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Herreid Livestock Market

Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-30

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 30

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024

← Jan 16Jan 30Feb 6 →

Receipts

2,604 head

▼ 206 vs last sale 2,810▼ 842 vs year ago 3,446 · −24.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder cattle last week due to artic weather. Compared to two weeks ago: best test on steers 600 to 649 lbs mostly steady, 700 to 749 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 higher with instances up to 25.00 higher. Heifers most well compared. Very good demand for this offering featuring quite a few loads and packages of home raised cattle including several consignments of replacement heifers from reputation outfits. Lots of attractive cattle to choose from with many of these fitting grass and backgrounding programs. Flesh condition mostly moderate to moderate plus and cattle were clean and open haired. An active market with buyers and farmer feeders in the seats and some activity on the internet. Warmer temperatures on the way for the weekend and into next week. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, February 6.

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 $505.23/cwt on 187 head. That ranks 8 of 10 comparable sales and sits +18.57 against this barn's trailing median of $486.66.

Average price

$505.23

187 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$289

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

$36.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.61

vs SD average

+21.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	506.00	2,827	183
Medium and Large 1-2	540	470.00	2,538	4thin

One grade step is worth $36.00/cwt here — about $289 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 sale187 hd

505.23

—

SD average6 barns · 1,390 hd

489.62

+15.61

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

+21.13

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.66

+18.57

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

25 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,317	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	2,582	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	514.07/cwt	485.00–532.50	2,719	28
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,538	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	504.54/cwt	495.00–519.00	2,846	155
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	451.72/cwt	433.00–468.00	2,810	198
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	434.57/cwt	409.00–452.00	2,929	541
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,755	44
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	409.33/cwt	399.50–425.00	2,968	271
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	396.53/cwt	377.00–401.00	3,061	232
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	379.61/cwt	379.50–380.00	3,086	100
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	374.05/cwt	371.00–376.50	3,258	148
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	511.80/cwt	485.00–535.00	2,103	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	498	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,366	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	465.75/cwt	457.00–468.00	2,510	85
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,243	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	421.87/cwt	407.50–430.00	2,400	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	423.18/cwt	401.00–443.00	2,636	103
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	385.15/cwt	380.00–394.00	2,607	77
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	725	396.65/cwt	391.00–403.00	2,876	172
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	768	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	3,095	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	379.67/cwt	374.25–385.00	2,931	148
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	808	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	3,224	66
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	996	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,968	10
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,146	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	3,346	41

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 30, 2026

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

Receipts 2,604Last week 2,810Year ago 3,446

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	1100–1150	1,146	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	411	485.00–535.00	511.80
8	450–500	498	475.00	475.00
85	500–550	539	457.00–468.00	465.75
26	550–600	569	407.50–430.00	421.87
103	600–650	623	401.00–443.00	423.18
77	650–700	677	380.00–394.00	385.15
148	750–800	772	374.25–385.00	379.67
10	950–1000	996	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	547	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
172	700–750	725	391.00–403.00	396.65
6	750–800	768	403.00	403.00
66	800–850	808	399.00	399.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	429	540.00	540.00
4	500–550	540	470.00	470.00
44	650–700	687	401.00	401.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	459	562.50	562.50
28	500–550	529	485.00–532.50	514.07
155	550–600	564	495.00–519.00	504.54
198	600–650	622	433.00–468.00	451.72
541	650–700	674	409.00–452.00	434.57
271	700–750	725	399.50–425.00	409.33
232	750–800	772	377.00–401.00	396.53
100	800–850	813	379.50–380.00	379.61
148	850–900	871	371.00–376.50	374.05

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.