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Herreid Livestock Market

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

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 20

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024

← Dec 13Dec 20Jan 3 →

Receipts

1,695 head

▼ 1,271 vs last sale 2,966▼ 2,433 vs year ago 4,128 · −58.9%

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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 — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

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 11 comparable sales and sits −163.79 against this barn's trailing median of $438.76.

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

Price by quality 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.

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 median11 sales

438.76

−163.79

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

11 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.00, low $379.98, median $438.76 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

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. 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	418.24/cwt	407.50–440.00	1,614	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	407	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,669	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	445	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,580	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	365.96/cwt	364.00–368.00	1,727	73
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,557	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,863	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,714	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	337.54/cwt	320.00–340.50	1,927	68
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	300.65/cwt	289.00–310.00	1,840	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,909	69
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	744	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,001	21
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	269.95/cwt	257.00–273.50	2,184	83
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	902	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,066	33
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	931	248.88/cwt	247.50–252.00	2,317	34
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	972	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,255	19
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,032	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	2,428	63
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,455	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,359	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	297.93/cwt	296.00–301.00	1,600	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,380	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	269.17/cwt	262.50–271.00	1,715	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,826	70
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	263.67/cwt	255.50–265.00	1,867	235
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	260.01/cwt	243.00–263.25	2,153	225
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	863	231.64/cwt	231.00–234.00	1,999	88
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	236.88/cwt	235.50–242.50	2,172	97
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,024	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,432	13
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,068	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,520	25
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,137	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,536	10

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 20, 2024

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

Receipts 1,695Last week 2,966Year ago 4,128

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
88	850–900	863	231.00–234.00	231.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,024	237.50	237.50
25	1050–1100	1,068	236.00	236.00
10	1100–1150	1,137	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	428	340.00	340.00
20	500–550	537	296.00–301.00	297.93
27	600–650	637	262.50–271.00	269.17
70	650–700	689	265.00	265.00
235	700–750	708	255.50–265.00	263.67
225	800–850	828	243.00–263.25	260.01
97	900–950	917	235.50–242.50	236.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	453	300.00	300.00
23	500–550	541	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	386	407.50–440.00	418.24
6	400–450	407	410.00	410.00
73	450–500	472	364.00–368.00	365.96
5	500–550	509	366.00	366.00
68	550–600	571	320.00–340.50	337.54
27	600–650	612	289.00–310.00	300.65
69	650–700	677	282.00	282.00
21	700–750	744	269.00	269.00
83	800–850	809	257.00–273.50	269.95
34	900–950	931	247.50–252.00	248.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	450–500	479	325.00	325.00
33	550–600	553	310.00	310.00
19	950–1000	972	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	1000–1050	1,032	235.25	235.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	445	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	900–950	902	229.00	229.00

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.