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Herreid Livestock Market

Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-17

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 17

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024

← Jan 10Jan 17Jan 24 →

Receipts

3,684 head

▼ 609 vs last sale 4,293▲ 2,520 vs year ago 1,164 · +216.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 500 to 549 lbs and 600 to 749 lbs 4.00 to 9.00 lower with instances up to 20.00 lower on 600 to 649 lbs, 550 to 599 lbs and 800 to 849 lbs mostly steady, 750 to 799 lbs not well compared. Heifers 500 to 649 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for today's offering. Many loads and packages, a few backgrounded cattle again this week but the majority were home raised. Quality mostly average to attractive but flesh varied, from moderate to some heavy, with some cattle carrying tag. An active market with plenty of buyers and a few farmer feeders in the seats, slightly less determination to just own cattle then seen the last couple weeks. Very cold weather moving into the area over the weekend and into next week. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, January 24.

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 $348.60/cwt on 345 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −138.05 against this barn's trailing median of $486.66.

Average price

$348.60

345 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,959

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$31.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.76

vs SD average

+6.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	352.82	1,967	299
Medium and Large 1-2	592	321.16	1,901	46

One grade step is worth $31.66/cwt here — about $66 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 sale345 hd

348.60

—

SD average7 barns · 3,483 hd

353.36

−4.76

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+6.15

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.66

−138.05

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	398.80/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,699	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,699	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	386.95/cwt	383.00–389.00	1,807	54
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	358.54/cwt	343.00–368.00	1,886	150
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,722	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	347.07/cwt	334.50–362.00	2,044	149
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	599	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,923	41
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	323.30/cwt	311.00–336.00	2,037	275
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	318.59/cwt	299.00–322.50	2,112	257
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,018	35
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	298.62/cwt	290.00–314.00	2,210	678
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	284.20/cwt	281.50–287.00	2,191	209
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	281.33/cwt	276.00–285.25	2,318	282
Steers	800–850	Large 1	831	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,210	40
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	259.79/cwt	259.75–260.00	2,390	132
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	249.75/cwt	249.75–249.75	2,448	127
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	346	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,445	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	414.23/cwt	398.00–421.00	1,545	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	370.51/cwt	355.00–376.00	1,593	42
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	350.74/cwt	333.00–360.50	1,659	99
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	329.90/cwt	317.00–341.00	1,729	212
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	318.15/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,852	143
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	304.38/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,951	205
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	660	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,079	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	287.63/cwt	280.00–288.50	1,936	89
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,741	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	265.13/cwt	259.00–273.50	2,010	248
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	778	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,926	18
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,068	60
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	844	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,920	60
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	254.13/cwt	254.00–255.00	2,224	51
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,170	10
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	998	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,241	51
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,080	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,624	4

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 Jan 17, 2025

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

Receipts 3,684Last week 4,293Year ago 1,164

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	750–800	778	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,080	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	346	417.50	417.50
20	350–400	373	398.00–421.00	414.23
42	400–450	430	355.00–376.00	370.51
99	450–500	473	333.00–360.50	350.74
212	500–550	524	317.00–341.00	329.90
143	550–600	582	310.00–330.00	318.15
205	600–650	641	301.00–305.00	304.38
89	650–700	673	280.00–288.50	287.63
7	700–750	727	239.50	239.50
248	750–800	758	259.00–273.50	265.13
60	800–850	808	256.00	256.00
51	850–900	875	254.00–255.00	254.13
10	900–950	908	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	800–850	844	227.50	227.50
51	950–1000	998	224.50	224.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
22	650–700	660	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	447	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	534	322.50	322.50
41	550–600	599	321.00	321.00
35	700–750	708	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	426	390.00–415.00	398.80
54	450–500	467	383.00–389.00	386.95
150	500–550	526	343.00–368.00	358.54
149	550–600	589	334.50–362.00	347.07
275	600–650	630	311.00–336.00	323.30
257	650–700	663	299.00–322.50	318.59
678	700–750	740	290.00–314.00	298.62
209	750–800	771	281.50–287.00	284.20
282	800–850	824	276.00–285.25	281.33
132	900–950	920	259.75–260.00	259.79
127	950–1000	980	249.75	249.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	800–850	831	266.00	266.00

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.