Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 500 to 549 lbs and 600 to 749 lbs 4.00 to 9.00 lower with instances up to 20.00 lower on 600 to 649 lbs, 550 to 599 lbs and 800 to 849 lbs mostly steady, 750 to 799 lbs not well compared. Heifers 500 to 649 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for today's offering. Many loads and packages, a few backgrounded cattle again this week but the majority were home raised. Quality mostly average to attractive but flesh varied, from moderate to some heavy, with some cattle carrying tag. An active market with plenty of buyers and a few farmer feeders in the seats, slightly less determination to just own cattle then seen the last couple weeks. Very cold weather moving into the area over the weekend and into next week. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, January 24.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $348.60/cwt on 345 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −146.88 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$348.60

345 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,959

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$31.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.76

vs SD average

+6.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	352.82	1,967	299
Medium and Large 1-2	592	321.16	1,901	46

One grade step is worth $31.66/cwt here — about $66 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.08, low $460.37, median $495.48 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale345 hd

348.60

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SD average7 barns · 3,483 hd

353.36

−4.76

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+6.15

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

−146.88

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

34 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	778	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,926	18
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,080	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,624	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,445	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,741	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,170	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	370.51/cwt	355.00–376.00	1,593	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,923	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,722	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	347.07/cwt	334.50–362.00	2,044	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	398.80/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,699	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,699	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	259.79/cwt	259.75–260.00	2,390	132
Steers	Large 1	800–850	831	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,210	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	386.95/cwt	383.00–389.00	1,807	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	284.20/cwt	281.50–287.00	2,191	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,018	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	323.30/cwt	311.00–336.00	2,037	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	281.33/cwt	276.00–285.25	2,318	282
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	265.13/cwt	259.00–273.50	2,010	248
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,920	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	318.59/cwt	299.00–322.50	2,112	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	298.62/cwt	290.00–314.00	2,210	678
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	350.74/cwt	333.00–360.50	1,659	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	254.13/cwt	254.00–255.00	2,224	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,068	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	304.38/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,951	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	249.75/cwt	249.75–249.75	2,448	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	358.54/cwt	343.00–368.00	1,886	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	329.90/cwt	317.00–341.00	1,729	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	414.23/cwt	398.00–421.00	1,545	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	287.63/cwt	280.00–288.50	1,936	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	318.15/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,852	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	998	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,241	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	660	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,079	22

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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