Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2025-10-10

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 10
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
2,326 head
519 vs last sale 2,845 1,247 vs year ago 3,573 · 34.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 850 to 949 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher, 950 to 999 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers not well compared. A large offering of yearlings today selling in mostly strings and loads with a handful of packages, most of these were tested open heifers. Good to very good demand, with all but one consignment coming right off grass. Many attractive cattle to choose from, most in light to moderate flesh and empty. An active market with buyers interested in filling pens with multiple loads. The futures complex had a positive week helping to fuel the market. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, October 17, the Customer Appreciation sale, which will feature both yearlings and the first offering of spring calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $350.97/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits 54.02 against this barn's trailing median of $404.99.
Average price
$350.97
85 head · 671 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,356
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$19
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$40.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
21.50
vs SD average
+1.76 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1605386.002,33511thin
Medium and Large 1-2681345.762,35574
One grade step is worth $40.24/cwt here — about −$19 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
446419392365median 404.9912/1902/0603/1304/1706/26
Heifers 600–700 lb: high $431.89, low $378.97, median $404.99 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 sale85 hd
350.97
SD average5 barns · 347 hd
372.47
−21.50
National average175 barns · 8,337 hd
349.21
+1.76
This barn, trailing median18 sales
404.99
−54.02
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900853345.50/cwt345.50–345.502,94760
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950922342.36/cwt327.00–344.253,157285
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850817352.20/cwt336.00–357.002,877485
SteersLarge 11000–10501,002331.25/cwt331.25–331.253,319187
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850819383.00/cwt383.00–383.003,13721
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950943364.15/cwt360.00–366.253,434100
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900883375.75/cwt375.75–375.753,318237
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000964363.26/cwt356.00–366.253,502302
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000961329.94/cwt326.50–334.003,17167
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750738370.66/cwt370.25–371.002,735231
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750712357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,5459
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650620387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,39920
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700681345.76/cwt340.00–357.502,35574
HeifersLarge 11100–11501,139301.00/cwt301.00–301.003,4287
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,026319.72/cwt319.00–321.003,28014
HeifersLarge 11050–11001,061322.66/cwt318.00–326.003,42336
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650605386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,33511
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800785348.89/cwt345.00–356.002,73930

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.