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Herreid Livestock Market

Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-21

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Feb 21

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024

← Feb 14Feb 21Feb 28 →

Receipts

1,648 head

▲ 507 vs last sale 1,141▼ 1,270 vs year ago 2,918 · −43.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: too few cattle and different weight classes last week and this week to develop an accurate price trend, steady undertones noted on steers under 750 lbs. Very good demand for packages and a handful of loads of home raised cattle in today's offering. Flesh was quite attractive, with most cattle in light to moderate flesh with some moderate plus flesh at times. Quite a few colored cattle in the offering, most of these in packages. Loads were attractive in quality and packages varied, but mostly average to attractive. An active market with plenty of interest in getting cattle bought, especially since the cold temps have broken. Next week shows temps in the 40's and some 50's, pretty good weather for the last week of February. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, February 28.

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 $342.38/cwt on 146 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −144.28 against this barn's trailing median of $486.66.

Average price

$342.38

146 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,953

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$19.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.37

vs SD average

+1.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	352.04	1,966	74
Medium and Large 1-2	583	332.44	1,938	72

One grade step is worth $19.60/cwt here — about $28 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 sale146 hd

342.38

—

SD average5 barns · 1,050 hd

354.75

−12.37

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

+1.17

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.66

−144.28

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

25 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,550	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,760	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,743	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,896	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	353.58/cwt	347.00–369.00	1,984	59
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	332.44/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,938	72
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	343.04/cwt	340.00–343.50	2,158	110
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	316.24/cwt	303.00–325.00	2,135	178
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	303.45/cwt	289.50–309.25	2,191	265
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	301.75/cwt	297.50–307.25	2,354	223
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	288.75/cwt	280.25–296.75	2,376	126
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	956	267.25/cwt	267.25–267.25	2,555	54
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,422	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,636	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	359.28/cwt	357.00–367.00	1,681	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	328.24/cwt	326.00–330.00	1,710	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	312.80/cwt	309.50–317.00	1,770	92
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	296.34/cwt	295.00–297.00	1,769	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	309.17/cwt	300.50–313.00	1,883	130
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	647	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,870	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	2,017	80
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,917	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,975	24
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,023	21
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	938	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,383	6

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 Feb 21, 2025

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

Receipts 1,648Last week 1,141Year ago 2,918

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	360	395.00	395.00
5	400–450	435	376.00	376.00
17	450–500	468	357.00–367.00	359.28
16	500–550	521	326.00–330.00	328.24
92	550–600	566	309.50–317.00	312.80
130	600–650	609	300.50–313.00	309.17
80	650–700	669	301.50	301.50
24	700–750	722	273.50	273.50
21	750–800	787	257.00	257.00
6	900–950	938	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	597	295.00–297.00	296.34
7	600–650	647	289.00	289.00
8	650–700	692	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	480.00	480.00
11	400–450	415	424.00	424.00
4	450–500	471	370.00	370.00
15	500–550	548	346.00	346.00
59	550–600	561	347.00–369.00	353.58
110	600–650	629	340.00–343.50	343.04
178	650–700	675	303.00–325.00	316.24
265	700–750	722	289.50–309.25	303.45
223	750–800	780	297.50–307.25	301.75
126	800–850	823	280.25–296.75	288.75
54	950–1000	956	267.25	267.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
72	550–600	583	330.00–337.00	332.44

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.