Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 500 lbs sold with a lower undertone in a limited test, 500-600 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, steer calves over 600 lbs not well compared. Heifer calves under 450 lbs sold with lower undertones in a limited test, over 450 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers were uneven, 900-950 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 lower, 950-1000 lbs mostly steady, 1000-1050 lbs 5.00 lower, instances to 10.00 lower, 1100-1150 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Yearling feeder heifers sold with a lower undertone in a limited test. Good demand for this large offering of yearling steers and heifers, some off grass, but most were coming out of a yard but flesh condition wasn't too heavy. The market was active on the yearlings but the winter months of the CME Live Cattle futures contracts being so much lower than the current market put some pressure on the feeder cattle market. A more limited calf offering than last week, it was difficult for buyers to make full loads of calves but the market was still active. Local cow/calf producers haven't felt a big push to sell calves yet as the weather has been so mild, allowing them time to get harvest complete and some field work done before really needing to sell calves. Next week, expecting 1,000 yearlings and 3,500 calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.14/cwt on 211 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −188.34 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$307.14

211 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$43.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.90

vs SD average

+5.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	313.06	1,685	182
Medium and Large 1-2	566	270.00	1,528	29

One grade step is worth $43.06/cwt here — about $157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale211 hd

307.14

—

SD average9 barns · 6,740 hd

322.04

−14.90

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+5.29

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

−188.34

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

43 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	950–1000	959	226.41/cwt	224.50–232.00	2,171	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	276.91/cwt	274.50–279.50	1,786	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	267.24/cwt	267.00–268.00	1,561	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	254.88/cwt	250.75–259.25	2,353	468
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	311.26/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,220	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,870	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,428	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	324.94/cwt	302.50–330.00	1,508	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	364.83/cwt	350.00–382.50	1,558	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	287.77/cwt	283.00–292.50	1,502	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	336.82/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,071	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,528	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,192	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,933	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,755	12
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,101	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,230	5
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	231.63/cwt	221.75–237.00	2,451	340
Steers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,116	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,427	15
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,039	219.01/cwt	217.50–222.00	2,276	27
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,044	213.67/cwt	212.25–221.75	2,231	187
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,165	204.25/cwt	204.25–204.25	2,380	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	257.75/cwt	257.75–257.75	2,137	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,640	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	311.08/cwt	296.00–320.00	1,733	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	252.02/cwt	247.50–254.00	2,435	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	668	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,713	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	236.53/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,937	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	302.96/cwt	287.00–317.00	1,457	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,810	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,251	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,530	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	231.01/cwt	229.00–233.00	2,098	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,828	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	305.67/cwt	292.00–325.00	1,302	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	801	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,746	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,368	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	314.13/cwt	290.00–331.00	1,659	118
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,083	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,242	8
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	238.21/cwt	222.50–244.25	2,463	340
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,133	229.12/cwt	225.75–230.00	2,596	270
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	475	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,271	10
Steers	Medium 1	800–850	814	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,864	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	409	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,411	7

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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