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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-13

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 13

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Nov 6Nov 13Nov 20 →

Receipts

4,346 head

▼ 2,139 vs last sale 6,485▲ 1,700 vs year ago 2,646 · +64.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 400 to 449 mostly steady, 450 to 649 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 400 to 449 and 550 to 599 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower, 450 to 549 lbs 10.00 higher. Good demand for calves today with loads from a few reputation ranches seeing the best demand. Today's sale featured Simmental influenced calves. Many loads and packages were available, all coming off the cow. Most of these good quality calves had full preconditioning. or at the very minimum, one full round of fall shots. Flesh varied, from light to some moderate plus, as some calves had seen creep feed. An active market to start the sale but activity slowed throughout the day. A nice crowd of buyers and farmer feeders in the seats but another day of large losses on both live and feeder cattle futures has buyers erring on the side of caution again, however, more drive to get cattle bought than seen last week. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, November 20. This will be the last feeder cattle sale before Thanksgiving.

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 $462.83/cwt on 1,328 head. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −5.37 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$462.83

1,328 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$289

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

$53.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.16

vs SD average

+37.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	464.89	2,531	1,277
Medium and Large 1-2	545	411.28	2,242	51

One grade step is worth $53.62/cwt here — about $289 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 sale1,328 hd

462.83

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SD average7 barns · 9,891 hd

443.68

+19.16

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

+37.96

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

−5.37

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

31 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 1-2	336	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,344	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	353	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,012	19
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	536.03/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,999	52
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	428	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,397	122
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	498.90/cwt	485.00–520.00	2,150	83
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	449	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,110	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450	528.00/cwt	528.00–528.00	2,376	53
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	479.77/cwt	455.00–495.00	2,293	184
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,105	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	508	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,535	207
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	465.28/cwt	442.50–487.50	2,452	592
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	414.71/cwt	407.50–425.00	2,206	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	406.37/cwt	402.50–410.00	2,292	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	449.64/cwt	426.00–462.50	2,617	478
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	422.09/cwt	406.50–438.00	2,571	290
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	396.22/cwt	372.50–403.00	2,651	314
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	941	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,275	62
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,044	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,508	54
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,555	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	477.60/cwt	455.00–495.00	1,820	89
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,731	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	458.02/cwt	432.50–470.00	1,951	283
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	392.36/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,864	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	436.61/cwt	410.00–452.00	2,091	380
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	515	448.07/cwt	446.00–451.00	2,308	83
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	403.36/cwt	395.00–423.00	2,142	166
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	349.65/cwt	342.50–367.50	1,895	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	562	417.56/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,347	78
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	375.57/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,182	166
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	368.86/cwt	345.00–382.50	2,291	40
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,834	35

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 Nov 13, 2025

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

Receipts 4,346Last week 6,485Year ago 2,646

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	1000–1050	1,044	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	353	570.00	570.00
122	400–450	428	560.00	560.00
53	450–500	450	528.00	528.00
207	500–550	508	499.00	499.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	350–400	373	520.00–550.00	536.03
83	400–450	431	485.00–520.00	498.90
184	450–500	478	455.00–495.00	479.77
592	500–550	527	442.50–487.50	465.28
478	550–600	582	426.00–462.50	449.64
290	600–650	609	406.50–438.00	422.09
314	650–700	669	372.50–403.00	396.22
62	900–950	941	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	336	400.00	400.00
6	400–450	449	470.00	470.00
8	450–500	484	435.00	435.00
30	500–550	532	407.50–425.00	414.71
21	550–600	564	402.50–410.00	406.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	350–400	381	455.00–495.00	477.60
283	400–450	426	432.50–470.00	458.02
380	450–500	479	410.00–452.00	436.61
166	500–550	531	395.00–423.00	403.36
166	550–600	581	360.00–395.00	375.57
40	600–650	621	345.00–382.50	368.86
35	950–1000	974	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
83	500–550	515	446.00–451.00	448.07
78	550–600	562	415.00–420.00	417.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	338	460.00	460.00
8	350–400	389	445.00	445.00
24	450–500	475	385.00–400.00	392.36
31	500–550	542	342.50–367.50	349.65

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.