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Herreid Livestock Market

Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 5

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024

← Nov 21Dec 5Dec 12 →

Receipts

5,335 head

▲ 2,760 vs last sale 2,575▼ 1,512 vs year ago 6,847 · −22.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week due to Thanksgiving, compared to two weeks ago: steer calves 500 to 599 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, 600 to 699 lbs 12.00 to 20.00 higher on a narrow comparison, yearling steers not well compared. Best test on heifer calves 550 to 599 lbs mostly steady, yearling heifers not well compared. A string of 1800 steers from one family operation made up most of the yearling offering today. These attractive cattle were met with good to very good demand. Flesh condition mostly moderate to moderate plus on yearlings. Moderate to good demand for calves depending on quality which ranged from plain to attractive. A few more consignments of weaned calves but most of the offering was still off the cow. Flesh varied, from moderate to heavy with some fill at times. Some consignments had full preconditioning but many had just a round of fall shots. An active market on yearlings, moderate to active on calves. A positive week for the futures complex giving buyers more optimism again. Cold and snowy weather has arrived and put some stress on these calves, especially those still competing with cows for feed. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, December 12.

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 $434.52/cwt on 649 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −52.14 against this barn's trailing median of $486.66.

Average price

$434.52

649 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,429

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$18.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.23

vs SD average

+5.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	435.14	2,438	627
Medium and Large 1-2	526	416.78	2,192	22

One grade step is worth $18.36/cwt here — about $245 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale649 hd

434.52

—

SD average8 barns · 4,147 hd

447.75

−13.23

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+5.37

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.66

−52.14

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

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	486.29/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,013	36
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,918	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	469.13/cwt	460.00–478.00	2,247	135
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	416.78/cwt	412.50–420.00	2,192	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	455.64/cwt	434.00–467.50	2,410	284
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	418.17/cwt	409.00–445.00	2,450	343
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	603	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,231	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	403.66/cwt	385.00–421.00	2,527	367
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	377.79/cwt	362.00–395.00	2,516	239
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	357.81/cwt	354.00–361.00	2,587	65
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,797	142
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,747	74
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	892	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,917	33
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	896	343.75/cwt	343.75–343.75	3,080	119
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	931	338.51/cwt	333.25–343.75	3,152	970
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	934	328.84/cwt	327.50–329.50	3,071	193
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	333.20/cwt	331.50–335.00	3,195	123
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,045	326.50/cwt	326.00–327.00	3,412	114
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,062	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,462	624
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,737	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	485.38/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,820	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	412	437.46/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,802	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	458.57/cwt	442.50–480.00	1,995	83
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	439.01/cwt	433.00–455.00	2,002	45
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	409.16/cwt	407.50–410.00	2,034	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	410.11/cwt	385.00–425.00	2,137	267
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	380.79/cwt	371.00–392.50	2,197	384
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,078	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	363.83/cwt	352.00–377.50	2,263	188
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	344.77/cwt	338.00–354.00	2,307	44
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	996	297.60/cwt	297.60–297.60	2,964	4
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,099	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	3,198	14

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 Dec 5, 2025

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

Receipts 5,335Last week 2,575Year ago 6,847

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1050–1100	1,099	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	412	430.00–445.00	437.46
27	450–500	497	407.50–410.00	409.16
12	550–600	598	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	344	505.00	505.00
18	350–400	375	480.00–490.00	485.38
83	400–450	435	442.50–480.00	458.57
45	450–500	456	433.00–455.00	439.01
267	500–550	521	385.00–425.00	410.11
384	550–600	577	371.00–392.50	380.79
188	600–650	622	352.00–377.50	363.83
44	650–700	669	338.00–354.00	344.77
4	950–1000	996	297.60	297.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	400–450	414	480.00–510.00	486.29
135	450–500	479	460.00–478.00	469.13
284	500–550	529	434.00–467.50	455.64
343	550–600	586	409.00–445.00	418.17
367	600–650	626	385.00–421.00	403.66
239	650–700	666	362.00–395.00	377.79
65	700–750	723	354.00–361.00	357.81
142	750–800	789	354.50	354.50
74	800–850	808	340.00	340.00
119	850–900	896	343.75	343.75
970	900–950	931	333.25–343.75	338.51
123	950–1000	959	331.50–335.00	333.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	417	460.00	460.00
22	500–550	526	412.50–420.00	416.78
7	600–650	603	370.00	370.00
33	850–900	892	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
114	1000–1050	1,045	326.00–327.00	326.50
624	1050–1100	1,062	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
193	900–950	934	327.50–329.50	328.84

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.