Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 850 to 949 lbs and 1000 to 1049 lbs mostly steady, 950 to 999 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifers not well compared. Good demand for today's large yearling offering. The majority of the cattle sold in loads and strings with just a handful of packages. A couple more consignments out of yards than last week but most of the offering came off grass. Flesh varied, from light to some heavy flesh. Overall quality less attractive than last week with quite a few more plain cattle in today's offering. A moderate to active market with a few less buyers here today, most buyers bought one load at at time. Very warm temperatures for this time of year with crops maturing quickly, most producers heavily into bean harvest. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, October 4.

Weight class

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb steers averaged $251.00/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −149.29 against this barn's trailing median of $400.29.

Average price

$251.00

13 head · 732 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,837

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.36

vs SD average

+0.45 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	732	251.00	1,837	13thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 700–800 lb

18 sales

Steers 700–800 lb: high $424.78, low $380.48, median $400.29 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale13 hd

251.00

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SD average5 barns · 263 hd

259.36

−8.36

National average145 barns · 8,763 hd

250.55

+0.45

This barn, trailing median18 sales

400.29

−149.29

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

19 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	1,036	231.27/cwt	230.50–233.00	2,396	435
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	234.13/cwt	230.00–236.50	2,060	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	247.39/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,816	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	235.87/cwt	235.50–241.50	1,783	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	237.80/cwt	232.00–243.50	2,288	692
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,837	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	251.22/cwt	241.00–257.50	2,181	427
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	263.75/cwt	263.75–263.75	2,173	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	856	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,020	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	238.46/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,982	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	957	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,148	61
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,057	230.75/cwt	230.75–230.75	2,439	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	242.70/cwt	237.50–248.75	2,262	667
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,711	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,790	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	231.25/cwt	231.25–231.25	2,262	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,922	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	2,088	7
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,290	5

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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