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Herreid Livestock Market

Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-27

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Feb 27

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024

← Feb 20Feb 27Mar 6 →

Receipts

4,127 head

▲ 2,221 vs last sale 1,906▼ 615 vs year ago 4,742 · −13.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 600 to 699 lbs mostly steady, other classes of steers and heifers not well compared. Very good demand for backgrounding or grass type cattle today, good to very good demand for finishing type cattle depending on flesh condition, very good demand for replacement heifers. A large offering of loads and packages of both home raised and backgrounded cattle. Overall quality more attractive than last week with many attractive cattle on offer, but carrying more flesh overall, flesh condition ranged from light to heavy. An active market despite large losses on the futures complex today. Mostly order buyers in the seats, even for replacement heifers. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, March 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 $516.32/cwt on 346 head. That ranks 10 of 10 comparable sales and sits +29.66 against this barn's trailing median of $486.66.

Average price

$516.32

346 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,830

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$322

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

$52.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.37

vs SD average

+29.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	517.53	2,838	338
Medium and Large 1-2	541	465.00	2,516	8thin

One grade step is worth $52.53/cwt here — about $322 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale346 hd

516.32

—

SD average7 barns · 1,152 hd

498.95

+17.37

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+29.30

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.66

+29.66

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

36 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,513	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	578.95/cwt	565.00–585.00	2,547	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	550.08/cwt	530.00–575.00	2,525	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	547.80/cwt	520.00–551.00	2,838	139
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,516	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	544	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,780	54
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	490.95/cwt	485.00–494.50	2,843	145
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	454.74/cwt	433.00–469.00	2,865	378
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	680	401.51/cwt	400.00–403.00	2,730	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	430.41/cwt	426.25–437.00	2,940	132
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	410.91/cwt	395.00–427.00	2,971	462
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	380.18/cwt	367.00–392.00	2,912	162
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	366.65/cwt	354.50–376.00	3,047	240
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	849	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,908	30
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	356.86/cwt	347.00–364.75	3,105	386
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	875	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,940	14
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	350.74/cwt	339.50–355.00	3,279	214
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	3,371	65
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,041	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,321	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,191	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,096	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	495.94/cwt	485.00–507.00	2,286	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	468.24/cwt	456.00–483.00	2,449	43
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,292	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	448.03/cwt	438.00–452.00	2,558	172
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,306	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	414.15/cwt	400.00–429.00	2,593	72
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	393.39/cwt	377.00–398.00	2,636	118
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	380.61/cwt	364.00–395.00	2,744	320
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	734	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	3,090	43
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	769	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	3,191	81
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	369.66/cwt	365.50–373.00	2,843	44
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	787	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,684	54
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	335.33/cwt	327.00–339.00	2,766	197
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	835	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,906	58
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	330.55/cwt	325.50–331.75	2,906	116

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 27, 2026

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

Receipts 4,127Last week 1,906Year ago 4,742

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	381	575.00	575.00
4	400–450	411	510.00	510.00
28	450–500	461	485.00–507.00	495.94
43	500–550	523	456.00–483.00	468.24
172	550–600	571	438.00–452.00	448.03
72	600–650	626	400.00–429.00	414.15
118	650–700	670	377.00–398.00	393.39
320	700–750	721	364.00–395.00	380.61
44	750–800	769	365.50–373.00	369.66
197	800–850	825	327.00–339.00	335.33
116	850–900	879	325.50–331.75	330.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	750–800	787	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	533	430.00	430.00
22	550–600	580	397.50	397.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
43	700–750	734	421.00	421.00
81	750–800	769	415.00	415.00
58	800–850	835	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	670.00	670.00
16	400–450	440	565.00–585.00	578.95
29	450–500	459	530.00–575.00	550.08
139	500–550	518	520.00–551.00	547.80
145	550–600	579	485.00–494.50	490.95
378	600–650	630	433.00–469.00	454.74
132	650–700	683	426.25–437.00	430.41
462	700–750	723	395.00–427.00	410.91
162	750–800	766	367.00–392.00	380.18
240	800–850	831	354.50–376.00	366.65
386	850–900	870	347.00–364.75	356.86
214	900–950	935	339.50–355.00	350.74
65	950–1000	959	351.50	351.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
54	500–550	544	511.00	511.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	541	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	680	400.00–403.00	401.51
30	800–850	849	342.50	342.50
14	850–900	875	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,041	319.00	319.00

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.