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Herreid Livestock Market

Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-07

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 7

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024

← Feb 28Mar 7Mar 14 →

Receipts

2,690 head

▼ 2,052 vs last sale 4,742▲ 684 vs year ago 2,006 · +34.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 849 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, other weight classes not well compared. Best test on heifers 600 to 649 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher, 650 to 699 lbs and 750 to 799 lbs mostly steady. Very good demand for feeder cattle today. Many loads and packages available, the majority of these home raised. Slightly less flesh overall than last week as there were a few less finishing type cattle this week. Light, green cattle continue to be very sought after as buyers compete to fill grass orders. An active market with a very positive day in both live and feeder cattle futures lending support to the market. Very nice weather expected for the weekend and beginning of the week. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, March 14.

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 $385.46/cwt on 178 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −101.20 against this barn's trailing median of $486.66.

Average price

$385.46

178 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$9.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.38

vs SD average

+36.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	386.29	2,119	162
Medium and Large 1-2	541	377.00	2,040	16thin

One grade step is worth $9.29/cwt here — about $80 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 sale178 hd

385.46

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SD average6 barns · 1,139 hd

374.08

+11.38

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+36.18

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.66

−101.20

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

24 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,747	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	426.68/cwt	424.00–427.50	1,976	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	407.08/cwt	400.00–408.00	2,117	76
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,040	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	367.92/cwt	360.00–374.50	2,112	86
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	323.06/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,042	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	348.20/cwt	339.00–355.00	2,211	59
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	325.08/cwt	316.00–333.00	2,201	274
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	315.28/cwt	307.00–322.00	2,235	146
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	299.07/cwt	285.00–302.75	2,303	253
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	289.07/cwt	283.50–295.00	2,359	412
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	281.51/cwt	277.50–285.00	2,449	125
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	2,449	64
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	270.75/cwt	270.75–270.75	2,637	62
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,538	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	341.69/cwt	333.00–350.00	1,664	52
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	343.30/cwt	332.50–346.00	1,806	63
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	312.19/cwt	310.50–316.00	1,789	75
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	307.08/cwt	296.00–311.50	1,904	184
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	290.42/cwt	281.00–302.00	1,975	206
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	275.84/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,981	63
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	744	319.43/cwt	306.00–321.00	2,377	90
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	267.43/cwt	257.50–273.00	2,067	168
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	254.25/cwt	254.25–254.25	2,227	67

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 Mar 7, 2025

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

Receipts 2,690Last week 4,742Year ago 2,006

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	410	375.00	375.00
52	450–500	487	333.00–350.00	341.69
63	500–550	526	332.50–346.00	343.30
75	550–600	573	310.50–316.00	312.19
184	600–650	620	296.00–311.50	307.08
206	650–700	680	281.00–302.00	290.42
63	700–750	718	261.00–280.00	275.84
168	750–800	773	257.50–273.00	267.43
67	850–900	876	254.25	254.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
90	700–750	744	306.00–321.00	319.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	421	415.00	415.00
21	450–500	463	424.00–427.50	426.68
76	500–550	520	400.00–408.00	407.08
86	550–600	574	360.00–374.50	367.92
59	600–650	635	339.00–355.00	348.20
274	650–700	677	316.00–333.00	325.08
146	700–750	709	307.00–322.00	315.28
253	750–800	770	285.00–302.75	299.07
412	800–850	816	283.50–295.00	289.07
125	850–900	870	277.50–285.00	281.51
64	900–950	902	271.50	271.50
62	950–1000	974	270.75	270.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	541	377.00	377.00
18	600–650	632	320.00–325.00	323.06

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.