Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too light an offering of calves this week and yearlings last week to develop an accurate price trend. Quite a few yearlings today, most selling in load lots. Flesh varied quite a bit, from moderate to heavy. Just a few consignments of calves, all selling in packages, it would have been difficult to make a load of calves today. One weaned consignment, the rest off the cow and quite a few calves with no shots. Good demand for both yearlings and calves which sold on an active market. Mostly order buyers interested in cattle today, not as many farmer feeders as the last couple weeks. This is the last feeder cattle sale of 2024. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, January 3, 2025. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $274.97/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −171.95 against this barn's trailing median of $446.92.

Average price

$274.97

43 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,482

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

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

$42.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.31

vs SD average

−9.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	297.93	1,600	20
Medium and Large 1-2	541	255.00	1,380	23

One grade step is worth $42.93/cwt here — about $220 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 sale43 hd

274.97

—

SD average4 barns · 1,356 hd

301.28

−26.31

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−9.98

This barn, trailing median16 sales

446.92

−171.95

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

29 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 1Fleshy	850–900	863	231.64/cwt	231.00–234.00	1,999	88
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,137	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,536	10
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,432	13
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,068	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,520	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	236.88/cwt	235.50–242.50	2,172	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	263.67/cwt	255.50–265.00	1,867	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,863	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	972	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,255	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	248.88/cwt	247.50–252.00	2,317	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,714	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	418.24/cwt	407.50–440.00	1,614	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,557	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	300.65/cwt	289.00–310.00	1,840	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	337.54/cwt	320.00–340.50	1,927	68
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	2,428	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,380	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,669	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,580	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,909	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	365.96/cwt	364.00–368.00	1,727	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	269.95/cwt	257.00–273.50	2,184	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,455	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,001	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,359	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	269.17/cwt	262.50–271.00	1,715	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	260.01/cwt	243.00–263.25	2,153	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	297.93/cwt	296.00–301.00	1,600	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,826	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	900–950	902	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,066	33

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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