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Herreid Livestock Market

Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-03

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 3

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024

← Sep 26Oct 3Oct 10 →

Receipts

2,845 head

▼ 482 vs last sale 3,327▼ 444 vs year ago 3,289 · −13.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 850 to 899 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower, 900 to 999 lbs mostly steady with instances 8.00 higher on 900 to 949 lbs, 1000 to 1099 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Good to very good demand for yearlings today. All loads and strings on offer with just one consignment of feedlot cattle and the rest coming off grass. Flesh and quality mostly attractive. An active market with buyers taking several loads or all loads of a cut many times during the sale. Some of the earlier enthusiasm is back and buyers are wanting to own cattle, although they still exhibit more caution than seen earlier this season. Warm weather continues but cooler weather is forecasted for next week. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, October 10, and in two weeks, October 17,the special Anniversary Sale with the first test of spring calves.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $368.62/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −65.63 against this barn's trailing median of $434.26.

Average price

$368.62

29 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,511

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$45.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−45.53

vs SD average

−21.94 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	659	400.00	2,636	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	691	354.50	2,450	20

One grade step is worth $45.50/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale29 hd

368.62

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SD average6 barns · 675 hd

414.15

−45.53

National average171 barns · 12,197 hd

390.56

−21.94

This barn, trailing median14 sales

434.26

−65.63

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 600–700 lb

14 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $477.00, low $377.54, median $434.26 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

17 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,636	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	691	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,450	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,819	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,852	42
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	376.60/cwt	375.50–379.25	3,167	480
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	363.28/cwt	359.00–369.75	3,211	522
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	355.02/cwt	349.00–362.50	3,284	562
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	350.62/cwt	349.25–353.25	3,359	239
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,039	329.46/cwt	324.25–335.00	3,423	227
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,060	326.39/cwt	324.25–328.25	3,460	173
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	699	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,453	29
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	355.72/cwt	355.50–357.00	2,636	79
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,698	65
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	339.25/cwt	339.25–339.25	2,843	68
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	944	314.25/cwt	314.25–314.25	2,967	61
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	957	313.25/cwt	313.25–313.25	2,998	60
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,009	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	3,254	40

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 Oct 3, 2025

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

Receipts 2,845Last week 3,327Year ago 3,289

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
227	1000–1050	1,039	324.25–335.00	329.46
173	1050–1100	1,060	324.25–328.25	326.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	659	400.00	400.00
12	750–800	764	369.00	369.00
480	800–850	841	375.50–379.25	376.60
522	850–900	884	359.00–369.75	363.28
562	900–950	925	349.00–362.50	355.02
239	950–1000	958	349.25–353.25	350.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	691	354.50	354.50
42	800–850	808	353.00	353.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	650–700	699	351.00	351.00
79	700–750	741	355.50–357.00	355.72
65	750–800	759	355.50	355.50
68	800–850	838	339.25	339.25
61	900–950	944	314.25	314.25
60	950–1000	957	313.25	313.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	1000–1050	1,009	322.50	322.50

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.