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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 6

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

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Receipts

3,406 head

▲ 428 vs last sale 2,978▲ 1,829 vs year ago 1,577 · +116.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks so an accurate price trend can not be established. Very good demand for light cattle suitable for grass and backgrounding, moderate to good demand for bigger, finishing type cattle depending on flesh condition and tag. Many loads of each type available as well as many packages. The majority of today's cattle were home raised and quality varied, especially on packages as producers clean out pens to prepare for calving. A moderate to active market seen for this offering with the most activity on lighter cattle, especially load lots. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, March 20.

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 $388.02/cwt on 309 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −80.18 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$388.02

309 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,084

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$56.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.01

vs SD average

+38.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	393.70	2,095	278
Medium and Large 1-2	583	337.07	1,965	31

One grade step is worth $56.63/cwt here — about $130 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale309 hd

388.02

—

SD average7 barns · 1,419 hd

375.00

+13.01

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+38.74

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

−80.18

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.18, low $457.44, median $468.20 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · Mobridge Livestock Exchange (Thursday) - 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	453.74/cwt	432.50–461.00	1,906	71
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	421.82/cwt	409.00–429.00	2,008	58
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,921	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	398.40/cwt	391.00–402.00	2,096	222
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	375.05/cwt	367.00–377.50	2,085	56
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	337.07/cwt	337.00–337.50	1,965	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	354.06/cwt	341.00–362.00	2,202	194
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	624	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,097	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	319.90/cwt	305.00–334.00	2,147	263
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	300.06/cwt	298.00–306.00	2,178	58
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	283.24/cwt	274.00–288.50	2,215	187
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	280.16/cwt	275.00–284.50	2,269	143
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	271.56/cwt	271.00–272.25	2,357	141
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	914	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,312	63
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	948	262.75/cwt	262.75–262.75	2,491	69
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	260.38/cwt	251.50–262.75	2,487	87
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	360	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,516	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,283	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	383.08/cwt	382.50–385.00	1,460	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	363.55/cwt	362.50–365.00	1,512	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	444	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,736	34
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	449	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,515	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	355.45/cwt	349.00–370.00	1,703	123
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,583	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	333.52/cwt	320.00–344.00	1,771	296
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	317.40/cwt	305.00–333.00	1,822	173
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	304.42/cwt	293.00–311.00	1,872	233
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	281.93/cwt	281.00–285.00	1,762	37
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	292.45/cwt	292.00–293.00	1,989	161
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	703	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,200	38
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	281.87/cwt	274.50–296.00	1,993	88
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	727	269.42/cwt	269.00–269.50	1,959	58
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	777	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	2,358	80
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	806	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,959	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,141	11

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 Livestock Exchange (Thursday) - Mobridge, SD

Thu Mar 6, 2025

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

Receipts 3,406Last week 2,978Year ago 1,577

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	400–450	420	432.50–461.00	453.74
58	450–500	476	409.00–429.00	421.82
222	500–550	526	391.00–402.00	398.40
56	550–600	556	367.00–377.50	375.05
194	600–650	622	341.00–362.00	354.06
263	650–700	671	305.00–334.00	319.90
58	700–750	726	298.00–306.00	300.06
187	750–800	782	274.00–288.50	283.24
143	800–850	810	275.00–284.50	280.16
141	850–900	868	271.00–272.25	271.56
69	900–950	948	262.75	262.75
87	950–1000	955	251.50–262.75	260.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	485	396.00	396.00
31	550–600	583	337.00–337.50	337.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	624	336.00	336.00
63	900–950	914	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	700–750	727	269.00–269.50	269.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	381	382.50–385.00	383.08
14	400–450	416	362.50–365.00	363.55
123	450–500	479	349.00–370.00	355.45
296	500–550	531	320.00–344.00	333.52
173	550–600	574	305.00–333.00	317.40
233	600–650	615	293.00–311.00	304.42
161	650–700	680	292.00–293.00	292.45
88	700–750	707	274.50–296.00	281.87
9	800–850	806	243.00	243.00
11	900–950	935	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	364	352.50	352.50
8	400–450	449	337.50	337.50
8	450–500	491	322.50	322.50
37	600–650	625	281.00–285.00	281.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	360	421.00	421.00
34	400–450	444	391.00	391.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
38	700–750	703	313.00	313.00
80	750–800	777	303.50	303.50

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.