Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2025-08-21

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 21
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
739 head
677 vs last sale 1,416 739 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale is several months so an accurate price trend can not be developed. Very good demand for this light offering consisting of a handful of loads and packages. All cattle came off the grass and flesh condition was mostly light to moderate with some fill seen at times. Varied quality, especially on packages. An active market with the most activity on load lots and multiple loads of same weight cattle, putting loads together with packages today was difficult. Timely rain has kept grass plentiful and cattle are able to stay out on pastures. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $432.86/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits 67.75 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.
Average price
$432.86
14 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,529
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.70
vs SD average
+32.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575445.002,5594thin
Medium and Large 1-2588428.002,51710thin
One grade step is worth $17.00/cwt here — about $42 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.

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 sale14 hd
432.86
SD average3 barns · 71 hd
433.56
−0.70
National average156 barns · 7,040 hd
399.89
+32.97
This barn, trailing median8 sales
500.61
−67.75
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

21 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 1500–550531450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,39024
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650630382.45/cwt375.00–394.002,40922
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700699370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,58623
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750745352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,62210
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950916315.83/cwt312.50–325.002,89318
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000960324.00/cwt324.00–324.003,11018
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750718387.24/cwt385.00–388.002,78016
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850805359.67/cwt356.00–362.502,89516
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000960340.50/cwt340.50–340.503,26961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750714357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,5535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600588428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,51710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600590383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,2606
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed750–800779388.00/cwt388.00–388.003,023153
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900875348.00/cwt348.00–348.003,04519
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500496485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,40615
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,5594
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650601437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,6296
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600566410.61/cwt396.00–420.002,32426
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800768379.58/cwt375.00–381.002,91530
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700663418.37/cwt412.00–424.002,77437
SteersLarge 11000–10501,008336.50/cwt336.50–336.503,392185

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.