Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 900 to949 lbs and 1000 to 1048 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Best test on heifers 850 to 899 lbs steady. Good to very good demand for another large yearling offering selling in strings and loads with the majority coming off grass. Flesh mostly moderate to moderate plus, a few lot cattle in heavy flesh. Mostly average to attractive quality in strings and loads, packages varied in quality with a few more plain cattle. An active market with many opportunities to buy multiple loads of cattle which buyer's took advantage of this week. This part of the country is heavily into harvest, both corn and beans. Conditions are dry and warm and there are red flag warnings due to increased fire risk. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, October 11.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $260.00/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −179.38 against this barn's trailing median of $439.38.

Average price

$260.00

10 head · 654 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,700

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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single grade reported

vs the market

−21.83

vs SD average

−4.64 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	654	260.00	1,700	10thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

18 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $477.00, low $401.75, median $439.38 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

260.00

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SD average6 barns · 493 hd

281.83

−21.83

National average161 barns · 11,109 hd

264.64

−4.64

This barn, trailing median18 sales

439.38

−179.38

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,866	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	236.35/cwt	234.50–237.00	2,056	350
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	2,174	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	239.99/cwt	237.25–242.25	1,954	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,082	37
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,026	232.92/cwt	225.25–238.25	2,390	919
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	260.59/cwt	255.00–265.00	2,116	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,700	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,101	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	240.80/cwt	235.00–250.25	2,343	185
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	217.93/cwt	217.50–219.00	2,238	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,621	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	250.99/cwt	250.25–252.50	2,337	532
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,841	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,919	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	242.62/cwt	240.00–246.50	1,888	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	943	219.75/cwt	219.75–219.75	2,072	42
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	232.01/cwt	231.25–232.75	2,455	99
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,112	220.08/cwt	219.75–220.25	2,447	158

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.

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