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Herreid Livestock Market

Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-21

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

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024

← Nov 14Nov 21Dec 5 →

Receipts

2,575 head

▼ 2,317 vs last sale 4,892▲ 364 vs year ago 2,211 · +16.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steer calves 500 to 649 lbs mostly steady, yearling steers not well tested this week. Best test on heifer calves 450 to 499 lbs 8.00 to 12.00 lower, 550 to 599 lbs mostly steady, yearling heifers 1000 to 1049 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Good demand for yearling cattle today. Most of the yearling offering was heifers selling in load lots. Flesh condition varied, from moderate to some heavy flesh, a few cattle were still coming off grass. Moderate to good demand for calves today. A couple of loads available but most of the calves sold in packages and off the cow except for one consignment of long time weaned calves. Quality ranged from plain to attractive. Most calves had at least one good round of fall shots and many had a full shot record. A moderate to active market today with most of the normal buyers and a few farmer feeders in the seats. A slightly negative day on the futures complex to finish out the week. Buyers are still trying to navigate this market and decide what these bawling calves are worth making for a slower, more cautious sale pace. No sale next week due to Thanksgiving, next feeder cattle sale is Friday, December 5.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $370.95/cwt on 337 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −67.82 against this barn's trailing median of $438.76.

Average price

$370.95

337 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,047

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$32.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.56

vs SD average

+14.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	371.82	2,051	328
Medium and Large 1-2	562	339.20	1,906	9thin

One grade step is worth $32.62/cwt here — about $144 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale337 hd

370.95

—

SD average8 barns · 2,929 hd

394.50

−23.56

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

+14.06

This barn, trailing median11 sales

438.76

−67.82

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

11 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.00, low $379.98, median $438.76 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

32 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	537.69/cwt	535.00–545.00	1,699	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	522.79/cwt	510.00–532.50	1,940	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	404	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,899	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	508.65/cwt	499.00–525.00	2,187	30
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	426.10/cwt	412.50–432.50	1,990	36
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	462.38/cwt	445.00–497.50	2,201	90
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,913	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	439.81/cwt	429.00–462.50	2,327	148
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	408.49/cwt	398.00–434.00	2,410	321
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	396.49/cwt	371.00–401.00	2,494	91
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	380.07/cwt	370.00–382.50	2,505	70
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,466	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,394	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,916	63
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	467.23/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,579	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,683	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,722	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	415.62/cwt	405.00–422.00	1,937	88
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,755	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	369.51/cwt	350.00–380.50	1,921	93
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	339.20/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,906	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	372.73/cwt	364.00–394.50	2,102	235
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	347.91/cwt	338.00–350.00	2,119	69
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	318.17/cwt	315.25–324.00	2,504	203
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,490	20
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	877	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,478	42
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,699	60
Heifers	850–900	Large 1	899	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,526	62
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	294.37/cwt	290.00–298.50	2,705	140
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	987	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,862	56
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,015	282.20/cwt	281.75–282.50	2,864	280
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,058	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,973	5

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 Nov 21, 2025

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

Receipts 2,575Last week 4,892Year ago 2,211

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	850–900	899	281.00	281.00
280	1000–1050	1,015	281.75–282.50	282.20
5	1050–1100	1,058	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	338	460.00–480.00	467.23
7	350–400	387	435.00	435.00
11	400–450	415	415.00	415.00
88	450–500	466	405.00–422.00	415.62
93	500–550	520	350.00–380.50	369.51
235	550–600	564	364.00–394.50	372.73
69	600–650	609	338.00–350.00	347.91
203	750–800	787	315.25–324.00	318.17
20	800–850	830	300.00	300.00
60	850–900	885	305.00	305.00
140	900–950	919	290.00–298.50	294.37
56	950–1000	987	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	468	375.00	375.00
9	550–600	562	330.00–351.00	339.20
42	850–900	877	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	316	535.00–545.00	537.69
12	350–400	371	510.00–532.50	522.79
30	400–450	430	499.00–525.00	508.65
90	450–500	476	445.00–497.50	462.38
148	500–550	529	429.00–462.50	439.81
321	550–600	590	398.00–434.00	408.49
91	600–650	629	371.00–401.00	396.49
70	650–700	659	370.00–382.50	380.07
8	700–750	721	342.00	342.00
5	750–800	754	317.50	317.50
63	850–900	889	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	404	470.00	470.00
36	450–500	467	412.50–432.50	426.10
14	500–550	524	365.00	365.00

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.