Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2024-02-09

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Feb 9
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
2,815 head
1,220 vs last sale 4,035 947 vs year ago 1,868 · +50.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 699 lbs steady to 3.00 higher with instances up to 9.00 higher on 650 to 699 lbs, 700 to 749 lbs not well compared, 750 to 799 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers 450 to 499 lbs and 550 to 599 lbs mostly steady with other weight classes of heifers not well compared. Good demand for lots of packages and a handful of loads of both home raised and back grounded cattle which made up today's offering with best demand seen for cattle suitable for grass programs or back grounding, especially black hided load lots. Flesh varied, but less flesh overall than seen last week. Quality ranged from plain to attractive, quite a few colored cattle again this week. Some tag but cattle were much cleaner than expected with the mud and dreary weather. An active market seen for the offering. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, February 16.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $275.19/cwt on 1,738 head.
Average price
$275.19
1,738 head · 720 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,982
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$223
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$70.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.82
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1708279.601,9791,448
Medium and Large 1-2647275.111,779194
Large 11,055208.752,20296
One grade step is worth $70.85/cwt here — about −$223 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 sale1,738 hd
275.19
SD average9 barns · 19,616 hd
266.37
+8.82
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

32 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 1Fleshy668240.04/cwt239.50–241.501,60342
HeifersMedium and Large 1388321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,2459
HeifersMedium and Large 1615261.71/cwt255.00–265.001,61024
HeifersMedium and Large 1731235.51/cwt222.50–242.001,722110
HeifersMedium and Large 1477312.44/cwt312.00–313.001,49097
HeifersMedium and Large 1757220.71/cwt218.00–221.501,67136
SteersMedium and Large 1-2733246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,80314
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed517353.75/cwt353.75–353.751,82970
SteersMedium and Large 1642306.40/cwt297.00–307.251,967306
SteersMedium and Large 1-2634280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,77531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2467301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,4067
SteersMedium and Large 1-2424328.91/cwt327.50–330.001,39512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2533311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,65815
SteersMedium and Large 1686282.37/cwt271.00–291.001,937105
SteersLarge 11,055208.75/cwt208.75–208.752,20296
SteersMedium and Large 1771258.00/cwt249.00–264.001,989264
SteersMedium and Large 1576315.70/cwt309.00–329.001,818186
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585299.50/cwt299.50–299.501,75230
SteersMedium and Large 1717265.39/cwt254.00–273.501,903186
SteersMedium and Large 1835242.55/cwt220.00–244.502,02580
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,3398
HeifersMedium and Large 1575276.52/cwt264.50–283.501,590167
SteersMedium and Large 1-2864213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,84060
SteersMedium and Large 1934225.03/cwt220.00–227.502,102182
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy784235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,84611
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy661264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,74816
HeifersMedium and Large 1664257.00/cwt250.00–264.001,706101
HeifersMedium and Large 1840219.75/cwt219.75–219.751,84664
SteersMedium and Large 1483317.16/cwt314.00–320.001,53242
SteersMedium and Large 1-2391350.50/cwt350.50–350.501,37025
HeifersMedium and Large 1525295.44/cwt289.00–305.501,55161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2484282.27/cwt282.00–282.501,36613

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.