Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2026-09-24

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 24
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
1,165 head
▼ 170 vs last sale 1,335▲ 234 vs year ago 931 · +25.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale this fall so an accurate price trend cannot be established. Good to very good demand for this yearling offering. A handful of loads of steers, a few loads of spayed heifers, and many packages of tested open heifers, all coming off grass, made up today's yearling sale. Quality varied, flesh condition was light to moderate with some fill seen at times. An active market with a handful of buyers in the seats. Very little harvest work going on this week as weather remains damp and overcast. Few feeder cattle expected next week but a nice line up of calves expected for Thursday, October 8.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
700–800 lb heifers averaged $332.83/cwt on 111 head, down $34.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −34.97 against this barn's trailing median of $367.80.
Average price
$332.83
▼ 34.64 vs prior sale
111 head · 756 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,516
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$280
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.50
vs SD average
+4.87 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1767335.512,57389
Medium and Large 1-2712322.002,29322
One grade step is worth $13.51/cwt here — about $280 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 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale111 hd
332.83
—
SD average4 barns · 232 hd
337.33
−4.50
National average154 barns · 7,706 hd
327.96
+4.87
This barn, trailing median6 sales
367.80
−34.97
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 700–800 lb

6 sales
430393356319median 367.8003/0503/2604/3009/2410/08
Heifers 700–800 lb: high $415.86, low $332.83, median $367.80 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

13 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,70111
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1833350.50/cwt350.50–350.502,92068
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1927335.00/cwt335.00–335.003,10560
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1963342.50/cwt342.50–342.503,298252
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Spayed712322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,29322
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Spayed763340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,59473
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1784315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,47016
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1813318.11/cwt312.00–323.502,58628
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1888309.30/cwt295.00–311.502,74761
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1919296.06/cwt292.25–309.002,721257
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1985300.99/cwt292.50–305.002,965105
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,027295.08/cwt291.00–296.503,03051
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,081280.73/cwt280.00–282.503,03520

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.