Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

43rd Anniversary sale today. Compared to last week: yearling steers 850 to 949 lbs 3.00 higher, 1000 to 1049 lbs steady. Best test on yearling heifers 800 to 899 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for a large offering of yearlings. Most of the yearlings sold in strings and loads with just a few packages. Quality varied quite a bit today with quite a few plainer cattle in the mix and also more flesh overall on the cattle. Several long strings still coming off grass and these were very easy to sell. Some fill on the yearling cattle today. Today was the first offering of spring calves and these were met with good to very good demand. All caves were off the cow with varied preconditioning but most calves had at least one full round of shots. Flesh on the calves varied but most calves were in light to moderate flesh, one consignment of calves in moderate plus to heavy flesh. An active market with a full house of buyers and consignors. The area remains very dry and harvest is progressing quickly. Most places experienced a frost this week. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, October 25.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $302.56/cwt on 191 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −192.92 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$302.56

191 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$25.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.24

vs SD average

+3.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	309.32	1,722	140
Medium and Large 1-2	577	284.00	1,639	51

One grade step is worth $25.32/cwt here — about $83 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale191 hd

302.56

—

SD average8 barns · 9,955 hd

317.80

−15.24

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

+3.23

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

−192.92

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

45 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	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	891	238.25/cwt	238.25–238.25	2,123	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,750	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,696	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,313	60
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,503	58
Steers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,238	206.75/cwt	206.75–206.75	2,560	29
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,018	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,184	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	263.89/cwt	257.00–273.50	1,934	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,741	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,366	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,537	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	308.87/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,742	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	348.26/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,309	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,639	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,919	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,915	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	259.66/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,646	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	340.72/cwt	340.00–341.00	1,291	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	264.09/cwt	251.00–268.00	1,492	107
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,107	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	2,319	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	525	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,328	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	457	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,485	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	547	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,619	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	942	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,204	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	308.28/cwt	305.75–311.25	1,933	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	332.87/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,568	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	255.99/cwt	250.50–258.50	2,294	319
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	288.39/cwt	287.00–291.00	1,367	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	283.95/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,474	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	239.92/cwt	235.00–242.50	2,238	364
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	235.96/cwt	232.25–239.50	2,423	339
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,989	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,996	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	240.17/cwt	229.50–242.00	2,123	827
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,825	63
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,097	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,402	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	266.11/cwt	251.50–270.25	2,203	819
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,332	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	342.93/cwt	337.50–345.00	1,488	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	247.06/cwt	238.75–254.00	1,888	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	238.12/cwt	233.25–242.00	1,969	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	230.00/cwt	224.00–235.00	2,226	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,446	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	286.65/cwt	283.00–292.00	1,218	33
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,064	220.25/cwt	220.25–220.25	2,343	52

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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