Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not reported in recent weeks so an accurate price trend can not be established. A very large offering for the annual BBQ sale. Something for everyone including fall calves, replacement heifers, light fleshed cattle fed for grass, and long strings and loads of both backgrounded and home raised finishing type cattle. Good to very good demand throughout the day, especially for lighter cattle which have a few more outlets. Flesh varied greatly, from light to heavy on this wide assortment of cattle. Some consignments of grass cattle in town due to dry conditions, producers are saving their grass for their cows or cutting back to conserve grass. Quality ranged from plain to attractive. An active market with plenty of eager bidders in the seats despite some uncertainty in the futures complex this week. Buyers were still interested in procuring multiple loads of same weight cattle to fill pens. The area saw much needed moisture the past two days and temps have gotten cooler again. No sale next week due to Memorial Day, watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $370.38/cwt on 314 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −76.54 against this barn's trailing median of $446.92.

Average price

$370.38

314 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,110

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$37.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.22

vs SD average

+30.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	373.97	2,124	284
Medium and Large 1-2	585	336.37	1,968	30

One grade step is worth $37.60/cwt here — about $157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.00, low $404.21, median $446.92 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 sale314 hd

370.38

—

SD average4 barns · 572 hd

361.16

+9.22

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

+30.50

This barn, trailing median16 sales

446.92

−76.54

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

41 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	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,002	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	2,620	33
Heifers	Large 1	900–950	938	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,486	9
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	268.60/cwt	267.25–269.00	2,748	299
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,084	263.10/cwt	261.50–264.50	2,852	796
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	863	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,278	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,676	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	298.38/cwt	283.00–306.75	2,578	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	389.86/cwt	377.50–400.00	1,875	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	369.11/cwt	364.00–372.50	2,178	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	286.89/cwt	280.00–298.00	2,361	329
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	405.55/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,320	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	302.43/cwt	292.00–306.75	2,295	512
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	342.33/cwt	338.00–351.00	2,170	575
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	325.52/cwt	324.00–327.00	2,513	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	285.66/cwt	275.00–293.75	2,639	347
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,756	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	279.69/cwt	279.00–280.50	2,540	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	314.54/cwt	308.50–324.00	2,589	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	349.52/cwt	343.00–358.50	2,517	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	878	299.21/cwt	294.00–305.50	2,627	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	268.06/cwt	256.00–271.50	2,581	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	830	309.89/cwt	307.00–313.00	2,572	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,911	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	326.03/cwt	318.50–341.00	2,227	652
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	384.55/cwt	371.00–391.00	2,396	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	281.75/cwt	279.00–288.50	2,429	439
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	403.13/cwt	402.50–405.00	2,052	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	424.99/cwt	407.50–427.50	1,993	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	445.26/cwt	437.00–455.00	2,262	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	321.72/cwt	313.00–324.00	2,378	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,737	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,249	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,269	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	336.37/cwt	330.00–341.00	1,968	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	660	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,284	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	430.46/cwt	430.00–433.00	1,829	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	387.52/cwt	377.00–393.50	1,965	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	306.56/cwt	298.00–320.00	2,259	1,062
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	352.09/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,408	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	276.20/cwt	269.00–286.00	2,685	553
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,224	32

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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