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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-05

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 5

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Feb 12Mar 5Mar 26 →

Receipts

4,144 head

▲ 378 vs last sale 3,766▲ 738 vs year ago 3,406 · +21.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder cattle sale in recent weeks to develop an accurate price trend. A large offering of feeder cattle today, the majority of these were home raised. Quite a few light, green cattle suitable for grass or backgrounding and also many home raised, reputation replacement heifers, both loads and packages, all met with very good demand. Most cattle were attractive, clean hided and open haired. An active market with both buyers and farmers in the seats, farmers interested mostly in replacements. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

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 $460.46/cwt on 333 head. That ranks 6 of 7 comparable sales and sits +27.16 against this barn's trailing median of $433.30.

Average price

$460.46

333 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,457

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$12.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.39

vs SD average

+39.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	461.55	2,463	305
Medium and Large 1-2	533	448.61	2,391	28

One grade step is worth $12.94/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale333 hd

460.46

—

SD average7 barns · 1,947 hd

441.08

+19.39

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

+39.50

This barn, trailing median7 sales

433.30

+27.16

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

33 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,489	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	613.64/cwt	607.50–635.00	2,534	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	560.15/cwt	550.00–572.50	2,655	46
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,590	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	528.32/cwt	500.00–536.00	2,784	143
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,618	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	498.26/cwt	470.00–507.50	2,840	191
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	476.52/cwt	452.50–490.00	2,926	279
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,801	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	437.22/cwt	419.00–441.00	2,881	218
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	404.64/cwt	381.00–412.50	2,917	174
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	391.02/cwt	382.00–401.50	3,023	294
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	383.50/cwt	383.50–383.50	3,076	70
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	360.20/cwt	358.50–364.00	3,209	200
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	3,004	26
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,275	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	541.94/cwt	535.00–550.00	2,130	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	523.45/cwt	517.50–530.00	2,329	82
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	485.23/cwt	470.00–492.50	2,344	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	471.10/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,450	216
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	448.61/cwt	448.00–450.00	2,391	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	438.37/cwt	422.00–445.00	2,486	89
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	411.87/cwt	390.00–421.00	2,541	480
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	675	424.97/cwt	408.00–432.50	2,869	118
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	348.09/cwt	335.00–352.50	2,364	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	389.23/cwt	368.00–400.00	2,658	293
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	377.66/cwt	364.00–381.00	2,730	85
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	340.17/cwt	335.00–342.50	2,476	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	730	424.56/cwt	403.00–480.00	3,099	314
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	763	424.32/cwt	382.50–458.00	3,238	351
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	796	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,905	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,484	19
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	866	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	3,222	37

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 5, 2026

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

Receipts 4,144Last week 3,766Year ago 3,406

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	376	605.00	605.00
82	400–450	445	517.50–530.00	523.45
23	450–500	483	470.00–492.50	485.23
216	500–550	520	460.00–485.00	471.10
89	550–600	567	422.00–445.00	438.37
480	600–650	617	390.00–421.00	411.87
293	650–700	683	368.00–400.00	389.23
85	700–750	723	364.00–381.00	377.66
14	750–800	796	365.00	365.00
19	800–850	821	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
118	650–700	675	408.00–432.50	424.97
314	700–750	730	403.00–480.00	424.56
351	750–800	763	382.50–458.00	424.32
37	850–900	866	372.00	372.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	393	535.00–550.00	541.94
28	500–550	533	448.00–450.00	448.61
19	650–700	679	335.00–352.50	348.09
23	700–750	728	335.00–342.50	340.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	366	680.00	680.00
35	400–450	413	607.50–635.00	613.64
46	450–500	474	550.00–572.50	560.15
143	500–550	527	500.00–536.00	528.32
191	550–600	570	470.00–507.50	498.26
279	600–650	614	452.50–490.00	476.52
218	650–700	659	419.00–441.00	437.22
174	700–750	721	381.00–412.50	404.64
294	750–800	773	382.00–401.50	391.02
70	800–850	802	383.50	383.50
200	850–900	891	358.50–364.00	360.20
26	900–950	902	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	491	527.50	527.50
7	550–600	563	465.00	465.00
26	600–650	641	437.00	437.00

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.