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Herreid Livestock Market

Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-17

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Apr 17

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024

← Apr 10Apr 17May 1 →

Receipts

2,238 head

▼ 1,506 vs last sale 3,744▲ 2,238 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: different weight classes of steers than last week so no price trend can be established, lower undertones noted on steers. Best test on heifers 700 to 799 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher on a narrow comparison. Good to very good demand for all classes of cattle today. Quite a few strings and loads of finishing type cattle on offer as well as many packages, with many of the packages being grass or backgrounding types. Flesh condition varied, from light to heavy with some fill on the cattle at times. Quality mostly average to attractive this week. An active market with the recent volatility on the futures complex dampening some of the previous weeks' enthusiasm. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, April 24.

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 $479.19/cwt on 132 head, down $34.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 10 comparable sales and sits −7.47 against this barn's trailing median of $486.66.

Average price

$479.19

▼ 34.15 vs prior sale

132 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−17.11

vs SD average

−9.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	479.19	2,620	132

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 sale132 hd

479.19

—

SD average4 barns · 436 hd

496.30

−17.11

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

−9.16

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

24 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	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	465.31/cwt	450.00–545.00	2,517	94
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	513.52/cwt	495.00–520.00	2,881	38
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	432.91/cwt	432.50–433.00	2,875	41
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	3,128	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	3,144	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	360.11/cwt	350.00–364.50	2,935	60
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	369.75/cwt	369.75–369.75	3,232	62
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	885	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,009	30
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	354.63/cwt	336.00–358.50	3,295	76
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	985	337.20/cwt	334.00–339.75	3,321	169
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,013	335.87/cwt	322.00–339.75	3,402	615
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,076	318.42/cwt	317.00–319.75	3,426	150
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,195	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	452.84/cwt	447.50–455.00	2,377	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,542	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	414.24/cwt	407.50–420.00	2,635	45
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	418.49/cwt	412.00–425.00	2,733	54
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	386.30/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,743	105
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	355.11/cwt	347.50–367.00	2,745	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	780	398.30/cwt	390.00–401.00	3,107	131
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	802	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	3,136	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	351.73/cwt	347.00–360.50	2,867	81
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	851	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	3,353	33
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,959	14

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 Apr 17, 2026

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

Receipts 2,238Last week 3,744Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	462	475.00	475.00
27	500–550	525	447.50–455.00	452.84
15	550–600	560	454.00	454.00
45	600–650	636	407.50–420.00	414.24
54	650–700	653	412.00–425.00	418.49
105	700–750	710	370.00–395.00	386.30
10	750–800	773	347.50–367.00	355.11
81	800–850	815	347.00–360.50	351.73
14	850–900	859	344.50	344.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
131	750–800	780	390.00–401.00	398.30
14	800–850	802	391.00	391.00
33	850–900	851	394.00	394.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
94	500–550	541	450.00–545.00	465.31
38	550–600	561	495.00–520.00	513.52
41	650–700	664	432.50–433.00	432.91
9	700–750	736	425.00	425.00
12	750–800	754	417.00	417.00
60	800–850	815	350.00–364.50	360.11
62	850–900	874	369.75	369.75
76	900–950	929	336.00–358.50	354.63
169	950–1000	985	334.00–339.75	337.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	850–900	885	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
615	1000–1050	1,013	322.00–339.75	335.87
150	1050–1100	1,076	317.00–319.75	318.42

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.