Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2025-08-08

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Aug 8
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
1,724 head
1,243 vs last sale 2,967 603 vs year ago 1,121 · +53.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: different weight classes of steers with best test on 950 to 999 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Heifers not well tested this week. Very good demand for this offering with best demand seen for cattle coming off grass. Flesh varied as there were both yard and grass cattle, but mostly light to moderate plus flesh. Quality average to attractive with most of the offering selling in strings and loads with lots of opportunities to fill pens with the same man's cattle which buyers took advantage of. An active market despite a sharp drop off in both feeder and live cattle. Rain has been plentiful the last few weeks with plenty of humidity. Crop and grass conditions are very good and it looks like feed will be plentiful if one can get it put up between rains. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, August 15.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $392.50/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits 46.88 against this barn's trailing median of $439.38.
Average price
$392.50
15 head · 664 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,606
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
3.45
vs SD average
+25.53 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1664392.502,60615thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

18 sales
491457422388median 439.3812/1902/0603/1304/1706/26
Steers 600–700 lb: high $477.00, low $401.75, median $439.38 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale15 hd
392.50
SD average2 barns · 39 hd
395.95
−3.45
National average144 barns · 7,362 hd
366.97
+25.53
This barn, trailing median18 sales
439.38
−46.88
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

8 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000977324.52/cwt314.50–331.003,171846
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900880346.97/cwt345.50–348.503,053130
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950925326.75/cwt322.50–327.003,02272
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800758378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,86520
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700664392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,60615
SteersLarge 11050–11001,066313.97/cwt313.25–315.503,347505
SteersLarge 11000–10501,049315.50/cwt315.50–315.503,31057
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800772341.17/cwt336.00–346.002,63438

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.