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Herreid Livestock Market

Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-21

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

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024

← Mar 14Mar 21Mar 28 →

Receipts

3,153 head

▼ 1,977 vs last sale 5,130▲ 1,467 vs year ago 1,686 · +87.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 500 to 549 lbs mostly steady, 550 to 599 lbs not well compared, 600 to 749 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher, 750 to 799 lbs not well compared, 800 to 899 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifers 500 to 699 lbs mostly steady except 600 to 649 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher. Very good demand for all classes of cattle today. A couple of backgrounded strings and many home raised loads and packages made up the offering which sold on an active market. Lots of backgrounding and grass type cattle again this week and a few less finishing types, therefore, less flesh overall on the cattle than seen last week. Quality was average to attractive today. A friendly cattle on feed report today but a lower feeder and live cattle board, buyers paid no attention and competed to get cattle bought, especially for grass orders. The area remains dry which is a concern for summer grass conditions. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, March 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 $380.43/cwt on 272 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −106.22 against this barn's trailing median of $486.66.

Average price

$380.43

272 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,115

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$38.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.52

vs SD average

+23.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	394.07	2,156	176
Medium and Large 1-2	573	355.42	2,035	96

One grade step is worth $38.65/cwt here — about $121 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 sale272 hd

380.43

—

SD average5 barns · 1,001 hd

375.91

+4.52

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

+23.27

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.66

−106.22

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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	356	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,647	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	495.19/cwt	492.50–500.00	1,798	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,915	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	447.74/cwt	446.00–450.00	2,055	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,004	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	398.31/cwt	392.00–403.50	2,123	120
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,008	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	574	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,880	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	360.98/cwt	360.00–362.00	2,076	72
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	384.99/cwt	377.50–398.00	2,221	56
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	351.68/cwt	342.00–366.00	2,166	114
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	633	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,089	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	341.27/cwt	332.50–361.00	2,345	158
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	323.15/cwt	320.00–324.00	2,223	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	326.04/cwt	311.00–335.50	2,325	226
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	297.15/cwt	289.00–302.50	2,336	80
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	300.19/cwt	295.50–302.75	2,465	172
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	831	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,327	20
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	292.00/cwt	290.25–294.00	2,558	281
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,624	65
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	986	270.75/cwt	270.75–270.75	2,670	62
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,039	256.25/cwt	256.25–256.25	2,662	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,456	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	409.60/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,737	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	388.88/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,762	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	338.03/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,656	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	349.93/cwt	335.00–358.50	1,809	84
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	330.83/cwt	326.00–333.50	1,909	243
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	316.15/cwt	309.50–327.00	1,985	156
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,914	65
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	301.22/cwt	290.50–306.50	2,063	357
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	285.99/cwt	277.00–288.00	2,096	33
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	283.82/cwt	280.50–295.00	2,200	149
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,263	61

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 21, 2025

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

Receipts 3,153Last week 5,130Year ago 1,686

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	364	400.00	400.00
28	400–450	424	405.00–415.00	409.60
18	450–500	453	375.00–400.00	388.88
84	500–550	517	335.00–358.50	349.93
243	550–600	577	326.00–333.50	330.83
156	600–650	628	309.50–327.00	316.15
357	650–700	685	290.50–306.50	301.22
33	700–750	733	277.00–288.00	285.99
149	750–800	775	280.50–295.00	283.82
61	800–850	826	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	490	335.00–340.00	338.03
65	600–650	640	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	363	492.50–500.00	495.19
16	400–450	414	462.50	462.50
21	450–500	459	446.00–450.00	447.74
120	500–550	533	392.00–403.50	398.31
56	550–600	577	377.50–398.00	384.99
114	600–650	616	342.00–366.00	351.68
158	650–700	687	332.50–361.00	341.27
226	700–750	713	311.00–335.50	326.04
80	750–800	786	289.00–302.50	297.15
172	800–850	821	295.50–302.75	300.19
281	850–900	876	290.25–294.00	292.00
65	900–950	908	289.00	289.00
62	950–1000	986	270.75	270.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	356	462.50	462.50
7	450–500	480	417.50	417.50
6	500–550	539	372.50	372.50
72	550–600	575	360.00–362.00	360.98
18	650–700	688	320.00–324.00	323.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	633	330.00	330.00
20	800–850	831	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	574	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	1000–1050	1,039	256.25	256.25

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.