Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 450 to 499 lbs and 550 to 599 lbs 35.00 to 40.00 higher, 500 to 549 lbs 25.00 to 30.00 higher. Heifer calves 400 to 449 lbs 25.00 to 27.00 higher, 450 to 549 lbs 35.00 to 40.00 higher. Good to very good demand for this very large calf offering. Many loads and packages of calves, all off the cow and in light to moderate flesh. Quality varied, but many attractive calves to choose from, both in loads and packages. Buyers are more than willing to put packages together to make loads if they have a good shot record. Many consignments with solid vaccination records but also quite a few with just one good round of shots or less, buyers are much more reserved on these offerings as they are a much higher risk. An active market with many buyers and farmer feeders in the seats today determined to own cattle, especially those attractive loads of preconditioned calves from reputation outfits. Harvest has come to a halt as the weather has been wet and cloudy, much corn remains unharvested in this area. Next feeder cattle sale is next Thursday, October 23, expecting another 7000 head of bawling calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $511.45/cwt on 2,043 head. That ranks 9 of 8 comparable sales and sits +10.84 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

Average price

$511.45

2,043 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,789

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$37.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.17

vs SD average

+42.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	515.29	2,800	1,833
Medium and Large 1-2	561	477.94	2,683	210

One grade step is worth $37.35/cwt here — about $117 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 sale2,043 hd

511.45

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SD average5 barns · 6,891 hd

503.28

+8.17

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

+42.41

This barn, trailing median8 sales

500.61

+10.84

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

39 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
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	3,016	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	456	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,759	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	414	627.50/cwt	627.50–627.50	2,598	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	659	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	3,223	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	604.90/cwt	580.00–610.00	2,172	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	648.15/cwt	645.00–655.00	2,068	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	573.33/cwt	560.00–585.00	2,672	339
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	671.28/cwt	670.00–675.00	2,242	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	475.57/cwt	460.00–494.00	2,963	376
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,744	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	528.49/cwt	510.00–547.50	2,230	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	452.39/cwt	430.00–474.00	3,040	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	461.79/cwt	444.00–477.50	2,628	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	646.16/cwt	632.50–657.50	2,346	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	499.12/cwt	480.00–522.50	2,356	464
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	616.77/cwt	615.00–620.00	2,116	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	439.10/cwt	438.00–440.00	2,358	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	498.95/cwt	482.50–523.00	2,854	763
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,052	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	650–700	691	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,709	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	324.38/cwt	312.50–332.50	3,017	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	563.34/cwt	545.00–575.00	2,174	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	470.29/cwt	442.50–476.00	2,234	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	333.51/cwt	330.00–336.00	2,925	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	603.82/cwt	585.00–615.00	2,596	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	470.63/cwt	449.00–487.50	2,457	347
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	605.07/cwt	600.00–610.00	2,263	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	471.46/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,716	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,851	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	545.45/cwt	525.00–556.00	2,640	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	763	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,892	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,538	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	424.79/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,434	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	431.74/cwt	407.00–437.00	2,595	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	486.85/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,162	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	486.93/cwt	472.50–497.00	2,634	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	526.94/cwt	504.00–546.00	2,756	1,070
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	608.11/cwt	600.00–620.00	2,001	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	566.58/cwt	557.50–575.00	2,431	85

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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