Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: yearling cattle not well compared. Steer calves 450 to 499 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 lower, 500 to 549 lbs unevenly steady, 550 to 599 lbs 6.00 to 9.00 higher, 600 to 649 lbs 3.00 lower. Heifer calves 450 to 549 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Good demand for yearlings today. A couple long strings, one of steers and one of heifers, made up the majority of the yearling offering, all coming out of yards. A few tested open heifers rounded out the offering, some of these still came off grass. Flesh moderate plus to heavy on yard cattle, mostly moderate to moderate plus on the few grass cattle. Moderate to good demand for calves. A handful of loads and many packages made up the calf offering, most coming off the cow. Quality and preconditioning varied quite a bit and buyers are willing to overlook a poor shot record but only on attractive quality calves. Plainer calves and those without good shots are a much a harder to find homes for. Most calves in light to moderate flesh. An active market on yearlings, even those with extra flesh, as buyers know yearling cattle are almost gone. A moderate to active market on calves with both buyers and farmer feeders in the seats for these. The futures complex had another week of ups and downs further adding to the uncertainty already present in the market. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, November 21. This will be the last sale before Thanksgiving.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $429.24/cwt on 609 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −66.23 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$429.24

609 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,402

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$45.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.66

vs SD average

+4.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	437.27	2,424	501
Large 1	583	392.04	2,286	108

One grade step is worth $45.23/cwt here — about $139 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale609 hd

429.24

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SD average7 barns · 8,565 hd

446.91

−17.66

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

+4.37

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

−66.23

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

35 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 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,005	299.75/cwt	299.75–299.75	3,012	51
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	322.96/cwt	306.50–327.75	3,317	487
Steers	Large 1	550–600	583	392.04/cwt	387.00–393.00	2,286	108
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,128	306.74/cwt	292.50–313.00	3,460	222
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	299.82/cwt	299.50–301.25	3,100	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	453	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	2,306	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	563.16/cwt	550.00–575.00	2,072	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	407.75/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,149	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	325.25/cwt	325.25–325.25	2,569	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	461.22/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,794	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	465.35/cwt	450.00–478.00	2,234	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	393.12/cwt	369.00–402.50	2,461	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	379.12/cwt	347.00–393.00	2,127	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	382.43/cwt	381.00–383.00	2,543	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	512	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,278	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	299.38/cwt	299.00–299.50	2,871	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	358.54/cwt	356.00–359.00	2,492	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	423.26/cwt	407.00–432.00	2,434	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	443.90/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,966	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	427.41/cwt	392.50–437.50	2,069	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,907	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	374.30/cwt	358.00–377.50	2,717	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	453.90/cwt	428.00–461.00	2,406	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	372.71/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,808	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,950	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,824	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,626	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	324.08/cwt	311.00–328.00	3,030	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,139	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	294.10/cwt	289.50–299.50	2,741	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,649	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	419.40/cwt	417.00–421.00	1,766	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	351.02/cwt	349.00–357.00	2,225	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	425.39/cwt	395.00–438.50	1,965	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,351	24

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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