Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks so an accurate price trend can not be established. Very good demand for light cattle suitable for grass and backgrounding, moderate to good demand for bigger, finishing type cattle depending on flesh condition and tag. Many loads of each type available as well as many packages. The majority of today's cattle were home raised and quality varied, especially on packages as producers clean out pens to prepare for calving. A moderate to active market seen for this offering with the most activity on lighter cattle, especially load lots. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, March 20.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $388.02/cwt on 309 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −112.59 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

Average price

$388.02

309 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,084

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$56.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.01

vs SD average

+38.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	393.70	2,095	278
Medium and Large 1-2	583	337.07	1,965	31

One grade step is worth $56.63/cwt here — about $130 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

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 sale309 hd

388.02

—

SD average7 barns · 1,419 hd

375.00

+13.01

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+38.74

This barn, trailing median8 sales

500.61

−112.59

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

35 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	354.06/cwt	341.00–362.00	2,202	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	337.07/cwt	337.00–337.50	1,965	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	453.74/cwt	432.50–461.00	1,906	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	375.05/cwt	367.00–377.50	2,085	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	398.40/cwt	391.00–402.00	2,096	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	260.38/cwt	251.50–262.75	2,487	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	727	269.42/cwt	269.00–269.50	1,959	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	355.45/cwt	349.00–370.00	1,703	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	333.52/cwt	320.00–344.00	1,771	296
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	281.87/cwt	274.50–296.00	1,993	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,283	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	383.08/cwt	382.50–385.00	1,460	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	421.82/cwt	409.00–429.00	2,008	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,921	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	300.06/cwt	298.00–306.00	2,178	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	444	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,736	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	262.75/cwt	262.75–262.75	2,491	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	914	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,312	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	271.56/cwt	271.00–272.25	2,357	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	280.16/cwt	275.00–284.50	2,269	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	283.24/cwt	274.00–288.50	2,215	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	363.55/cwt	362.50–365.00	1,512	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	319.90/cwt	305.00–334.00	2,147	263
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	304.42/cwt	293.00–311.00	1,872	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	777	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	2,358	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	703	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,200	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	360	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,516	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,583	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	624	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,097	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,141	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	317.40/cwt	305.00–333.00	1,822	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,515	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	281.93/cwt	281.00–285.00	1,762	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,959	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	292.45/cwt	292.00–293.00	1,989	161

How this sale compares

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