Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2026-04-30

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 30
● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
← Apr 23Apr 30Sep 24 →
Receipts
1,335 head
▲ 111 vs last sale 1,224▼ 81 vs year ago 1,416 · −5.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 900 to 949 lbs steady to 1.00 higher, other weight classes of steers and heifers not well compared. The feature consignment this week was another string of black steers from the same family operation as last week. These attractive cattle were met with very good demand. A few loads and packages from other outfits rounded out the sale, good to very good demand for these cattle. Flesh condition mostly moderate to moderate plus overall. An active market with order buyers interested in procuring multiple loads of these same man cattle to fill pens. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 800–900 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
800–900 lb steers averaged $378.75/cwt on 575 head, down $3.49 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 6 comparable sales and sits +12.45 against this barn's trailing median of $366.30.
Average price
$378.75
▼ 3.49 vs prior sale
575 head · 869 lb average
Value per head Derived
$3,291
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.55
vs SD average
+12.38 vs national

What quality paid 800–900 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1869378.753,291575
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 800–900 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale575 hd
378.75
—
SD average4 barns · 2,292 hd
373.20
+5.55
National average99 barns · 10,227 hd
366.37
+12.38
This barn, trailing median6 sales
366.30
+12.45
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 800–900 lb

6 sales
396376356337median 366.3003/0503/2604/2304/3009/24
Steers 800–900 lb: high $382.24, low $350.50, median $366.30 across 6 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

5 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869378.75/cwt378.75–378.753,291575
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1924359.54/cwt347.50–365.503,322370
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1967360.00/cwt360.00–360.003,481167
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661374.71/cwt372.50–379.002,47718
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775367.47/cwt365.00–369.002,84893

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.
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