00 higher with instances 15.00 higher. Best test on heifers 450 to 499 lbs, 600 to 649 lbs, and 700 to 749 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for today's offering of many loads and packages of both backgrounded and home raised cattle. All classes to choose from, both grass and finishing types and quite a few colored cattle in varied flesh, but more flesh overall than last week. Some tag on the cattle but really not as bad as expected with the way yards have gotten in the nice weather. An active market with both buyers and farmer feeders in the seats. Nice weather to continue into next week and keep temperatures above normal for this time of year. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, February 9.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $263.12/cwt on 2,612 head.
Average price
$263.12
2,612 head · 753 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,980
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$650
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$77.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.30
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540296.731,60387
Medium and Large 1745264.291,9702,394
Large 11,027219.332,252131
One grade step is worth $77.40/cwt here — about −$650 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 sale2,612 hd
263.12
SD average5 barns · 11,785 hd
259.82
+3.30
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

40 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 1319330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0539
HeifersMedium and Large 1438311.41/cwt309.00–314.001,36440
HeifersMedium and Large 1611266.94/cwt260.50–269.001,631151
HeifersMedium and Large 1768223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,71355
HeifersMedium and Large 1486294.24/cwt280.00–305.501,43094
HeifersMedium and Large 1726234.32/cwt227.00–238.001,701164
SteersMedium and Large 1-2587284.87/cwt282.00–286.001,67228
SteersMedium and Large 1-2654257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,68111
SteersMedium and Large 1521340.61/cwt330.00–350.001,77553
SteersMedium and Large 1565312.98/cwt304.00–323.001,76890
SteersMedium and Large 1678272.45/cwt265.00–282.001,847272
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,71912
SteersMedium and Large 1781250.43/cwt244.75–256.001,956372
SteersMedium and Large 1479339.48/cwt325.00–344.001,62699
SteersMedium and Large 1-2395342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,35317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2481310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,49119
SteersMedium and Large 1962226.25/cwt226.25–226.252,177189
SteersMedium and Large 1427359.41/cwt337.50–365.001,53535
SteersLarge 1717250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,79320
SteersLarge 11,089214.75/cwt214.75–214.752,33999
SteersMedium and Large 1373371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,38433
SteersMedium and Large 1858230.42/cwt228.00–233.751,977197
SteersMedium and Large 1627295.06/cwt286.00–304.001,850289
SteersMedium and Large 1310380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,17822
HeifersMedium and Large 1813220.25/cwt220.25–220.251,79164
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement720240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,72825
SteersMedium and Large 1718272.02/cwt269.75–274.751,953137
SteersMedium and Large 1815233.57/cwt229.00–239.001,904284
HeifersMedium and Large 1376322.04/cwt315.00–332.501,21173
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy645281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,81234
HeifersMedium and Large 1675253.68/cwt250.00–256.501,712199
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2421293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,2347
SteersLarge 11,031206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,12412
SteersMedium and Large 1923228.66/cwt221.50–238.002,111288
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2361310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,11917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2567254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,440119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2691245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6936
HeifersMedium and Large 1512279.09/cwt271.00–286.001,42964
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement823238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,96362
HeifersMedium and Large 1565276.81/cwt265.00–285.001,564123

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.