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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 28

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2010

← Oct 29Oct 28Oct 27 →

Receipts

2,938 head

▼ 142 vs last sale 3,080▼ 142 vs year ago 3,080 · −4.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today was a seasonal Tuesday calf sale, compared to Thursday: best test on steer calves 450 to 499 lbs 60.00 to 65.00 lower, 550 to 599 lbs 35.00 to 40.00 lower. Best test on heifer calves 500 to 549 lbs 35.00 to 40.00 lower. A nice line up of calves today with quite a few load lots and many packages. Overall quality was quite attractive and most of the calves had a sound vaccination record. Moderate to good demand with best demand seen for customers of bull breeders as they competed to own their genetics. A much different market situation than a week ago as the futures complex continues to decline. Buyers are much more reserved as any confidence in the industry's future has evaporated. A nice crowd of buyers, farmer feeders, and bull breeders in the seats for an irregular sale day. A few cancellations today due to rain west and north making for muddy yards and roads. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, October 30, expecting 7500 head.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $443.93/cwt on 855 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −25.05 against this barn's trailing median of $468.98.

Average price

$443.93

855 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,536

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$346

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

$44.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.35

vs SD average

+14.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	444.24	2,538	849
Medium and Large 1-2	548	400.00	2,192	6thin

One grade step is worth $44.24/cwt here — about $346 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale855 hd

443.93

—

SD average10 barns · 13,812 hd

469.28

−25.35

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+14.21

This barn, trailing median1 sales

468.98

−25.05

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

25 lots · USDA AMS · Mobridge Calf Auction (Tue-Seasonal) - Mobridge, SD

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	532.63/cwt	522.50–536.00	2,056	40
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	396	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,871	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	499.62/cwt	492.50–507.50	2,058	41
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,971	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	490.61/cwt	477.50–505.00	2,335	204
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	463.37/cwt	455.00–466.00	2,280	61
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	501	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,510	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	437.51/cwt	436.00–442.50	2,384	115
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,192	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	434.79/cwt	410.00–456.50	2,509	588
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	598	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,882	103
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	609	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,935	103
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	396.20/cwt	380.00–401.50	2,504	115
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	691	430.75/cwt	430.75–430.75	2,976	174
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,555	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	441.91/cwt	437.00–445.00	1,653	50
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,562	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	456.19/cwt	435.00–476.00	1,994	113
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	458.43/cwt	425.00–467.00	2,086	71
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	417.21/cwt	400.00–433.00	2,132	90
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	517	493.56/cwt	453.00–560.00	2,552	320
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,990	56
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	567	479.80/cwt	462.00–512.00	2,720	298
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	404.21/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,344	170
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	607	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	3,108	90

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mobridge Calf Auction (Tue-Seasonal) - Mobridge, SD

Tue Oct 28, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 2,938Last week 3,080Year ago 3,080

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	500–550	501	501.00	501.00
103	550–600	598	482.00	482.00
103	600–650	609	482.00	482.00
174	650–700	691	430.75	430.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	350–400	386	522.50–536.00	532.63
41	400–450	412	492.50–507.50	499.62
204	450–500	476	477.50–505.00	490.61
115	500–550	545	436.00–442.50	437.51
588	550–600	577	410.00–456.50	434.79
115	600–650	632	380.00–401.50	396.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	396	472.50	472.50
7	400–450	415	475.00	475.00
61	450–500	492	455.00–466.00	463.37
6	500–550	548	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	338	460.00	460.00
50	350–400	374	437.00–445.00	441.91
113	400–450	437	435.00–476.00	456.19
71	450–500	455	425.00–467.00	458.43
90	500–550	511	400.00–433.00	417.21
170	550–600	580	380.00–415.00	404.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
320	500–550	517	453.00–560.00	493.56
298	550–600	567	462.00–512.00	479.80
90	600–650	607	512.00	512.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	410.00	410.00
56	500–550	521	382.00	382.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.