Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 850 to 899 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 900 to 999 lbs mostly steady. Heifers not well compared. Good demand for this large yearling offering featuring mostly strings and loads. Cattle were all off grass, flesh condition mostly light to moderate with some fill seen at times. Quality varied this week, from plain to attractive, on both packages and loads. Some tag as last week was quite wet. An active market with the usual crowd of order buyers in the seats, however, they are more reserved than they have been the last few months. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, October 3, expecting 3000 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb steers averaged $391.47/cwt on 115 head. That ranks 8 of 18 comparable sales and sits −8.82 against this barn's trailing median of $400.29.

Average price

$391.47

115 head · 770 lb average

Value per head Derived

$3,014

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.49

vs SD average

+16.75 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	770	391.47	3,014	115

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 sale115 hd

391.47

—

SD average6 barns · 400 hd

386.98

+4.49

National average145 barns · 9,794 hd

374.72

+16.75

This barn, trailing median18 sales

400.29

−8.82

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

16 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 1	1100–1150	1,129	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,387	25
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,087	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	3,207	36
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,082	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,527	16
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	322.23/cwt	318.50–324.00	3,274	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	992	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	3,229	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	330.16/cwt	320.00–333.75	3,014	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	350.06/cwt	343.75–354.50	3,287	480
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	328.25/cwt	327.50–329.50	3,361	183
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,078	317.75/cwt	317.75–317.75	3,425	312
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	355.75/cwt	355.75–355.75	2,867	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,976	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	340.03/cwt	337.50–347.00	2,996	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	378.63/cwt	378.00–382.50	3,203	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	347.04/cwt	327.25–353.25	3,352	611
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	391.47/cwt	384.00–396.50	3,014	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	371.86/cwt	363.50–378.00	3,231	359

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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