Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 700 to 749 and 800 to 849 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 lower, 750 to 799 lbs and 850 to 899 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers not well compared this week. Moderate to good demand for today's offering featuring several strings of backgrounded cattle as well as loads and packages of home raised cattle. Lighter cattle with backgrounding or grass options saw the best demand. Flesh varied, from moderate to some heavy flesh at times. Buyers are more critical of flesh condition than they were several weeks ago. Quality mostly average to attractive today. A moderate to active market with the uncertainty of the board putting pressure on the cash market. Buyers are more cautious and many times taking only one load out of multiple load opportunities. Today was another day of losses on both live and feeder cattle futures. Very warm weather forecasted for the weekend with a chance of rain for next week. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, April 19.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.71/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −174.77 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$320.71

34 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,763

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.37

vs SD average

+15.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	320.71	1,763	34

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.08, low $460.37, median $495.48 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale34 hd

320.71

—

SD average5 barns · 549 hd

324.08

−3.37

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

+15.24

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

−174.77

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

29 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
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,005	213.75/cwt	213.75–213.75	2,148	55
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,036	218.49/cwt	218.00–219.50	2,264	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	791	242.34/cwt	240.50–245.00	1,917	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	729	271.32/cwt	270.50–274.00	1,978	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	883	227.94/cwt	226.00–232.50	2,013	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	759	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,579	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	215.49/cwt	214.50–215.75	1,881	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	231.75/cwt	231.75–231.75	1,754	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	221.05/cwt	220.75–222.25	1,835	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	243.43/cwt	239.75–250.50	1,809	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	324.24/cwt	322.50–327.50	1,183	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,768	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,567	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,652	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	232.18/cwt	229.00–233.75	2,217	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	285.39/cwt	278.00–296.50	2,058	335
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	301.72/cwt	288.00–309.00	1,862	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	272.00/cwt	269.00–277.75	2,124	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	230.92/cwt	229.00–233.75	2,154	398
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	250.52/cwt	247.50–252.00	2,164	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	298.47/cwt	297.00–300.50	1,489	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,666	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,002	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	259.08/cwt	252.00–268.50	1,775	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,381	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,536	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	248.65/cwt	247.00–252.50	1,549	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	255.60/cwt	254.75–257.25	2,142	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	320.62/cwt	316.00–322.00	1,792	26

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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