Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steer calves 500 to 649 lbs mostly steady, yearling steers not well tested this week. Best test on heifer calves 450 to 499 lbs 8.00 to 12.00 lower, 550 to 599 lbs mostly steady, yearling heifers 1000 to 1049 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Good demand for yearling cattle today. Most of the yearling offering was heifers selling in load lots. Flesh condition varied, from moderate to some heavy flesh, a few cattle were still coming off grass. Moderate to good demand for calves today. A couple of loads available but most of the calves sold in packages and off the cow except for one consignment of long time weaned calves. Quality ranged from plain to attractive. Most calves had at least one good round of fall shots and many had a full shot record. A moderate to active market today with most of the normal buyers and a few farmer feeders in the seats. A slightly negative day on the futures complex to finish out the week. Buyers are still trying to navigate this market and decide what these bawling calves are worth making for a slower, more cautious sale pace. No sale next week due to Thanksgiving, next feeder cattle sale is Friday, December 5.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $370.95/cwt on 337 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −75.97 against this barn's trailing median of $446.92.

Average price

$370.95

337 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,047

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$32.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.56

vs SD average

+14.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	371.82	2,051	328
Medium and Large 1-2	562	339.20	1,906	9thin

One grade step is worth $32.62/cwt here — about $144 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

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 sale337 hd

370.95

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SD average8 barns · 2,929 hd

394.50

−23.56

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

+14.06

This barn, trailing median16 sales

446.92

−75.97

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

32 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	850–900	899	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,526	62
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	282.20/cwt	281.75–282.50	2,864	280
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,973	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	467.23/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,579	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,722	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,490	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	372.73/cwt	364.00–394.50	2,102	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	462.38/cwt	445.00–497.50	2,201	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	522.79/cwt	510.00–532.50	1,940	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	404	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,899	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,683	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	415.62/cwt	405.00–422.00	1,937	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	537.69/cwt	535.00–545.00	1,699	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,394	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,916	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,478	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	396.49/cwt	371.00–401.00	2,494	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	439.81/cwt	429.00–462.50	2,327	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	369.51/cwt	350.00–380.50	1,921	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	318.17/cwt	315.25–324.00	2,504	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,913	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	426.10/cwt	412.50–432.50	1,990	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,755	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,466	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	380.07/cwt	370.00–382.50	2,505	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	508.65/cwt	499.00–525.00	2,187	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,862	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,699	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	347.91/cwt	338.00–350.00	2,119	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	339.20/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,906	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	408.49/cwt	398.00–434.00	2,410	321
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	294.37/cwt	290.00–298.50	2,705	140

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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