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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 16

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Oct 9Oct 16Oct 23 →

Receipts

6,465 head

▲ 4,437 vs last sale 2,028▲ 337 vs year ago 6,128 · +5.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 450 to 499 lbs and 550 to 599 lbs 35.00 to 40.00 higher, 500 to 549 lbs 25.00 to 30.00 higher. Heifer calves 400 to 449 lbs 25.00 to 27.00 higher, 450 to 549 lbs 35.00 to 40.00 higher. Good to very good demand for this very large calf offering. Many loads and packages of calves, all off the cow and in light to moderate flesh. Quality varied, but many attractive calves to choose from, both in loads and packages. Buyers are more than willing to put packages together to make loads if they have a good shot record. Many consignments with solid vaccination records but also quite a few with just one good round of shots or less, buyers are much more reserved on these offerings as they are a much higher risk. An active market with many buyers and farmer feeders in the seats today determined to own cattle, especially those attractive loads of preconditioned calves from reputation outfits. Harvest has come to a halt as the weather has been wet and cloudy, much corn remains unharvested in this area. Next feeder cattle sale is next Thursday, October 23, expecting another 7000 head of bawling calves.

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 $511.45/cwt on 2,043 head. That ranks 9 of 8 comparable sales and sits +43.25 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$511.45

2,043 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,789

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$37.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.17

vs SD average

+42.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	515.29	2,800	1,833
Medium and Large 1-2	561	477.94	2,683	210

One grade step is worth $37.35/cwt here — about $117 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 sale2,043 hd

511.45

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SD average5 barns · 6,891 hd

503.28

+8.17

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

+42.41

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

+43.25

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

39 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	671.28/cwt	670.00–675.00	2,242	33
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	343	616.77/cwt	615.00–620.00	2,116	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	646.16/cwt	632.50–657.50	2,346	33
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	605.07/cwt	600.00–610.00	2,263	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	414	627.50/cwt	627.50–627.50	2,598	42
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	566.58/cwt	557.50–575.00	2,431	85
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	603.82/cwt	585.00–615.00	2,596	212
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	456	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,759	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	573.33/cwt	560.00–585.00	2,672	339
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	545.45/cwt	525.00–556.00	2,640	99
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	526.94/cwt	504.00–546.00	2,756	1,070
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	486.93/cwt	472.50–497.00	2,634	88
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	498.95/cwt	482.50–523.00	2,854	763
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	471.46/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,716	122
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	475.57/cwt	460.00–494.00	2,963	376
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,851	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	659	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	3,223	91
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	452.39/cwt	430.00–474.00	3,040	197
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	648.15/cwt	645.00–655.00	2,068	32
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	329	608.11/cwt	600.00–620.00	2,001	30
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	604.90/cwt	580.00–610.00	2,172	29
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	563.34/cwt	545.00–575.00	2,174	182
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	528.49/cwt	510.00–547.50	2,230	211
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	486.85/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,162	48
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	499.12/cwt	480.00–522.50	2,356	464
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	470.29/cwt	442.50–476.00	2,234	194
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	470.63/cwt	449.00–487.50	2,457	347
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	439.10/cwt	438.00–440.00	2,358	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	461.79/cwt	444.00–477.50	2,628	300
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	424.79/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,434	81
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	601	431.74/cwt	407.00–437.00	2,595	57
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,744	92
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Spayed	691	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,709	79
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,538	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Spayed	763	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,892	75
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	333.51/cwt	330.00–336.00	2,925	17
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	324.38/cwt	312.50–332.50	3,017	10
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,052	12
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,031	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	3,016	7

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 Oct 16, 2025

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

Receipts 6,465Last week 2,028Year ago 6,128

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,031	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	300–350	319	645.00–655.00	648.15
29	350–400	359	580.00–610.00	604.90
211	400–450	422	510.00–547.50	528.49
464	450–500	472	480.00–522.50	499.12
347	500–550	522	449.00–487.50	470.63
300	550–600	569	444.00–477.50	461.79
57	600–650	601	407.00–437.00	431.74
92	650–700	655	419.00	419.00
10	700–750	725	350.00	350.00
17	850–900	877	330.00–336.00	333.51
10	900–950	930	312.50–332.50	324.38
12	950–1000	969	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	300–350	329	600.00–620.00	608.11
182	350–400	386	545.00–575.00	563.34
48	400–450	444	475.00–505.00	486.85
194	450–500	475	442.50–476.00	470.29
29	500–550	537	438.00–440.00	439.10
81	550–600	573	420.00–435.00	424.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
79	650–700	691	392.00	392.00
75	750–800	763	379.00	379.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	400–450	414	627.50	627.50
29	450–500	456	605.00	605.00
91	650–700	659	489.00	489.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	300–350	334	670.00–675.00	671.28
33	350–400	363	632.50–657.50	646.16
212	400–450	430	585.00–615.00	603.82
339	450–500	466	560.00–585.00	573.33
1,070	500–550	523	504.00–546.00	526.94
763	550–600	572	482.50–523.00	498.95
376	600–650	623	460.00–494.00	475.57
197	650–700	672	430.00–474.00	452.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	343	615.00–620.00	616.77
20	350–400	374	600.00–610.00	605.07
85	400–450	429	557.50–575.00	566.58
99	450–500	484	525.00–556.00	545.45
88	500–550	541	472.50–497.00	486.93
122	550–600	576	455.00–480.00	471.46
12	600–650	648	440.00	440.00

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.