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Herreid Livestock Market

Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-20

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

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024

← Mar 13Mar 20Mar 27 →

Receipts

3,150 head

▲ 1,170 vs last sale 1,980▼ 3 vs year ago 3,153 · −0.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 750 to 849 lbs mostly steady on a narrow comparison and heifers not well compared. A larger offering this week with several strings of backgrounded steers and loads and packages of home raised cattle in town. Moderate to good demand for cattle today depending on flesh condition. Quite a bit of flesh and some tag at times, especially on cattle from backgrounding yards. Quality ranged from plain to attractive. An active market with the usual crowd of order buyers in the seats. Recent uncertainty on the futures complex has put a little pressure on the market, however, buyers seemed slightly less apprehensive than last week. Big swings in weather this week with a blizzard over the weekend to temps in the 60's today, yard conditions are muddy once again. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, March 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 $494.12/cwt on 178 head, up $16.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 10 comparable sales and sits +7.47 against this barn's trailing median of $486.66.

Average price

$494.12

▲ 16.57 vs prior sale

178 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,752

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.36

vs SD average

+22.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	494.12	2,752	178

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale178 hd

494.12

—

SD average5 barns · 302 hd

491.77

+2.36

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+22.00

This barn, trailing median10 sales

486.66

+7.47

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

26 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,052	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,508	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,273	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	523.00/cwt	523.00–523.00	2,510	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	523.56/cwt	510.00–531.00	2,675	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	487.67/cwt	470.00–501.00	2,765	146
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	443.37/cwt	442.00–444.00	2,798	66
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	433.29/cwt	426.00–445.00	2,907	222
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	411.26/cwt	409.50–414.00	2,903	90
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	748	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,760	25
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	379.92/cwt	372.50–385.00	2,948	161
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	364.78/cwt	356.00–366.25	3,028	167
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	359.05/cwt	341.00–367.00	3,120	716
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	337.41/cwt	334.00–340.50	3,118	25
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	328.11/cwt	323.00–332.25	3,163	511
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,885	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,040	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	471.43/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,324	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	464.22/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,381	123
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,260	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	411.69/cwt	397.00–425.00	2,590	194
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	687	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,398	28
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,736	88
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	356.32/cwt	348.00–365.00	2,737	157
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,599	8
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,961	12

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 Mar 20, 2026

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

Receipts 3,150Last week 1,980Year ago 3,153

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	650–700	687	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	366	515.00	515.00
5	400–450	400	510.00	510.00
21	450–500	493	470.00–475.00	471.43
123	500–550	513	455.00–475.00	464.22
194	600–650	629	397.00–425.00	411.69
88	700–750	718	381.00	381.00
157	750–800	768	348.00–365.00	356.32
12	950–1000	952	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	538	420.00	420.00
8	750–800	769	338.00	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	525.00	525.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	331	620.00	620.00
21	400–450	418	600.00	600.00
11	450–500	480	523.00	523.00
32	500–550	511	510.00–531.00	523.56
146	550–600	567	470.00–501.00	487.67
66	600–650	631	442.00–444.00	443.37
222	650–700	671	426.00–445.00	433.29
90	700–750	706	409.50–414.00	411.26
161	750–800	776	372.50–385.00	379.92
167	800–850	830	356.00–366.25	364.78
716	850–900	869	341.00–367.00	359.05
25	900–950	924	334.00–340.50	337.41
511	950–1000	964	323.00–332.25	328.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	700–750	748	369.00	369.00

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.