Name: Herreid Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: best test on steers 950 to 999 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for a nice offering of feeder cattle today. Several long strings and a few single loads made up the majority of the cattle. Quality was mostly attractive and flesh condition moderate to moderate plus, some fill seen at times. An active market with buyers interested in multiple loads of same weight cattle quite a bit of the time. No sale next week, next feeder cattle sale is Friday, June 26.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $514.00/cwt on 23 head, down $5.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 16 comparable sales and sits +18.52 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$514.00

▼ 5.08 vs prior sale

23 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,770

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.88

vs SD average

+60.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	514.00	2,770	23

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 sale23 hd

514.00

—

SD average4 barns · 111 hd

505.12

+8.88

National average163 barns · 9,671 hd

453.72

+60.28

This barn, trailing median16 sales

495.48

+18.52

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

20 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 1-2	700–750	724	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,534	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,330	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	428.68/cwt	428.00–437.50	2,881	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	411.33/cwt	410.00–412.00	2,962	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	359.57/cwt	357.50–361.00	3,168	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	3,065	69
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	332.43/cwt	328.75–337.25	3,384	351
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,054	326.26/cwt	326.00–326.50	3,439	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	3,029	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,770	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	341.96/cwt	337.00–348.75	3,348	470
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	357.01/cwt	348.75–363.25	3,334	421
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	344.88/cwt	335.00–345.75	2,825	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	375.57/cwt	371.50–381.00	2,723	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,849	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,980	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	433.87/cwt	425.00–436.00	2,512	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	390.66/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,680	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,629	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,346	6

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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