Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 550 to 599 lbs, 650 to 699 lbs, and 750 to 799 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Best test on heifers 600 to 699 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for today's offering of feeder cattle which included a string of old crop yearlings and many packages and loads of calves. There was one family ranch consignment which included multiple loads of same weight, home raised cattle which were met with excellent demand. Cattle were average to attractive in quality and in mostly moderate to moderate plus flesh. Not very many big, finishing type cattle on offer today and more grass and backgrounding types. Cattle still sell on an active market but buyers are more cautious this week. A band of snow has started to fall across this area and a winter storm advisory is in effect until Saturday, so far travel has not been impacted and cattle were moving without issues.

Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, February 14.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $363.22/cwt on 248 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −132.26 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$363.22

248 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,035

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$303

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

$34.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.86

vs SD average

+20.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	364.77	2,049	237
Medium and Large 1-2	529	330.00	1,746	11thin

One grade step is worth $34.77/cwt here — about $303 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 sale248 hd

363.22

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SD average4 barns · 1,062 hd

355.36

+7.86

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+20.84

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

−132.26

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

27 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	450–500	490	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,695	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	697	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,882	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,777	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,579	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	335.54/cwt	322.00–348.00	1,815	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	309.74/cwt	305.00–313.00	1,902	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,746	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	295.00/cwt	278.25–301.00	2,310	312
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	313.10/cwt	300.00–317.00	2,113	477
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,854	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	261.75/cwt	261.75–261.75	2,672	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	340.31/cwt	330.00–354.00	2,107	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,039	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,370	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,772	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,483	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	290.38/cwt	281.00–302.50	2,068	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	322.59/cwt	317.00–333.00	1,858	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,933	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	379.18/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,778	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	283.75/cwt	279.00–291.00	1,927	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,637	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	292.92/cwt	279.00–300.50	1,960	336
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,504	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	300.98/cwt	299.50–303.00	2,206	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	358.82/cwt	341.00–370.50	2,049	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,686	17

How this sale compares

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.

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