Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 700 to 749 lbs 5.00 lower, 750 to 949 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 5.00 higher on 850 to 899 lbs. Best test on heifers 650 to 699 lbs 10.00 lower and 800 to 849 lbs steady. A large offering of feeder cattle today. Many loads, including multiple loads of same weight cattle, and packages of both backgrounded and home raised cattle available and met with good to very good demand. The majority of cattle today were finishing kind of cattle with very few green, grass or backgrounding types on offer. Flesh condition mostly moderate to heavy with quite a few cattle carrying tag. Most cattle were average to attractive in quality with lots of colored cattle available. A mostly active market despite a weak close on the futures complex today and volatility throughout the week. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, March 13.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $466.06/cwt on 61 head, down $50.25 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 16 comparable sales and sits −29.42 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$466.06

▼ 50.25 vs prior sale

61 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,700

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−31.87

vs SD average

−9.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	466.06	2,700	61

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale61 hd

466.06

—

SD average6 barns · 949 hd

497.94

−31.87

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

−9.50

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

−29.42

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

31 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	750–800	771	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,606	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	626	369.29/cwt	368.00–370.00	2,312	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	404.90/cwt	388.00–409.00	2,506	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	357.95/cwt	342.00–375.00	2,760	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,465	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,234	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	541.00/cwt	541.00–541.00	2,700	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	347.55/cwt	340.00–353.00	3,211	317
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	403.33/cwt	395.00–409.75	2,908	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	360.39/cwt	353.00–370.00	3,092	367
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	417.73/cwt	409.00–440.00	2,849	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	483.04/cwt	462.50–500.00	2,777	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,254	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	729	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,734	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	445.65/cwt	435.00–459.00	2,817	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	584	448.52/cwt	447.50–452.50	2,619	30
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	333.89/cwt	325.50–336.50	3,392	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,484	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	364.67/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,990	354
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	811	350.74/cwt	350.00–353.00	2,845	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	384.46/cwt	365.50–394.00	2,995	619
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	353.56/cwt	350.00–362.00	2,549	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	327.05/cwt	326.25–328.00	2,845	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	321.75/cwt	321.75–321.75	2,967	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	636	419.50/cwt	419.50–419.50	2,668	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	378.54/cwt	367.00–389.50	2,510	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	496	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,530	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,085	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	334.30/cwt	331.50–338.75	2,715	274
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	695	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,989	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	404.00/cwt	396.00–411.00	2,319	24

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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