Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2025-12-04

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 4

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Nov 20Dec 4Jan 8 →

Receipts

4,296 head

▲ 2,337 vs last sale 1,959▼ 450 vs year ago 4,746 · −9.5%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder cattle sale last week due to Thanksgiving, compared to two weeks ago: steers 500 to 649 lbs 20.00 to 30.00 higher. Best test on heifers 500 to 549 lbs steady. Good to very good demand for this nice offering of loads and packages featuring many attractive quality calves. One weaned consignment, weaned 50 days, with the rest of the calves still coming off the cow, most calves had full preconditioning or at least a complete round of fall shots. Flesh condition was mostly light to moderate plus with some fill on the calves at times. An active market assisted by gains in the feeder and live cattle futures again today. The weather has gotten cold and there is quite a bit of snow on the ground in this part of the country. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, December 11.

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 $460.60/cwt on 1,055 head. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −7.60 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$460.60

1,055 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$262

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

$35.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.20

vs SD average

+31.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	461.72	2,579	1,022
Medium and Large 1-2	544	425.91	2,317	33

One grade step is worth $35.81/cwt here — about $262 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale1,055 hd

460.60

—

SD average5 barns · 2,389 hd

447.40

+13.20

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+31.45

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

−7.60

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

29 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	550.53/cwt	547.50–552.50	1,894	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	514.86/cwt	505.00–525.00	1,982	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	518.16/cwt	500.00–531.00	2,202	51
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,088	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	511.53/cwt	490.00–523.00	2,481	253
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,344	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	485.16/cwt	477.00–496.00	2,513	308
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	527	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,372	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	425.91/cwt	402.50–436.00	2,317	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	451.68/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,611	685
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	418.48/cwt	400.00–427.00	2,599	559
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	640	391.26/cwt	389.00–394.00	2,504	55
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	385.05/cwt	369.00–394.00	2,645	308
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,738	168
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,767	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	311	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,571	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	465.64/cwt	450.00–487.50	1,723	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	453.33/cwt	445.00–467.50	1,877	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	433.63/cwt	415.00–441.00	2,016	73
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Replacement	490	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,340	124
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	497	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,851	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,095	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	395.59/cwt	382.50–407.00	2,057	209
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,919	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	544	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,999	45
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	578	417.93/cwt	411.00–432.00	2,416	313
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	367.08/cwt	353.00–377.00	2,144	204
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	372.61/cwt	358.00–388.00	2,347	195
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	362.91/cwt	361.00–363.00	2,435	237

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 Dec 4, 2025

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

Receipts 4,296Last week 1,959Year ago 4,746

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	500–550	544	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
31	450–500	497	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	311	505.00	505.00
19	350–400	370	450.00–487.50	465.64
29	400–450	414	445.00–467.50	453.33
73	450–500	465	415.00–441.00	433.63
209	500–550	520	382.50–407.00	395.59
204	550–600	584	353.00–377.00	367.08
195	600–650	630	358.00–388.00	372.61
237	650–700	671	361.00–363.00	362.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
124	450–500	490	477.50	477.50
313	550–600	578	411.00–432.00	417.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	533	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	500	419.00	419.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	527	450.00	450.00
55	600–650	640	389.00–394.00	391.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	344	547.50–552.50	550.53
13	350–400	385	505.00–525.00	514.86
51	400–450	425	500.00–531.00	518.16
253	450–500	485	490.00–523.00	511.53
308	500–550	518	477.00–496.00	485.16
685	550–600	578	440.00–470.00	451.68
559	600–650	621	400.00–427.00	418.48
308	650–700	687	369.00–394.00	385.05
168	700–750	732	374.00	374.00
18	750–800	754	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	435	480.00	480.00
26	450–500	496	472.50	472.50
33	500–550	544	402.50–436.00	425.91

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.