Sale reports / South Dakota / Herreid Livestock Market / 2026-08-07

Herreid Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Herreid, South Dakota · Fri, Aug 7
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2024
Receipts
2,233 head
1,267 vs last sale 3,500 509 vs year ago 1,724 · +29.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported feeder sale in a month so an accurate price trend can not be established. Today's sale featured three strings of steers off grass and a handful of loads and packages out of yards. Good to very good demand for cattle off grass, these attractive steers carried light to moderate flesh. Moderate to good demand for yard cattle, flesh condition on these mostly moderate plus to heavy. An active market for cattle off grass with buyers taking multiple loads to fill pens, a more moderate market on yard cattle. The recent uncertainty of the futures complex is causing quite a bit of concern in the industry. Much of this area remains dry and July was very hot, grass and crops are suffering and in desperate need of moisture. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 800–900 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
800–900 lb steers averaged $360.38/cwt on 279 head, down $23.96 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 21 comparable sales and sits 2.11 against this barn's trailing median of $362.49.
Average price
$360.38
23.96 vs prior sale
279 head · 859 lb average
Value per head Derived
$3,097
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.13
vs SD average
+9.63 vs national

What quality paid 800–900 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1859360.383,097279
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 800–900 lb

21 sales
400373346319median 362.4912/1902/1303/2005/1508/14
Steers 800–900 lb: high $386.29, low $333.47, median $362.49 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 800–900 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale279 hd
360.38
SD average5 barns · 608 hd
357.25
+3.13
National average94 barns · 8,513 hd
350.75
+9.63
This barn, trailing median21 sales
362.49
−2.11
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

7 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1050–11001,098294.25/cwt294.25–294.253,23149
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy950–1000998295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,94451
SteersLarge 11050–11001,075306.63/cwt305.25–322.503,29661
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850844359.61/cwt357.00–360.753,03591
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900867360.75/cwt360.75–360.753,128188
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950926345.04/cwt344.50–347.253,195691
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000981334.03/cwt331.00–337.003,277791

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.