Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: different weight classes of yearling steers than last week, lower undertones noted. Yearling heifers not well compared. Best on steer calves 450 to 549 lbs 30.00 to 39.00 lower. Best test on heifers calves 500 to 549 lbs 30.00 to 37.00 lower. Good demand for yearling cattle. One family had most of the yearlings including a string of spayed heifers and a string of steers, all still coming off grass. Buyers were eager to buy these yearling cattle as supplies are getting quite tight, but they are not confidant enough to buy all loads of a cut as they would have earlier this fall, most times buying a couple loads at a time. Moderate to good demand for calves today. A good sized offering with many packages and quite a few load lots, all coming off the cow. Most calves in light to moderate flesh and had at least one solid round of shots, usually given in the fall. A moderate to active market today with both buyers and a few farmer feeders in the seats. Even though the futures complex finally showed a positive day, there is still too much uncertainty in the market to get buyers and feeders back to the bullish state of buying they had exhibited most of the fall. They are especially reserved on calves as no one is quite sure what they should be worth. Much colder weather expected for this weekend with the possibility of snow. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, November 14.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $363.48/cwt on 359 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −83.44 against this barn's trailing median of $446.92.

Average price

$363.48

359 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$30.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−44.84

vs SD average

−2.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	370.50	2,004	276
Medium and Large 1-2	559	340.11	1,902	83

One grade step is worth $30.39/cwt here — about $102 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.00, low $404.21, median $446.92 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 sale359 hd

363.48

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SD average9 barns · 5,939 hd

408.32

−44.84

National average198 barns · 25,157 hd

365.61

−2.13

This barn, trailing median16 sales

446.92

−83.44

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

40 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	1,041	312.21/cwt	312.00–312.50	3,250	94
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,046	326.25/cwt	326.25–326.25	3,413	110
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,066	309.36/cwt	307.00–312.00	3,298	439
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	3,365	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	656	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,312	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	474	372.81/cwt	370.00–373.50	1,767	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	453.12/cwt	430.00–471.00	1,912	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	397.06/cwt	377.50–417.00	1,898	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	322.97/cwt	316.00–325.25	3,104	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	481.41/cwt	460.00–485.00	1,627	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	382.75/cwt	382.75–382.75	2,809	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	515.94/cwt	494.00–535.00	2,244	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	411.58/cwt	392.00–423.00	2,404	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,830	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	342.52/cwt	317.50–346.00	2,271	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	362.96/cwt	350.00–397.50	2,014	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	550.24/cwt	530.00–570.00	1,854	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,987	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	486.75/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,346	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	347.22/cwt	342.00–355.00	2,122	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	330.80/cwt	320.00–339.00	2,564	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	530.87/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,076	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,310	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,548	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	528	411.82/cwt	410.00–413.00	2,174	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	636	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,678	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	397.84/cwt	372.00–405.75	2,471	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	394.98/cwt	371.00–405.00	2,682	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,050	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,394	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,823	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	342.02/cwt	335.00–343.00	1,960	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,013	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	472.86/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,821	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	361.78/cwt	345.00–390.00	1,939	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	465.24/cwt	450.00–472.50	1,791	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	444.70/cwt	430.00–464.00	2,361	413
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	336.79/cwt	331.00–339.00	3,092	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,246	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,964	28

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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