Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: different weight classes of yearlings than last week, lower undertones noted on yearlings. Different weight classes of calves also, higher undertones noted on calves. A string of 1300 steers off grass was the feature consignment of yearling cattle today and these were met with very good demand. Mostly good demand for the balance of yearlings out of yards depending on flesh condition, some cattle carried quite a little flesh. Moderate to good demand for calves today. Many packages and just a handful of loads in the calf offering. Attractive calves with all their vaccinations were the easiest to sell, those plainer cattle or those without good shots were harder to find homes for. A moderate to active market with mostly order buyers in the seats today. The futures board had a very uncertain week and most months were again negative at the close of the day today. This volatility has led to more reservation at the auction, a major contrast to the enthusiasm seen late summer and earlier this fall. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, November 7.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $478.13/cwt on 339 head. That ranks 5 of 16 comparable sales and sits −17.34 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$478.13

339 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,556

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

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

$61.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.53

vs SD average

+48.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	481.40	2,569	321
Medium and Large 1-2	552	419.96	2,317	18thin

One grade step is worth $61.44/cwt here — about $252 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $519.08, low $460.37, median $495.48 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale339 hd

478.13

—

SD average11 barns · 11,058 hd

457.61

+20.53

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+48.41

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

−17.34

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

36 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	1000–1050	1,010	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,212	121
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,020	297.25/cwt	297.25–297.25	3,032	66
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	339.87/cwt	339.75–340.00	3,453	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	898	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,793	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	896	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,822	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	926	313.25/cwt	313.25–313.25	2,901	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	325.31/cwt	316.00–334.75	2,999	157
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,558	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,212	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	532.53/cwt	502.50–539.00	2,444	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	367.08/cwt	363.75–370.50	3,337	258
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	323.53/cwt	311.00–325.00	3,187	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	534.04/cwt	520.00–541.00	1,971	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	518.28/cwt	509.00–533.00	2,161	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	376.15/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,140	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	331.90/cwt	326.00–334.75	2,934	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	450.18/cwt	440.00–457.00	2,260	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	390.09/cwt	386.00–394.00	2,458	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	362.53/cwt	353.50–370.50	3,241	366
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	379.95/cwt	376.00–381.00	3,135	673
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	482.43/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,287	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	467.50/cwt	452.50–480.00	2,604	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	550.31/cwt	544.00–580.00	2,289	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	368.13/cwt	364.00–370.00	2,433	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	3,362	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	727	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,741	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	729	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,304	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,930	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,370	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	976	308.73/cwt	306.25–310.00	3,013	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	549	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,251	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	482.32/cwt	462.00–495.00	2,566	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	426.30/cwt	420.00–437.00	2,281	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,960	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,021	16

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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