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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-23

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 23

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Oct 16Oct 23Oct 30 →

Receipts

7,525 head

▲ 1,060 vs last sale 6,465▲ 2,264 vs year ago 5,261 · +43.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 400 to 699 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Heifer calves 400 to 599 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower. A very large offering of calves today with many, many packages and quite a few loads offered, all off the cow. Good to very good demand seen this offering. Quality varied greatly, especially on packages, from plain to attractive. Most calves in light to moderate flesh and had at least some preconditioning, calves without a solid shot record sell at the lower end of a wide price spectrum. Today's sale featured Red Angus cattle and there were several bull breeders in the seats buying back their genetics, especially in heifers. An active market with plenty of buyers, farmer feeders, and bull breeders competing for cattle, however, the last few days of uncertainty in the futures complex have led to much more caution than seen last week. Two big feeder cattle sales next week with a seasonal calf sale on Tuesday, October 28, and regular sale on Thursday, October 30.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $496.86/cwt on 2,283 head. That ranks 7 of 8 comparable sales and sits +28.66 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$496.86

2,283 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,746

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$36.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.37

vs SD average

+38.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	498.67	2,756	2,169
Medium and Large 1-2	553	462.49	2,556	114

One grade step is worth $36.18/cwt here — about $200 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,283 hd

496.86

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SD average9 barns · 10,231 hd

490.50

+6.37

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+38.72

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

+28.66

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.18, low $457.44, median $468.20 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

42 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	292	712.50/cwt	712.50–712.50	2,081	37
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	313	652.01/cwt	635.00–665.00	2,041	12
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	702.16/cwt	690.00–705.00	2,254	25
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	354	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	2,478	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	638.75/cwt	620.00–645.00	2,363	68
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	394	584.59/cwt	580.00–605.00	2,303	37
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	411	638.00/cwt	638.00–638.00	2,622	74
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	552.37/cwt	537.50–556.00	2,359	57
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	583.59/cwt	560.00–600.00	2,515	105
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	543.78/cwt	527.50–570.00	2,594	311
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	503.74/cwt	490.00–512.50	2,428	56
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	506	471.83/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,387	44
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	522	540.85/cwt	540.00–552.00	2,823	348
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	503.11/cwt	484.00–535.00	2,651	688
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	557	511.50/cwt	511.50–511.50	2,849	73
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	481.06/cwt	465.00–498.50	2,785	1,060
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	456.62/cwt	455.00–457.50	2,658	70
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	475.19/cwt	457.00–486.75	2,960	615
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	446.18/cwt	445.00–447.50	2,811	86
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	451.74/cwt	434.00–465.50	2,986	261
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	251	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	1,707	29
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,111	36
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	603.28/cwt	600.00–605.00	1,997	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	596.13/cwt	570.00–602.00	2,301	130
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	551.71/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,135	54
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	424	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,364	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	515.28/cwt	502.50–535.00	2,195	123
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	477.57/cwt	460.00–492.50	2,097	56
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	450.19/cwt	427.50–460.00	2,134	44
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Replacement	479	534.12/cwt	510.00–545.00	2,558	370
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	487.69/cwt	465.00–505.00	2,336	274
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	506	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,492	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	514	538.21/cwt	502.50–571.00	2,766	206
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	454.34/cwt	446.00–470.00	2,399	516
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	433.68/cwt	422.50–442.00	2,294	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	567	537.83/cwt	480.00–569.00	3,049	521
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	444.86/cwt	431.00–467.50	2,567	95
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,430	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	593	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,502	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,303	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	615	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,712	100
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	998	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,094	19

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mobridge Livestock Exchange (Thursday) - Mobridge, SD

Thu Oct 23, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 7,525Last week 6,465Year ago 5,261

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
74	400–450	411	638.00	638.00
348	500–550	522	540.00–552.00	540.85
73	550–600	557	511.50	511.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	250–300	292	712.50	712.50
25	300–350	321	690.00–705.00	702.16
68	350–400	370	620.00–645.00	638.75
105	400–450	431	560.00–600.00	583.59
311	450–500	477	527.50–570.00	543.78
688	500–550	527	484.00–535.00	503.11
1,060	550–600	579	465.00–498.50	481.06
615	600–650	623	457.00–486.75	475.19
261	650–700	661	434.00–465.50	451.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	354	700.00	700.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	313	635.00–665.00	652.01
37	350–400	394	580.00–605.00	584.59
57	400–450	427	537.50–556.00	552.37
56	450–500	482	490.00–512.50	503.74
44	500–550	506	450.00–480.00	471.83
70	550–600	582	455.00–457.50	456.62
86	600–650	630	445.00–447.50	446.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	593	422.00	422.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
370	450–500	479	510.00–545.00	534.12
206	500–550	514	502.50–571.00	538.21
521	550–600	567	480.00–569.00	537.83
100	600–650	615	441.00	441.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	250–300	251	680.00	680.00
36	300–350	315	670.00	670.00
130	350–400	386	570.00–602.00	596.13
123	400–450	426	502.50–535.00	515.28
274	450–500	479	465.00–505.00	487.69
516	500–550	528	446.00–470.00	454.34
95	550–600	577	431.00–467.50	444.86
8	600–650	602	382.50	382.50
19	950–1000	998	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	424	557.50	557.50
29	500–550	506	492.50	492.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	331	600.00–605.00	603.28
54	350–400	387	520.00–560.00	551.71
56	400–450	439	460.00–492.50	477.57
44	450–500	474	427.50–460.00	450.19
40	500–550	529	422.50–442.00	433.68
22	550–600	582	417.50	417.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.