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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-26

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 26

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Mar 5Mar 26Apr 16 →

Receipts

1,575 head

▼ 2,569 vs last sale 4,144▲ 1,575 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported feeder cattle sale in recent weeks so an accurate price trend is not available. A nice offering of feeder cattle today featuring a handful of loads and many packages. Very good demand for light fleshed backgrounding or grass type cattle and replacement heifers, good to very good demand for finishing type cattle depending on flesh condition. Quality varied, especially on packages, as producers clean out pens to prepare for the next calf crop. Flesh ranged from light to some heavy flesh at times. An active market with mostly order buyers in the seats, many producers are busy calving. 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 $430.49/cwt on 89 head, down $29.97 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 7 comparable sales and sits −2.82 against this barn's trailing median of $433.30.

Average price

$430.49

▼ 29.97 vs prior sale

89 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,415

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$31.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.13

vs SD average

+5.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	441.15	2,466	59
Medium and Large 1-2	565	409.52	2,314	30

One grade step is worth $31.63/cwt here — about $152 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 sale89 hd

430.49

—

SD average5 barns · 708 hd

437.62

−7.13

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

+5.30

This barn, trailing median7 sales

433.30

−2.82

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

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,262	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	590.27/cwt	585.00–595.00	2,438	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	523.40/cwt	505.00–530.00	2,507	38
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,459	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,567	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,664	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	455.31/cwt	452.50–458.00	2,800	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,859	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	409.04/cwt	384.00–412.75	2,933	96
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	765	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,907	76
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	358.15/cwt	347.00–360.50	2,998	137
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	885	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	3,027	63
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	905	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,023	64
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	3,244	62
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	979	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	3,187	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,153	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,975	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,075	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	503.53/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,336	60
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	461.75/cwt	460.00–465.00	2,207	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,392	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	438.19/cwt	422.50–441.00	2,476	51
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	409.52/cwt	402.50–415.00	2,314	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	402.35/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,579	117
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	393.36/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,632	36
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	375.59/cwt	370.00–383.00	2,716	139
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	782	364.08/cwt	364.00–365.00	2,847	77
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	797	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,805	45
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	814	363.89/cwt	359.00–365.50	2,962	28
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,725	20
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	890	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	3,435	38

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 26, 2026

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

Receipts 1,575Last week 4,144Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	388	555.00	555.00
10	400–450	413	502.50	502.50
60	450–500	464	500.00–505.00	503.53
8	500–550	520	460.00	460.00
51	550–600	565	422.50–441.00	438.19
117	600–650	641	395.00–415.00	402.35
36	650–700	669	385.00–395.00	393.36
139	700–750	723	370.00–383.00	375.59
45	750–800	797	352.00	352.00
20	800–850	816	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	502.50	502.50
37	450–500	478	460.00–465.00	461.75
30	550–600	565	402.50–415.00	409.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
77	750–800	782	364.00–365.00	364.08
28	800–850	814	359.00–365.50	363.89
38	850–900	890	386.00	386.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	377	600.00	600.00
15	400–450	413	585.00–595.00	590.27
38	450–500	479	505.00–530.00	523.40
5	550–600	592	450.00	450.00
18	600–650	615	452.50–458.00	455.31
24	650–700	684	418.00	418.00
96	700–750	717	384.00–412.75	409.04
137	800–850	837	347.00–360.50	358.15
62	900–950	935	347.00	347.00
56	950–1000	979	325.50	325.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	515	477.50	477.50
18	550–600	590	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
76	750–800	765	380.00	380.00
63	850–900	885	342.00	342.00
64	900–950	905	334.00	334.00

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.