Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks so no price trend is available. Good to very good demand for quite a few yearlings selling today, almost all in strings and loads. Quality varied quite a bit on yearlings, from plain to attractive. Good to very good demand for a nice calf offering. Many packages and a handful of loads of calves, all home raised. Most were weaned and had vaccinations. Flesh varied on calves but mostly moderate to moderate plus. An active market with buyers ready to get cattle bought after the long holiday break. Mild temperatures continue in the area, some mud in pens and yards but still nice, low stress conditions for livestock. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, January 16.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $489.91/cwt on 317 head, up $29.54 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 16 comparable sales and sits −5.57 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$489.91

▲ 29.54 vs prior sale

317 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

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

$49.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.84

vs SD average

+23.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	496.91	2,761	272
Medium and Large 1-2	560	447.58	2,508	45

One grade step is worth $49.33/cwt here — about $252 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 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 sale317 hd

489.91

—

SD average7 barns · 2,461 hd

492.75

−2.84

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+23.58

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

−5.57

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	608	382.92/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,328	29
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	302.31/cwt	301.25–304.00	3,090	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,706	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	415.32/cwt	400.00–433.00	2,417	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,116	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,271	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	3,003	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	386.60/cwt	373.00–391.00	2,957	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	514.32/cwt	505.00–542.50	2,731	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,340	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	482.65/cwt	476.00–510.00	2,785	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	424.18/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,418	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	396.37/cwt	379.00–403.00	2,802	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	395.63/cwt	371.00–426.00	2,682	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,335	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	399	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,234	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	621.00/cwt	621.00–621.00	2,360	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,661	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	333.29/cwt	328.00–335.50	3,276	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,290	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	331.16/cwt	330.00–334.25	3,043	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	467.83/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,269	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,552	16
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,067	322.35/cwt	320.00–324.50	3,439	114
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	332.20/cwt	323.75–335.50	3,392	293
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	443.99/cwt	410.50–460.00	2,810	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,455	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	438.82/cwt	427.00–460.00	2,352	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	532.52/cwt	527.50–550.00	2,561	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	490.53/cwt	468.00–505.00	2,153	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,863	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	413.76/cwt	394.00–426.50	2,532	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,870	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	365.11/cwt	360.00–373.00	2,446	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	568	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,584	4

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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