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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-17

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 17

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Apr 3Apr 17Apr 24 →

Receipts

1,796 head

▼ 159 vs last sale 1,955▲ 140 vs year ago 1,656 · +8.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Different weight classes today then two weeks ago so an accurate prince trend cannot be established. Good to very good demand for today's offering. This sale featured fall calves and there was quite a few of these but also plenty of last spring's steers and heifers as well as a few replacement heifers, a little bit of everything in this offering. The majority of the cattle sold in packages. Flesh condition varied quite a bit today, from light to heavy, and quality varied a good bit also, from plain to attractive. Many producers are clearing out pens for the season to make room for the next crop of calves. A moderate to active market with a good crowd at this auction, especially for bred cows which were sold before the feeder cattle. Another very windy day for this area with little to no moisture received, these dry conditions are a major concern for producers. A long string of backgrounded steers expected for the sale next Thursday, April 24.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $338.80/cwt on 167 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −94.51 against this barn's trailing median of $433.30.

Average price

$338.80

167 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,882

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$36.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.35

vs SD average

+17.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	344.30	1,897	142
Medium and Large 1-2	581	307.55	1,787	25

One grade step is worth $36.75/cwt here — about $110 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 sale167 hd

338.80

—

SD average7 barns · 1,173 hd

345.15

−6.35

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

+17.62

This barn, trailing median7 sales

433.30

−94.51

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

7 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $483.77, low $421.13, median $433.30 across 7 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

34 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,750	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	448.05/cwt	432.00–453.00	1,927	50
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	433.77/cwt	412.50–450.00	2,069	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,004	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	401.84/cwt	388.00–411.00	2,073	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	541	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,042	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	384.70/cwt	376.00–389.00	2,154	72
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	355.04/cwt	350.00–359.00	2,077	37
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	604	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,235	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	347.73/cwt	335.00–357.00	2,163	96
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	327.91/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,164	57
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	318.34/cwt	310.00–332.00	2,314	40
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	324.80/cwt	311.00–330.00	2,468	121
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	767	303.19/cwt	302.00–307.50	2,325	51
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	294.84/cwt	290.00–295.50	2,385	86
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	895	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,470	68
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,422	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	419.45/cwt	416.00–425.00	1,598	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	410.94/cwt	408.00–415.00	1,714	66
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	387.03/cwt	385.00–387.50	1,730	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	377.31/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,777	59
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	349.57/cwt	347.50–352.50	1,674	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	488	361.13/cwt	354.00–367.50	1,762	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	354.56/cwt	345.00–367.00	1,886	87
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	328.06/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,906	55
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	307.55/cwt	307.00–308.00	1,787	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	313.16/cwt	308.00–326.00	1,904	82
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	641	292.56/cwt	291.00–300.00	1,875	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	320.09/cwt	314.00–322.00	2,109	108
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	667	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,981	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	721	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,181	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	282.11/cwt	279.00–291.50	2,037	60
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	804	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	2,400	75
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	280.25/cwt	273.00–285.00	2,306	30

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 Apr 17, 2025

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

Receipts 1,796Last week 1,955Year ago 1,656

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	450–500	488	354.00–367.50	361.13
28	600–650	641	291.00–300.00	292.56
8	650–700	667	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	327	435.00	435.00
17	350–400	381	416.00–425.00	419.45
66	400–450	417	408.00–415.00	410.94
59	450–500	471	370.00–400.00	377.31
87	500–550	532	345.00–367.00	354.56
55	550–600	581	320.00–340.00	328.06
82	600–650	608	308.00–326.00	313.16
108	650–700	659	314.00–322.00	320.09
60	700–750	722	279.00–291.50	282.11
30	800–850	823	273.00–285.00	280.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	700–750	721	302.50	302.50
75	800–850	804	298.50	298.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	447	385.00–387.50	387.03
17	450–500	479	347.50–352.50	349.57
25	550–600	581	307.00–308.00	307.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	604	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	350	500.00	500.00
50	400–450	430	432.00–453.00	448.05
21	450–500	477	412.50–450.00	433.77
41	500–550	516	388.00–411.00	401.84
72	550–600	560	376.00–389.00	384.70
96	600–650	622	335.00–357.00	347.73
57	650–700	660	325.00–345.00	327.91
40	700–750	727	310.00–332.00	318.34
121	750–800	760	311.00–330.00	324.80
86	800–850	809	290.00–295.50	294.84
68	850–900	895	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	541	377.50	377.50
51	750–800	767	302.00–307.50	303.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	498	402.50	402.50
37	550–600	585	350.00–359.00	355.04

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.