Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 900 to 949 lbs and 1000 to 1049 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Best test on yearling heifers 900 to 949 lbs 2.00 higher. Calves not well compared. Good to very good demand for yearling cattle today. Several long strings offered as well as loads and some packages. Quite a few of the cattle were out of yards and carried some flesh, a few loads off grass yet but this is coming to an end. Yearlings varied in quality but many attractive ones to choose from and selling in multiple loads to fill pens which buyers were ready to do. A light offering of calves today which sold in packages. Moderate to good demand for calves as quality and vaccinations varied greatly. Calves were off the cow in light to moderate flesh, some fill seen at times. An active market on yearlings, moderate to active on calves with a few farmer feeders looking to get calves bought. A larger offering of calves expected for next Friday, November 1, and another 3000 or so yearlings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.68/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −203.80 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$291.68

62 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,606

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$272

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

$25.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.70

vs SD average

−7.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	298.17	1,678	46
Medium and Large 1-2	515	273.00	1,406	16thin

One grade step is worth $25.17/cwt here — about $272 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale62 hd

291.68

—

SD average11 barns · 10,792 hd

318.38

−26.70

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−7.36

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

−203.80

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

38 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	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,044	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,166	58
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,057	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,156	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	975	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	2,004	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	286.22/cwt	282.00–294.00	1,514	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	251.41/cwt	246.00–253.50	1,481	45
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	225.30/cwt	224.50–225.75	2,316	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,560	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,696	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	243.20/cwt	242.00–254.00	2,147	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	302	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,299	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,783	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,354	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	253.65/cwt	252.75–255.00	2,498	296
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,406	16
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,088	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,513	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,659	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,483	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	259.39/cwt	251.00–263.25	2,379	387
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,105	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,624	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,309	5
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,001	215.25/cwt	215.25–215.25	2,155	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,515	11
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,026	242.56/cwt	238.00–252.75	2,489	429
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,988	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,728	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,330	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,030	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,338	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,631	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,513	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,428	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,673	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,338	14
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,113	217.25/cwt	217.25–217.25	2,418	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	991	224.75/cwt	224.75–224.75	2,227	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,908	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	239.70/cwt	236.00–244.50	2,227	175

How this sale compares

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