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Herreid Livestock Market

Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-28

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 28

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024

← Mar 21Mar 28Apr 11 →

Receipts

4,371 head

▲ 1,218 vs last sale 3,153▲ 4,371 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00 to 5.00 higher, except 750-800 lbs 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Very good demand for steers and heifers this week, as the cash fed cattle market made new historical high prices, and summer months of the CME Live Cattle futures are at and above 200.00. The market was most active on those light fleshed cattle to develop into yearlings on this summers' grass. Supplies of this class of cattle are getting harder to come by. Many long strings of backgrounded steers and heifers, offered in full loads and multiple load lots. The market was active but flesh condition was a factor. The dry, easy winter this year made it very easy for cattle to stay comfortable and gain quickly, this has resulted in some cattle carrying a little more flesh. The next feeder cattle sale will be Friday April 4, 2025.

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 $377.49/cwt on 195 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −109.16 against this barn's trailing median of $486.66.

Average price

$377.49

195 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,093

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$8.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.69

vs SD average

+13.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	379.37	2,117	154
Medium and Large 1-2	541	370.46	2,003	41

One grade step is worth $8.91/cwt here — about $114 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale195 hd

377.49

—

SD average6 barns · 1,209 hd

378.18

−0.69

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

+13.51

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.66

−109.16

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

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	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	393.31/cwt	382.50–412.50	2,014	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	377.24/cwt	372.50–385.00	2,007	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	375.71/cwt	353.50–385.00	2,142	122
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,968	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	347.90/cwt	335.00–371.00	2,178	120
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	344.47/cwt	332.50–355.00	2,305	392
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	693	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,225	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	328.62/cwt	315.00–339.00	2,373	207
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	308.97/cwt	301.50–316.00	2,416	453
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	303.37/cwt	282.00–304.50	2,479	491
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,377	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	292.09/cwt	275.00–297.25	2,538	635
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	274.83/cwt	267.75–280.75	2,553	264
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	273.13/cwt	270.50–276.00	2,658	240
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,022	255.75/cwt	255.75–255.75	2,614	60
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,061	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,690	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,631	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	355.03/cwt	347.50–365.00	1,725	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	337.84/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,760	59
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	546	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,769	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	329.59/cwt	322.00–336.00	1,905	71
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	318.00/cwt	313.00–324.00	2,010	181
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	306.80/cwt	293.00–315.00	2,059	261
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,778	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	288.40/cwt	277.50–292.50	2,091	51
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	779	296.52/cwt	291.00–300.00	2,310	101
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	799	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,125	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,271	71
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	807	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,373	27

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 28, 2025

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

Receipts 4,371Last week 3,153Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	1000–1050	1,022	255.75	255.75
60	1050–1100	1,061	253.50	253.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	693	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	500–550	532	372.50–385.00	377.24
7	550–600	583	337.50	337.50
14	800–850	840	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	512	382.50–412.50	393.31
122	550–600	570	353.50–385.00	375.71
120	600–650	626	335.00–371.00	347.90
392	650–700	669	332.50–355.00	344.47
207	700–750	722	315.00–339.00	328.62
453	750–800	782	301.50–316.00	308.97
491	800–850	817	282.00–304.50	303.37
635	850–900	869	275.00–297.25	292.09
264	900–950	929	267.75–280.75	274.83
240	950–1000	973	270.50–276.00	273.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	546	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	435	375.00	375.00
33	450–500	486	347.50–365.00	355.03
59	500–550	521	330.00–350.00	337.84
71	550–600	578	322.00–336.00	329.59
181	600–650	632	313.00–324.00	318.00
261	650–700	671	293.00–315.00	306.80
51	700–750	725	277.50–292.50	288.40
71	800–850	804	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	684	260.00	260.00
16	750–800	799	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
101	750–800	779	291.00–300.00	296.52
27	800–850	807	294.00	294.00

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.