Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on yearling steers 900 to 1049 lbs steady to 1.00 lower. Best test on yearling heifers 900 to 949 lbs steady. Calves too lightly tested last week for good comparisons. Another large offering of yearlings this week with most cattle selling in loads and strings. A few loads still coming off grass, but most of the cattle came out of yards. Flesh ranged from moderate to some heavy flesh. Buyers are eager to buy these yearlings as the supply is getting fairly tight and some feeders prefer to feed a yearling than wean a calf. A larger calf offering this week with many packages and just a handful of loads. Mostly good demand for calves with some discount for colored calves at times. All calves came off the cow with varied shot records, most had at least one full round. Quality varied, from plain to attractive. An active market with plenty of buyers and some farmer feeders in the seats. The area saw a little bit of snow today. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, November 8.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $271.65/cwt on 293 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −175.27 against this barn's trailing median of $446.92.

Average price

$271.65

293 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,468

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$15.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.07

vs SD average

+11.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	272.72	1,475	273
Medium and Large 1-2	535	257.00	1,375	20

One grade step is worth $15.72/cwt here — about $100 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.00, low $404.21, median $446.92 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 sale293 hd

271.65

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SD average11 barns · 5,934 hd

291.72

−20.07

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

+11.19

This barn, trailing median16 sales

446.92

−175.27

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

44 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 1-2	500–550	535	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,375	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,076	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	262.25/cwt	262.25–262.25	2,352	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	267.03/cwt	260.00–269.25	1,987	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,502	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	288.30/cwt	282.00–291.00	1,499	32
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,125	224.75/cwt	224.75–224.75	2,528	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	517	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,520	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	261.57/cwt	260.25–262.25	2,386	388
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	318.42/cwt	304.00–326.00	1,678	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,381	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	335.06/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,434	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	342.66/cwt	337.50–360.00	1,655	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	273.24/cwt	268.00–280.00	1,833	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,560	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,635	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	247.44/cwt	246.00–249.25	1,952	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	849	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,885	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	932	218.10/cwt	214.25–221.00	2,033	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	962	214.25/cwt	214.25–214.25	2,061	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,357	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	888	223.14/cwt	221.00–225.25	1,981	113
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,191	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	2,436	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	298.51/cwt	294.00–300.25	1,448	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	257.34/cwt	254.00–260.50	1,454	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	245.52/cwt	238.50–250.75	2,028	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	244.79/cwt	233.00–247.00	2,142	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	328.47/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,294	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,855	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,231	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	636	272.71/cwt	271.00–277.00	1,734	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	238.37/cwt	227.00–244.25	2,188	481
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	279.10/cwt	262.50–287.75	1,482	193
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	227.42/cwt	225.50–228.00	2,295	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,588	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,694	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	377.21/cwt	360.00–392.50	1,599	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	389.79/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,427	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	323.99/cwt	308.00–331.00	1,377	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	242.97/cwt	229.25–246.75	2,371	493
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	308.87/cwt	298.00–313.50	1,776	207
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	248.84/cwt	248.00–249.25	2,498	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	296.63/cwt	280.00–305.50	1,848	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,299	4

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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