Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: yearling steers 950 to 999 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Calves too lightly tested this week to develop an accurate price trend. Very good demand for yearlings with buyers taking multiple loads of cattle when the opportunity arose. The majority of the yearling offering was a long string of 1000 steers, a couple other loads rounded out the yearlings. All came out of yards this week as grass season is finally over. Flesh condition mostly moderate plus. A light calf offering with a little bit of everything today including both weaned and unweand calves, vaccinated and unvaccinated, and colored and black hides, with quality varying greatly. Flesh condition ranged from light to moderate plus and the entire offering sold in packages. It was difficult for buyers to put together a load of cattle, especially a uniform load which made for a slightly less active calf market. No sales next week due to Thanksgiving, next feeder cattle sale is Friday, December 6. Happy Thanksgiving!!

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $323.86/cwt on 225 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −171.62 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$323.86

225 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,768

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$46.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.61

vs SD average

+14.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	336.41	1,800	164
Medium and Large 1-2	575	290.10	1,668	61

One grade step is worth $46.32/cwt here — about $132 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

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 sale225 hd

323.86

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SD average8 barns · 4,909 hd

331.46

−7.61

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+14.60

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

−171.62

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

32 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	800–850	838	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,028	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	2,181	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	339.72/cwt	332.00–355.00	1,434	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	357.59/cwt	347.00–365.00	1,380	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	329.81/cwt	322.00–341.00	1,520	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,925	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,748	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	283.77/cwt	282.00–285.50	1,674	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	411.42/cwt	408.00–412.50	1,712	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	254.91/cwt	253.00–261.25	2,220	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	311.49/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,819	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	305.21/cwt	300.00–311.50	1,645	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,388	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	305.75/cwt	298.00–308.75	1,853	87
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,103	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,559	50
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,413	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	363.61/cwt	350.00–369.00	1,571	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	345.55/cwt	335.50–351.00	1,786	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,086	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	430.74/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,383	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,638	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	237.21/cwt	236.50–237.50	2,042	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	253.34/cwt	250.00–254.00	2,419	381
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	351.33/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,700	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	405	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,559	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	495	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,619	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	323.63/cwt	322.50–326.00	1,385	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	301.04/cwt	290.50–308.00	1,608	156
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,078	231.63/cwt	230.00–232.00	2,497	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	407.02/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,604	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	373.57/cwt	362.50–383.00	1,147	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	292.76/cwt	280.00–304.50	1,634	120

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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