Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: mostly yearling steers this week and heifers last week so no trend can be established. Very good demand for yearlings, several attractive strings selling in multiple load lots made up the offering. All came off grass in light to moderate flesh with some fill seen at times. This was the first test of spring calves, a light offering with loads lots seeing good demand and packages moderate demand. All calves came off the cow and most had two rounds of shots. A wide range of quality, especially on packages. Most yards are not yet ready for calves and farmer feeders who would buy packages are busy with harvest. An active market on yearlings, moderate on calves. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, October 9, with a larger offering of calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $496.30/cwt on 292 head. That ranks 4 of 8 comparable sales and sits −4.30 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

Average price

$496.30

292 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,568

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$560

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

$96.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+30.49

vs SD average

+73.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	508.39	2,628	238
Medium and Large 1-2	540	475.00	2,565	14thin
Large 1	532	473.00	2,516	13thin
Medium and Large 2	502	412.00	2,068	27

One grade step is worth $96.39/cwt here — about $560 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale292 hd

496.30

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SD average6 barns · 629 hd

465.81

+30.49

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+73.65

This barn, trailing median8 sales

500.61

−4.30

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

23 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 1-2	500–550	540	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,565	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,922	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	647.50/cwt	647.50–647.50	2,130	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	502	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,068	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,656	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,155	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	508.39/cwt	500.00–517.00	2,628	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,847	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	352.26/cwt	345.00–359.00	3,297	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,145	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	370.82/cwt	359.00–373.75	3,196	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	347.60/cwt	345.00–350.50	3,320	121
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,019	7
Steers	Large 1	450–500	473	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,330	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	542.00/cwt	542.00–542.00	2,298	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,413	30
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	334.75/cwt	334.75–334.75	3,428	60
Steers	Large 1	500–550	532	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,516	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	461.50/cwt	442.50–465.00	2,141	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,998	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,292	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,635	9
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,083	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	3,238	5

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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