Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 700 to 749 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, other weight classes of steers and heifers not well compared. A much larger offering than last week with the warmer temps bringing many cattle to town that had waited out the subzero weather. Good to very good demand for big, finishing type cattle, very good demand for grass and backgrounding cattle. Many loads and packages and a few multiple loads on offer, both home raised and backgrounded. Flesh varied quite a bit, from moderate to heavy flesh at times. The warmer weather has brought on the mud and cattle were not as clean as last week but there wasn't a terrible amount of tag. Quality was mostly average to attractive and buyers had no trouble filling loads. An active market despite a lower day on both feeder and live cattle futures, attitudes remain very optimistic. Mild temperatures expected to continue next week. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, March 7.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $395.78/cwt on 297 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −99.70 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$395.78

297 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,067

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$38.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+31.83

vs SD average

+47.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	397.73	2,074	282
Medium and Large 1-2	537	359.00	1,928	15thin

One grade step is worth $38.73/cwt here — about $146 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 sale297 hd

395.78

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SD average7 barns · 1,246 hd

363.95

+31.83

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+47.54

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

−99.70

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

38 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	950–1000	974	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,133	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	628	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,733	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	664	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,793	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	862	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,896	6
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,292	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	259.78/cwt	252.00–263.50	2,154	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	371.66/cwt	350.00–374.00	2,100	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	434.60/cwt	422.50–450.00	1,886	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	314.14/cwt	314.00–315.00	2,111	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	282.45/cwt	277.25–291.50	2,367	832
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	402.17/cwt	385.00–407.50	2,067	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,482	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	404.23/cwt	402.50–406.00	1,952	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	265.84/cwt	259.00–274.75	2,555	243
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	256.06/cwt	255.75–256.25	2,637	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	350.48/cwt	338.50–359.00	2,191	468
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,928	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	314.00/cwt	303.00–320.75	2,229	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	876	254.78/cwt	238.00–260.00	2,232	37
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,067	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,705	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,496	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,581	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	429.10/cwt	420.00–433.00	1,673	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	300.09/cwt	297.00–300.50	2,302	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	648	316.00/cwt	312.00–320.00	2,048	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	740	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,161	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	269.42/cwt	263.25–274.75	2,075	332
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	383.21/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,399	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	269.24/cwt	252.50–276.25	2,485	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,320	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	350.86/cwt	340.00–357.00	1,831	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,178	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	356.77/cwt	344.00–372.00	1,698	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	337.65/cwt	325.00–345.50	1,887	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	303.18/cwt	291.50–305.50	1,907	240
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,031	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,505	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	285.81/cwt	278.50–302.50	1,903	269
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	274.71/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,978	103

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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