Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 700 to 799 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, 800 to 899 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Best test on heifers 600 to 649 lbs mostly steady. A large offering of feeder cattle this week featuring many loads and strings of both home raised and backgrounded cattle and quite a few packages of home raised cattle. Good to very good demand for cattle without too much extra flesh, moderate to good demand for fleshier cattle. Very good demand for replacement heifers. Lots of attractive cattle on offer and a few plainer cattle as producers clean out pens before calving. An active market with mostly order buyers in the seats. Warm weather in the 60's expected for the weekend and then cooler weather to follow, temperatures have been very up and down the last few weeks. No sale next week due to Good Friday, next feeder cattle sale is Friday April 10.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $513.34/cwt on 84 head, up $19.21 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 16 comparable sales and sits +17.86 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$513.34

▲ 19.21 vs prior sale

84 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,805

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+18.94

vs SD average

+35.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	513.34	2,805	84

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 sale84 hd

513.34

—

SD average6 barns · 981 hd

494.39

+18.94

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

+35.25

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

+17.86

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

28 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	650–700	666	398.89/cwt	382.50–405.50	2,657	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	373.47/cwt	356.00–384.50	2,749	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,692	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	429.31/cwt	428.00–429.50	2,533	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	506.55/cwt	485.00–512.50	2,355	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,963	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,260	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	558.76/cwt	535.00–562.50	2,721	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	362.75/cwt	355.00–368.50	3,007	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	341.44/cwt	330.75–351.00	3,148	600
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,801	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	439.56/cwt	419.00–453.50	2,945	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	467.39/cwt	440.00–471.00	2,440	38
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,067	310.25/cwt	310.25–310.25	3,310	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	538.57/cwt	505.00–542.50	2,827	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	390.21/cwt	385.00–395.50	3,028	554
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,229	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	457.11/cwt	445.00–477.00	2,825	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,376	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	418.30/cwt	413.00–423.00	2,602	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	576.87/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,544	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	462.87/cwt	457.50–470.00	2,726	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	344.79/cwt	344.50–345.00	2,903	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	848	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	3,129	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	863	354.06/cwt	349.50–359.00	3,056	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	715	396.28/cwt	393.50–400.00	2,833	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	415.53/cwt	396.00–425.25	2,984	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	358.46/cwt	351.00–365.00	3,158	322

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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