Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steer calves 500 to 549 lbs mostly steady, best test on yearlings 900 to 949 lbs steady to 1.00 higher, 950 to 999 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 1000 to 1049 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Best test on hefier calves 450 to 499 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher, yearling heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for yearlings today. A couple loads still coming off grass but the rest were out of yards in varied flesh, from moderate to some heavy. Very good demand for a large offering of calves. Many packages and quite a few loads on offer, all off the cow and most had full preconditioning. Many attractive quality calves to choose from, including quite a few colored cattle. An active market with plenty of buyers and farmer feeders in the seats. The mild weather this area has been having is predicted to come to an end next week as there is colder weather and some snow possible in the forecast. Many cows and calves are grazing cornstalks in this good weather. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, November 22.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $323.75/cwt on 933 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −171.73 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$323.75

933 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,810

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$27.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.07

vs SD average

+18.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	324.07	1,813	922
Medium and Large 1-2	544	296.35	1,612	11thin

One grade step is worth $27.72/cwt here — about $200 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 sale933 hd

323.75

—

SD average8 barns · 7,892 hd

323.68

+0.07

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

+18.31

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

−171.73

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

39 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 1Fancy	350–400	374	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,403	69
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	232.25/cwt	232.25–232.25	2,336	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,189	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	340.90/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,490	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,173	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	312.24/cwt	304.00–322.00	1,471	278
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	296.35/cwt	295.00–298.00	1,612	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	366.01/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,347	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	336.05/cwt	335.00–337.50	1,579	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	256.13/cwt	255.25–261.00	2,392	355
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,298	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	993	247.55/cwt	245.50–248.00	2,458	278
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	352.53/cwt	339.00–368.00	1,682	302
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	273.94/cwt	265.00–276.50	2,005	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	327.87/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,754	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,109	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	528	349.75/cwt	349.75–349.75	1,847	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	383.47/cwt	361.00–389.50	1,672	359
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	303.06/cwt	288.50–310.00	1,915	408
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	415.65/cwt	407.50–421.00	1,538	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,845	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	260.80/cwt	257.00–261.75	1,771	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,594	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,112	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,501	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	318.86/cwt	308.00–331.00	1,827	574
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	289.11/cwt	281.00–299.00	1,547	309
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,465	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,504	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	578	302.81/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,750	32
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,143	221.75/cwt	221.75–221.75	2,535	55
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	245.21/cwt	240.50–248.00	2,486	467
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,414	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,243	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	345.76/cwt	342.00–354.00	1,310	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	275.10/cwt	262.50–281.50	1,576	354
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	556	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	1,649	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	450–500	497	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,655	117

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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