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Herreid Livestock Market

Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 9

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024

← Dec 19Jan 9Jan 16 →

Receipts

3,203 head

▼ 246 vs last sale 3,449▼ 1,090 vs year ago 4,293 · −25.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks so no price trend is available. Good to very good demand for quite a few yearlings selling today, almost all in strings and loads. Quality varied quite a bit on yearlings, from plain to attractive. Good to very good demand for a nice calf offering. Many packages and a handful of loads of calves, all home raised. Most were weaned and had vaccinations. Flesh varied on calves but mostly moderate to moderate plus. An active market with buyers ready to get cattle bought after the long holiday break. Mild temperatures continue in the area, some mud in pens and yards but still nice, low stress conditions for livestock. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, January 16.

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 $489.91/cwt on 317 head. That ranks 6 of 10 comparable sales and sits +3.26 against this barn's trailing median of $486.66.

Average price

$489.91

317 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

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

$49.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.84

vs SD average

+23.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	496.91	2,761	272
Medium and Large 1-2	560	447.58	2,508	45

One grade step is worth $49.33/cwt here — about $252 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 sale317 hd

489.91

—

SD average7 barns · 2,461 hd

492.75

−2.84

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+23.58

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.66

+3.26

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

35 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	380	621.00/cwt	621.00–621.00	2,360	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	399	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,234	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,455	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	468	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,340	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	532.52/cwt	527.50–550.00	2,561	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	514.32/cwt	505.00–542.50	2,731	126
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,661	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	568	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,584	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	424.18/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,418	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	482.65/cwt	476.00–510.00	2,785	142
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	443.99/cwt	410.50–460.00	2,810	340
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,335	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	395.63/cwt	371.00–426.00	2,682	241
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	396.37/cwt	379.00–403.00	2,802	167
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	386.60/cwt	373.00–391.00	2,957	92
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,552	16
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	3,003	79
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	331.16/cwt	330.00–334.25	3,043	90
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	333.29/cwt	328.00–335.50	3,276	272
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,021	332.20/cwt	323.75–335.50	3,392	293
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,025	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,290	51
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,067	322.35/cwt	320.00–324.50	3,439	114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,870	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	490.53/cwt	468.00–505.00	2,153	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	467.83/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,269	53
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,116	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	438.82/cwt	427.00–460.00	2,352	108
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	415.32/cwt	400.00–433.00	2,417	139
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	608	382.92/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,328	29
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	413.76/cwt	394.00–426.50	2,532	143
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	365.11/cwt	360.00–373.00	2,446	28
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,271	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,706	36
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	909	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,863	64
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,022	302.31/cwt	301.25–304.00	3,090	215

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 Jan 9, 2026

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

Receipts 3,203Last week 3,449Year ago 4,293

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	600–650	608	380.00–385.00	382.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
215	1000–1050	1,022	301.25–304.00	302.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	550.00	550.00
39	400–450	439	468.00–505.00	490.53
53	450–500	485	445.00–485.00	467.83
108	500–550	536	427.00–460.00	438.82
139	550–600	582	400.00–433.00	415.32
143	600–650	612	394.00–426.50	413.76
28	650–700	670	360.00–373.00	365.11
14	700–750	703	323.00	323.00
36	800–850	825	328.00	328.00
64	900–950	909	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	492	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	380	621.00	621.00
42	450–500	481	527.50–550.00	532.52
126	500–550	531	505.00–542.50	514.32
142	550–600	577	476.00–510.00	482.65
340	600–650	633	410.50–460.00	443.99
241	650–700	678	371.00–426.00	395.63
167	700–750	707	379.00–403.00	396.37
92	750–800	765	373.00–391.00	386.60
79	800–850	816	368.00	368.00
90	900–950	919	330.00–334.25	331.16
272	950–1000	983	328.00–335.50	333.29
51	1000–1050	1,025	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	468	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	399	560.00	560.00
6	400–450	427	575.00	575.00
16	500–550	543	490.00	490.00
29	550–600	570	410.00–440.00	424.18
10	650–700	667	350.00	350.00
16	750–800	771	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
293	1000–1050	1,021	323.75–335.50	332.20
114	1050–1100	1,067	320.00–324.50	322.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	568	455.00	455.00

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.