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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-23

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 23

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Apr 16Apr 23Apr 30 →

Receipts

1,224 head

▼ 1,180 vs last sale 2,404▼ 181 vs year ago 1,405 · −12.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 850 to 899 lbs 12.00 to 14.00 higher on a narrow comparison. Heifers not well tested today. The majority of today's offering was an attractive string of black steers from one family operation selling in loads and met with very good demand. Flesh condition moderate to moderate plus on this string. A couple packages, including fall calves, on offer and met with good to very good demand. An active market with mostly order buyers in the seats and taking multiple loads when offered. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, April 30, with another string of steers from the same family on offer.

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 $481.65/cwt on 20 head, down $23.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +13.45 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$481.65

▼ 23.82 vs prior sale

20 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−9.28

vs SD average

+2.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	481.65	2,755	20

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 sale20 hd

481.65

—

SD average5 barns · 238 hd

490.93

−9.28

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

+2.62

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

+13.45

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

7 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	481.65/cwt	472.50–492.50	2,755	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	459.24/cwt	445.00–469.00	2,925	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	439.03/cwt	432.50–440.00	2,889	31
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	384.54/cwt	384.25–385.50	3,226	351
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	378.21/cwt	364.75–384.25	3,287	200
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	364.75/cwt	364.75–364.75	3,381	421
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,461	5

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 23, 2026

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

Receipts 1,224Last week 2,404Year ago 1,405

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	572	472.50–492.50	481.65
15	600–650	637	445.00–469.00	459.24
31	650–700	658	432.50–440.00	439.03
351	800–850	839	384.25–385.50	384.54
200	850–900	869	364.75–384.25	378.21
421	900–950	927	364.75	364.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	627	392.50	392.50

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.