Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 600 to 699 lbs mostly steady, other classes of steers and heifers not well compared. Very good demand for backgrounding or grass type cattle today, good to very good demand for finishing type cattle depending on flesh condition, very good demand for replacement heifers. A large offering of loads and packages of both home raised and backgrounded cattle. Overall quality more attractive than last week with many attractive cattle on offer, but carrying more flesh overall, flesh condition ranged from light to heavy. An active market despite large losses on the futures complex today. Mostly order buyers in the seats, even for replacement heifers. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, March 6.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $516.32/cwt on 346 head, up $10.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 16 comparable sales and sits +20.84 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$516.32

▲ 10.43 vs prior sale

346 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,830

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$322

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

$52.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.37

vs SD average

+29.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	517.53	2,838	338
Medium and Large 1-2	541	465.00	2,516	8thin

One grade step is worth $52.53/cwt here — about $322 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 sale346 hd

516.32

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SD average7 barns · 1,152 hd

498.95

+17.37

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+29.30

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

+20.84

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	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	369.66/cwt	365.50–373.00	2,843	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	393.39/cwt	377.00–398.00	2,636	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	468.24/cwt	456.00–483.00	2,449	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	787	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,684	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,096	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,191	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,292	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,306	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	448.03/cwt	438.00–452.00	2,558	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	454.74/cwt	433.00–469.00	2,865	378
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	410.91/cwt	395.00–427.00	2,971	462
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	350.74/cwt	339.50–355.00	3,279	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	380.18/cwt	367.00–392.00	2,912	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	366.65/cwt	354.50–376.00	3,047	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	544	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,780	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	430.41/cwt	426.25–437.00	2,940	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,516	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,513	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	578.95/cwt	565.00–585.00	2,547	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	550.08/cwt	530.00–575.00	2,525	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	3,371	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	875	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,940	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	849	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,908	30
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,321	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	547.80/cwt	520.00–551.00	2,838	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	490.95/cwt	485.00–494.50	2,843	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	356.86/cwt	347.00–364.75	3,105	386
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	414.15/cwt	400.00–429.00	2,593	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	330.55/cwt	325.50–331.75	2,906	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	734	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	3,090	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	835	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,906	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	769	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	3,191	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	680	401.51/cwt	400.00–403.00	2,730	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	335.33/cwt	327.00–339.00	2,766	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	380.61/cwt	364.00–395.00	2,744	320
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	495.94/cwt	485.00–507.00	2,286	28

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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