Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2024-02-16

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Feb 16
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
5,595 head
2,780 vs last sale 2,815 3,944 vs year ago 1,651 · +238.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 599 and 650 to 699 lbs mostly steady, 600 to 649 lbs and 700 to 749 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher, 750 to 799 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers 550 to 599 lbs mostly steady and 650 to 699 lbs 4.00 lower with instances up to 10.00 lower, other weight classes not well compared. A large offering today featuring many packages, loads, and multiple loads of cattle, the majority of these being home raised. Very good demand for cattle to grass or background, especially those with black hides selling in loads. Good demand for finishing types depending on flesh and hide color, less flesh overall and less colored cattle than last week. Quality was quite attractive and most of the cattle were well vaccinated and long time weaned. Hides were pretty clean today as yards have frozen again. An active market seen for this offering. Temperatures back in the 40's for next week, quite a bit warmer than what one would expect for this area in February. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, February 23.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $286.56/cwt on 4,066 head.
Average price
$286.56
4,066 head · 672 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,925
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$257
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.83
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2575292.601,683235
Medium and Large 1678286.191,9403,831
One grade step is worth $6.41/cwt here — about −$257 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 sale4,066 hd
286.56
SD average6 barns · 17,853 hd
267.73
+18.83
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

34 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 1483293.69/cwt290.00–302.501,41955
HeifersMedium and Large 1430302.18/cwt300.00–305.001,29959
HeifersMedium and Large 1778220.50/cwt215.00–225.001,71586
HeifersMedium and Large 1581276.35/cwt265.00–283.001,606113
HeifersMedium and Large 1722240.06/cwt231.00–249.001,733183
HeifersMedium and Large 1670248.67/cwt241.50–251.001,666201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2718249.71/cwt244.00–251.501,79330
SteersMedium and Large 1-2487322.95/cwt317.50–325.001,57333
SteersMedium and Large 1579321.37/cwt310.00–327.501,861693
SteersMedium and Large 1686282.31/cwt277.00–293.001,9371,277
SteersMedium and Large 1-2548309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,69349
SteersMedium and Large 1-2609280.92/cwt280.00–289.001,71188
SteersMedium and Large 1436352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,53524
SteersMedium and Large 1521330.49/cwt330.00–332.501,72225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,68714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2421321.27/cwt307.50–327.001,35321
SteersMedium and Large 1630307.52/cwt297.00–321.001,937329
SteersMedium and Large 1712273.30/cwt260.00–280.751,946535
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement715253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,8097
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement756244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,84523
SteersMedium and Large 1893228.50/cwt228.50–228.502,04168
SteersMedium and Large 1485344.95/cwt334.00–349.001,673131
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy668264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,76453
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy735254.33/cwt253.50–254.751,869113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,44235
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2584255.30/cwt253.00–259.501,49144
SteersMedium and Large 1821246.51/cwt235.00–256.002,024291
SteersMedium and Large 1773253.01/cwt245.25–256.001,956292
HeifersMedium and Large 1526302.49/cwt285.00–309.001,591238
HeifersMedium and Large 1638264.47/cwt257.50–271.001,687411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2733220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,61619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635237.79/cwt235.00–238.501,51034
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed557305.41/cwt302.00–309.001,701157
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed606284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,721157

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.