Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2025-02-13

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 13
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
2,978 head
1,088 vs last sale 1,890 2,978 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First feeder cattle sale in three weeks so an accurate price trend can not be established. Good to very good demand for a large offering of feeders. Many packages and loads and several multiple loads of same weight cattle available, with the majority of the cattle being home raised. Flesh ranged from moderate to some heavy flesh at times, quite a few big finishing type cattle in the offering today. Quality mostly average to attractive. A few cancellations from the sale today due to the very cold temps and bitter windchills which are expected to last throughout next week. An active market with a few less buyers and farmer feeders in the seats. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, February 20.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $362.62/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits 137.99 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.
Average price
$362.62
72 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,933
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.21
vs SD average
+23.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533362.621,93372
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales
524497470443median 500.6101/0801/2903/0504/1604/23
Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.18, low $457.44, median $500.61 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale72 hd
362.62
SD average6 barns · 1,244 hd
360.41
+2.21
National average155 barns · 9,244 hd
338.67
+23.95
This barn, trailing median8 sales
500.61
−137.99
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

30 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400360385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3865
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450432345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4905
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900863242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,0885
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500465353.40/cwt345.00–360.001,64319
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550529321.53/cwt313.50–334.001,70159
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700663290.20/cwt284.00–295.001,92484
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950927266.18/cwt260.00–272.002,467281
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,80512
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000955264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,52169
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450426405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7257
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400389417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,62412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650647307.05/cwt302.50–311.001,98743
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850822282.82/cwt271.00–288.752,325381
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550533362.62/cwt345.00–370.001,93372
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650629336.09/cwt329.00–343.002,114119
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750735298.50/cwt294.00–301.502,194184
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700674311.94/cwt298.00–326.002,102230
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900885276.39/cwt273.75–283.752,446256
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650629284.94/cwt281.00–286.001,79224
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement650–700683313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,13881
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750705299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,10883
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy800–850812260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,11115
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750721283.41/cwt280.00–287.002,04322
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800773287.03/cwt282.50–297.002,219313
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800766267.06/cwt258.00–268.502,04691
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600588310.31/cwt297.00–316.001,82598
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750713281.43/cwt263.00–286.002,007119
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650618304.87/cwt289.00–313.001,884203
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450431315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3584
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500499300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,49711

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.