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Herreid Livestock Market

Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-13

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 13

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024

← Dec 6Dec 13Dec 20 →

Receipts

2,966 head

▼ 3,881 vs last sale 6,847▼ 1,162 vs year ago 4,128 · −28.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 450 to 499 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 500 to 549 lbs and 600 to 649 lbs mostly steady, 550 to 599 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Best test on heifers 500 to 599 lbs mostly steady. Yearling steers and heifers not well compared. Good demand for a few yearlings today. Just a couple loads and a few packages offered, flesh and quality varied. Good to very good demand for calves today. A couple loads offered but most of the offering sold in packages. About a quarter of the calves were weaned, from a week to long time weaned, with the rest coming off the cow. Quite a variety in preconditioning but most calves had at least one full round. Quality varied, from plain to attractive. An active market with farmer feeders and buyers in the seats hoping to fill pens before the holiday break. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, December 20, this will be the last feeder cattle sale of 2024.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $340.16/cwt on 535 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −146.50 against this barn's trailing median of $486.66.

Average price

$340.16

535 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,922

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$36.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.04

vs SD average

+15.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	341.81	1,927	511
Medium and Large 1-2	587	304.94	1,790	24

One grade step is worth $36.87/cwt here — about $137 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale535 hd

340.16

—

SD average7 barns · 4,573 hd

340.12

+0.04

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+15.81

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.66

−146.50

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

10 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.08, low $443.74, median $486.66 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

34 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	453.06/cwt	452.00–455.00	1,563	23
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	436.67/cwt	427.50–445.00	1,616	27
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,584	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	412.05/cwt	411.00–413.00	1,813	42
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	383.58/cwt	375.00–392.75	1,784	261
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	347.77/cwt	340.00–354.50	1,680	81
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	349.22/cwt	326.00–356.00	1,865	172
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	338.05/cwt	319.25–347.50	1,957	339
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	304.94/cwt	301.00–313.00	1,790	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	287.54/cwt	270.00–289.50	1,751	63
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	314.32/cwt	301.00–321.00	1,958	228
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	305.08/cwt	293.00–310.50	2,020	67
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,870	45
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,924	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	2,149	78
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	271.25/cwt	271.25–271.25	2,349	68
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,353	21
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	988	258.75/cwt	258.75–258.75	2,556	65
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,040	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,392	42
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	398.06/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,314	26
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	371.95/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,402	41
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	348.46/cwt	338.00–363.00	1,491	179
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	322.74/cwt	320.00–331.00	1,427	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	325.40/cwt	316.00–335.00	1,542	175
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,509	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	331.75/cwt	315.00–336.50	1,715	188
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	300.04/cwt	297.00–304.00	1,578	62
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	304.50/cwt	290.00–319.00	1,736	135
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	280.31/cwt	262.50–286.00	1,634	76
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	281.57/cwt	269.50–290.00	1,780	56
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	259.29/cwt	259.00–260.00	1,716	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,762	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	793	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,002	18
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,019	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,313	8

This sale against other markets

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Herreid Livestock Market - Herreid, SD

Fri Dec 13, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 2,966Last week 6,847Year ago 4,128

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,019	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	330	385.00–405.00	398.06
41	350–400	377	360.00–385.00	371.95
179	400–450	428	338.00–363.00	348.46
175	450–500	474	316.00–335.00	325.40
188	500–550	517	315.00–336.50	331.75
135	550–600	570	290.00–319.00	304.50
56	600–650	632	269.50–290.00	281.57
22	650–700	662	259.00–260.00	259.29
8	700–750	719	245.00	245.00
18	750–800	793	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	400–450	442	320.00–331.00	322.74
12	450–500	498	303.00	303.00
62	500–550	526	297.00–304.00	300.04
76	550–600	583	262.50–286.00	280.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	391	405.00	405.00
81	450–500	483	340.00–354.50	347.77
24	550–600	587	301.00–313.00	304.94
63	600–650	609	270.00–289.50	287.54
45	650–700	663	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	345	452.00–455.00	453.06
27	350–400	370	427.50–445.00	436.67
42	400–450	440	411.00–413.00	412.05
261	450–500	465	375.00–392.75	383.58
172	500–550	534	326.00–356.00	349.22
339	550–600	579	319.25–347.50	338.05
228	600–650	623	301.00–321.00	314.32
67	650–700	662	293.00–310.50	305.08
17	700–750	710	271.00	271.00
78	750–800	780	275.50	275.50
68	850–900	866	271.25	271.25
21	900–950	912	258.00	258.00
65	950–1000	988	258.75	258.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	1000–1050	1,040	230.00	230.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.