Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 850 to 899 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower, 900 to 999 lbs mostly steady with instances 8.00 higher on 900 to 949 lbs, 1000 to 1099 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Good to very good demand for yearlings today. All loads and strings on offer with just one consignment of feedlot cattle and the rest coming off grass. Flesh and quality mostly attractive. An active market with buyers taking several loads or all loads of a cut many times during the sale. Some of the earlier enthusiasm is back and buyers are wanting to own cattle, although they still exhibit more caution than seen earlier this season. Warm weather continues but cooler weather is forecasted for next week. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, October 10, and in two weeks, October 17,the special Anniversary Sale with the first test of spring calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $368.62/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −70.76 against this barn's trailing median of $439.38.

Average price

$368.62

29 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,511

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$45.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−45.53

vs SD average

−21.94 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	659	400.00	2,636	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	691	354.50	2,450	20

One grade step is worth $45.50/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

18 sales

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 sale29 hd

368.62

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SD average6 barns · 675 hd

414.15

−45.53

National average171 barns · 12,197 hd

390.56

−21.94

This barn, trailing median18 sales

439.38

−70.76

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

17 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
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	326.39/cwt	324.25–328.25	3,460	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	355.02/cwt	349.00–362.50	3,284	562
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	339.25/cwt	339.25–339.25	2,843	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,698	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	363.28/cwt	359.00–369.75	3,211	522
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	376.60/cwt	375.50–379.25	3,167	480
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,852	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,450	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	350.62/cwt	349.25–353.25	3,359	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,819	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,636	9
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,039	329.46/cwt	324.25–335.00	3,423	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	355.72/cwt	355.50–357.00	2,636	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	944	314.25/cwt	314.25–314.25	2,967	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	313.25/cwt	313.25–313.25	2,998	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	699	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,453	29
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	3,254	40

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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