Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 700 to 749 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 750 to 849 lbs mostly steady. Heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for today's offering featuring several strings of backgrounded steers and loads and packages of home raised steers and heifers including replacement quality heifers. Many attractive cattle to choose from, from light flesh grass types to finishing type cattle carrying some flesh. Buyers were less critical of flesh and more concerned with procuring cattle to market this fall. An active market with buyers taking multiple loads when possible to fill pens. Feeder and live cattle had another day on the positive side today. Rain today for the area and more rain expected for the weekend, this moisture is very welcome to get grass off to a good start. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, May 3.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $325.28/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −170.20 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$325.28

67 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,812

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$36.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.79

vs SD average

+15.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	338.26	1,841	43
Medium and Large 1-2	580	302.04	1,752	24

One grade step is worth $36.21/cwt here — about $89 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale67 hd

325.28

—

SD average5 barns · 549 hd

329.07

−3.79

National average173 barns · 10,802 hd

309.55

+15.73

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

−170.20

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

31 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 1	1000–1050	1,021	228.75/cwt	228.75–228.75	2,336	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	724	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,194	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	249.48/cwt	243.00–253.00	1,906	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	305.99/cwt	298.00–316.00	1,619	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	260.70/cwt	253.00–262.50	1,914	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,016	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,923	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	242.13/cwt	231.00–246.25	2,223	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	298.98/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,985	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	266.97/cwt	264.00–267.00	2,194	424
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	276.07/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,681	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,449	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	285.67/cwt	274.50–290.50	2,103	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	270.38/cwt	265.00–274.75	2,128	370
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	598	281.08/cwt	280.50–282.00	1,681	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	298.04/cwt	294.00–302.50	1,910	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	604	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	2,014	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	237.54/cwt	237.00–238.00	2,297	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	232.47/cwt	231.00–233.00	1,867	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	430	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,509	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,568	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	252.62/cwt	248.00–255.00	2,215	459
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,239	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,658	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	264.74/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,821	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	298.40/cwt	297.50–300.00	1,292	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	579	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,783	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	459	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,460	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,586	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,726	13

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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