Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks so an accurate price trend can not be established, higher undertones noted on steers. Very good demand for cattle today. Most of this offering sold in string and loads and came out of yards. Flesh varied, but mostly moderate to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times. Most cattle were average to attractive in quality. An active market with most of the usual crowd of order buyers and a few internet buyers, quite a few opportunities to buy multiple loads of the same weight cattle which buyers took advantage of. Rain has been spotty in this area and its getting dry although crop and grass conditions still look good this week due to cooler weather. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, July 25.

Weight class

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb steers averaged $304.00/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −96.29 against this barn's trailing median of $400.29.

Average price

$304.00

10 head · 737 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−49.83

vs SD average

−28.09 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	737	304.00	2,240	10thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 700–800 lb

18 sales

Steers 700–800 lb: high $424.78, low $380.48, median $400.29 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

304.00

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SD average3 barns · 193 hd

353.83

−49.83

National average129 barns · 5,155 hd

332.09

−28.09

This barn, trailing median18 sales

400.29

−96.29

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

18 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	750–800	797	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,407	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	968	295.75/cwt	295.75–295.75	2,863	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,131	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	336.84/cwt	331.00–343.00	2,328	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,718	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	999	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,697	61
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,102	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	3,179	104
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	300.75/cwt	300.75–300.75	3,089	272
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,084	287.49/cwt	281.50–289.50	3,116	479
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	311.02/cwt	296.00–314.50	2,889	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	316.90/cwt	314.50–318.00	3,083	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	329.12/cwt	322.00–329.25	2,916	825
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	898	283.42/cwt	273.00–286.25	2,545	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	850–900	871	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,735	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	299.76/cwt	299.00–300.00	2,452	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,681	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,240	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,219	26

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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