Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 500 to 549 lbs mostly steady, 550 to 599 lbs not well compared, 600 to 749 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher, 750 to 799 lbs not well compared, 800 to 899 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifers 500 to 699 lbs mostly steady except 600 to 649 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher. Very good demand for all classes of cattle today. A couple of backgrounded strings and many home raised loads and packages made up the offering which sold on an active market. Lots of backgrounding and grass type cattle again this week and a few less finishing types, therefore, less flesh overall on the cattle than seen last week. Quality was average to attractive today. A friendly cattle on feed report today but a lower feeder and live cattle board, buyers paid no attention and competed to get cattle bought, especially for grass orders. The area remains dry which is a concern for summer grass conditions. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, March 28.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $380.43/cwt on 272 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −115.05 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$380.43

272 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,115

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$38.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.52

vs SD average

+23.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	394.07	2,156	176
Medium and Large 1-2	573	355.42	2,035	96

One grade step is worth $38.65/cwt here — about $121 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 sale272 hd

380.43

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SD average5 barns · 1,001 hd

375.91

+4.52

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

+23.27

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

−115.05

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 1	600–650	628	316.15/cwt	309.50–327.00	1,985	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	388.88/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,762	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,914	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	301.22/cwt	290.50–306.50	2,063	357
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	283.82/cwt	280.50–295.00	2,200	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	409.60/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,737	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	326.04/cwt	311.00–335.50	2,325	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,915	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	495.19/cwt	492.50–500.00	1,798	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	323.15/cwt	320.00–324.00	2,223	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	398.31/cwt	392.00–403.50	2,123	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,008	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	351.68/cwt	342.00–366.00	2,166	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	360.98/cwt	360.00–362.00	2,076	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	341.27/cwt	332.50–361.00	2,345	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	300.19/cwt	295.50–302.75	2,465	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	297.15/cwt	289.00–302.50	2,336	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,004	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	831	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,327	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	633	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,089	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	447.74/cwt	446.00–450.00	2,055	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	292.00/cwt	290.25–294.00	2,558	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	384.99/cwt	377.50–398.00	2,221	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	270.75/cwt	270.75–270.75	2,670	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	285.99/cwt	277.00–288.00	2,096	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	338.03/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,656	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,647	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,624	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	330.83/cwt	326.00–333.50	1,909	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,456	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	349.93/cwt	335.00–358.50	1,809	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,263	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	574	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,880	18
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,039	256.25/cwt	256.25–256.25	2,662	60

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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