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Herreid Livestock Market

Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-20

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Feb 20

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024

← Feb 13Feb 20Feb 27 →

Receipts

1,906 head

▼ 1,940 vs last sale 3,846▲ 258 vs year ago 1,648 · +15.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 600 to 699 mostly steady. Heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for both steers and heifers today with replacement heifers seeing very good demand. Quite a few loads available despite a lighter offering. Less flesh overall than last week with quite a few cattle in light to moderate flesh and some moderate plus at times. Quality varied, especially on packages, from plain to attractive. An active market with the normal crowd of buyers and farmer feeders. Some tough weather this week with blizzard conditions followed by a colder spell expected to last through the weekend. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, February 27.

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 $505.89/cwt on 198 head. That ranks 8 of 10 comparable sales and sits +19.23 against this barn's trailing median of $486.66.

Average price

$505.89

198 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,809

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$62.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.48

vs SD average

+18.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	508.41	2,817	190
Medium and Large 1-2	581	446.00	2,591	8thin

One grade step is worth $62.41/cwt here — about $226 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 sale198 hd

505.89

—

SD average5 barns · 1,229 hd

504.41

+1.48

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+18.54

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.66

+19.23

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

30 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	301	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,821	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	366	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,013	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	402	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,251	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	599.42/cwt	577.50–607.00	2,524	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	552.06/cwt	536.00–561.00	2,677	40
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	519.60/cwt	506.00–528.00	2,801	126
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,591	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	486.38/cwt	480.00–508.00	2,840	64
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	452.55/cwt	441.00–467.50	2,828	144
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	424.95/cwt	411.00–436.00	2,885	105
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,474	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	406.78/cwt	387.00–411.00	2,957	99
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	397.12/cwt	397.00–397.25	3,054	158
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	387.39/cwt	385.75–389.00	3,161	155
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	377.75/cwt	377.75–377.75	3,252	70
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	947	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,182	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,946	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,094	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	526.07/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,194	29
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,119	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	533.00/cwt	533.00–533.00	2,436	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	506	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,378	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	459.91/cwt	435.00–479.00	2,456	166
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	441.18/cwt	425.00–447.50	2,585	125
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	416.42/cwt	406.00–430.00	2,586	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,711	50
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	670	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,814	78
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	702	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,861	71
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,681	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	361.50/cwt	361.50–361.50	2,722	71

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 Feb 20, 2026

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

Receipts 1,906Last week 3,846Year ago 1,648

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	327	595.00	595.00
12	350–400	374	560.00	560.00
29	400–450	417	520.00–540.00	526.07
16	450–500	457	533.00	533.00
166	500–550	534	435.00–479.00	459.91
125	550–600	586	425.00–447.50	441.18
29	600–650	621	406.00–430.00	416.42
50	650–700	666	407.00	407.00
6	700–750	713	376.00	376.00
71	750–800	753	361.50	361.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	446	475.00	475.00
8	500–550	506	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
78	650–700	670	420.00	420.00
71	700–750	702	407.50	407.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	301	605.00	605.00
4	350–400	366	550.00	550.00
9	400–450	402	560.00	560.00
8	550–600	581	446.00	446.00
6	650–700	695	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	400–450	421	577.50–607.00	599.42
40	450–500	485	536.00–561.00	552.06
126	500–550	539	506.00–528.00	519.60
64	550–600	584	480.00–508.00	486.38
144	600–650	625	441.00–467.50	452.55
105	650–700	679	411.00–436.00	424.95
99	700–750	727	387.00–411.00	406.78
158	750–800	769	397.00–397.25	397.12
155	800–850	816	385.75–389.00	387.39
70	850–900	861	377.75	377.75
14	900–950	947	336.00	336.00

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.