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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-16

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

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Mar 26Apr 16Apr 23 →

Receipts

2,404 head

▲ 829 vs last sale 1,575▲ 608 vs year ago 1,796 · +33.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last reported feeder cattle sale was three weeks ago so an accurate price trend can not be established. Good to very good demand for load lots featured in today's offering, especially those light and green enough for grass. Moderate to good demand for packages as there were quite a few plainer quality packages on offer. A few consignments of fall calves on offer, both weaned and off the cow. Flesh condition ranged from light to moderate plus with some fill at times. A mostly active market with both buyers and farmer feeders in the seats. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, April 23, featuring 1200 black steers from one family operation.

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 $505.47/cwt on 149 head, up $48.02 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 8 comparable sales and sits +37.27 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$505.47

▲ 48.02 vs prior sale

149 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,811

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.85

vs SD average

+17.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	505.47	2,811	149

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale149 hd

505.47

—

SD average5 barns · 520 hd

506.31

−0.85

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+17.12

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

+37.27

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

25 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	534.17/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,559	45
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	541.00/cwt	541.00–541.00	2,781	54
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	485.27/cwt	462.50–503.00	2,815	95
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	603	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,015	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	466.55/cwt	455.00–476.00	2,953	227
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	438.37/cwt	425.00–464.00	2,981	83
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	697	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,893	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	419.21/cwt	404.00–424.50	3,081	407
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	392.12/cwt	385.00–395.00	3,055	56
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	366.36/cwt	360.50–369.75	3,187	196
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	544.08/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,312	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,100	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	487.81/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,341	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	460.57/cwt	445.00–467.50	2,390	47
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,266	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	449.65/cwt	432.00–454.00	2,550	119
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	582	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,488	34
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	417.15/cwt	404.00–427.50	2,641	141
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	670	425.31/cwt	423.50–432.50	2,850	100
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	396.83/cwt	391.00–407.50	2,710	126
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	382.42/cwt	376.00–390.00	2,769	67
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	732	417.75/cwt	400.00–436.00	3,058	159
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,895	78
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,779	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,770	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 Apr 16, 2026

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

Receipts 2,404Last week 1,575Year ago 1,796

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	550–600	582	427.50	427.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	425	530.00–560.00	544.08
37	450–500	480	475.00–500.00	487.81
47	500–550	519	445.00–467.50	460.57
119	550–600	567	432.00–454.00	449.65
141	600–650	633	404.00–427.50	417.15
126	650–700	683	391.00–407.50	396.83
67	700–750	724	376.00–390.00	382.42
15	750–800	774	359.00	359.00
7	800–850	817	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	464	452.50	452.50
7	500–550	521	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
100	650–700	670	423.50–432.50	425.31
159	700–750	732	400.00–436.00	417.75
78	750–800	750	386.00	386.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	450–500	479	520.00–550.00	534.17
54	500–550	514	541.00	541.00
95	550–600	580	462.50–503.00	485.27
227	600–650	633	455.00–476.00	466.55
83	650–700	680	425.00–464.00	438.37
407	700–750	735	404.00–424.50	419.21
56	750–800	779	385.00–395.00	392.12
196	850–900	870	360.50–369.75	366.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	603	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	650–700	697	415.00	415.00

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.