Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week due to Good Friday, compared to two weeks ago: best test on steers 900 to 949 lbs mostly steady. Heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for today's large offering featuring many strings and loads of both home raised and backgrounded cattle. Many of the cattle were big, finishing types in moderate to moderate plus flesh with some heavy flesh at times. An active market with many opportunities to buy multiple loads of same weight cattle which buyers took advantage of. Some moisture fell this week but overall the area remains very dry. The lack of moisture has not dampened the enthusiasm to have light cattle to put on grass and the market remains extremely active on these kind of cattle. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, May 2.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $408.64/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −86.84 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$408.64

80 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,164

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+17.15

vs SD average

+34.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	408.64	2,164	80

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale80 hd

408.64

—

SD average7 barns · 803 hd

391.49

+17.15

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

+34.62

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

−86.84

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

26 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	350–400	356	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,566	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	279.85/cwt	273.00–284.00	2,180	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	261.75/cwt	261.75–261.75	2,549	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	320.65/cwt	318.00–324.00	2,020	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,501	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	290.64/cwt	288.25–294.00	2,540	327
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,338	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,056	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,130	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	373.61/cwt	371.00–377.50	1,752	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	342.66/cwt	338.00–345.00	1,929	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	307.17/cwt	301.00–309.00	2,202	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	286.87/cwt	286.75–287.75	2,338	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,295	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	417.73/cwt	401.00–424.00	2,172	70
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,181	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,982	108
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,059	268.70/cwt	267.50–270.00	2,846	109
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	268.54/cwt	264.50–270.75	2,766	486
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,778	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	287.31/cwt	285.00–290.25	2,643	441
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	309.67/cwt	299.00–318.00	2,394	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	282.29/cwt	270.50–286.00	2,735	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	298.84/cwt	285.00–302.00	2,483	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	335.72/cwt	331.00–337.50	2,424	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,932	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	762	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,309	144

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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