Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2025-02-21

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Feb 21
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
1,648 head
507 vs last sale 1,141 1,270 vs year ago 2,918 · 43.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: too few cattle and different weight classes last week and this week to develop an accurate price trend, steady undertones noted on steers under 750 lbs. Very good demand for packages and a handful of loads of home raised cattle in today's offering. Flesh was quite attractive, with most cattle in light to moderate flesh with some moderate plus flesh at times. Quite a few colored cattle in the offering, most of these in packages. Loads were attractive in quality and packages varied, but mostly average to attractive. An active market with plenty of interest in getting cattle bought, especially since the cold temps have broken. Next week shows temps in the 40's and some 50's, pretty good weather for the last week of February. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, February 28.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $342.38/cwt on 146 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits 153.10 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.
Average price
$342.38
146 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,953
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.37
vs SD average
+1.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558352.041,96674
Medium and Large 1-2583332.441,93872
One grade step is worth $19.60/cwt here — about $28 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
533504475446median 495.4812/1902/0603/0604/1706/12
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 sale146 hd
342.38
SD average5 barns · 1,050 hd
354.75
−12.37
National average106 barns · 4,665 hd
341.21
+1.17
This barn, trailing median16 sales
495.48
−153.10
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

25 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950938254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,3836
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650647289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,8707
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500468359.28/cwt357.00–367.001,68117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700692277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,9178
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700669301.50/cwt301.50–301.502,01780
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550521328.24/cwt326.00–330.001,71016
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550548346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,89615
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700675316.24/cwt303.00–325.002,135178
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450415424.00/cwt424.00–424.001,76011
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750722303.45/cwt289.50–309.252,191265
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000956267.25/cwt267.25–267.252,55554
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600583332.44/cwt330.00–337.001,93872
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350323480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,5504
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600566312.80/cwt309.50–317.001,77092
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500471370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7434
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750722273.50/cwt273.50–273.501,97524
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600561353.58/cwt347.00–369.001,98459
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650629343.04/cwt340.00–343.502,158110
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850823288.75/cwt280.25–296.752,376126
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400360395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4224
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800780301.75/cwt297.50–307.252,354223
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800787257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,02321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600597296.34/cwt295.00–297.001,76918
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650609309.17/cwt300.50–313.001,883130
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450435376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,6365

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.