Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2025-09-04

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 4
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
746 head
7 vs last sale 739 746 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Different weight classes than two weeks ago so an accurate price trend can not be established, higher undertones noted on heifers. Very good demand for this light yearling offering featuring mostly heifers. A couple loads of spayed heifers available with the rest of the offering selling in packages, many of these were tested open heifers. All cattle came off grass Flesh condition was light to moderate with some fill seen at times. An active market despite a lower futures market at the time of this writing. Buyers remain optimistic about future inventories and prices and are determined to own cattle and take advantage of this record breaking cattle market. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $385.18/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits 23.49 against this barn's trailing median of $408.67.
Average price
$385.18
59 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,488
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.48
vs SD average
+29.23 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1646385.182,48859
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

8 sales
451421391361median 408.6701/0801/2903/0504/1604/30
Heifers 600–700 lb: high $437.39, low $374.71, median $408.67 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale59 hd
385.18
SD average2 barns · 65 hd
384.71
+0.48
National average143 barns · 5,755 hd
355.95
+29.23
This barn, trailing median8 sales
408.67
−23.49
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

12 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
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,008325.00/cwt325.00–325.003,27614
HeifersLarge 11050–11001,057314.50/cwt314.50–314.503,32432
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850811342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,7744
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700650382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,48629
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650642387.78/cwt387.00–390.002,49030
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800783360.17/cwt359.00–363.002,82038
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750730369.14/cwt361.00–373.502,695108
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950919335.01/cwt326.00–340.003,079156
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000981328.16/cwt326.00–335.003,219211
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000988337.00/cwt337.00–337.003,33017
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800763399.00/cwt397.00–401.003,04418
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750700415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,90533

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.