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

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

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 4 of 8 comparable sales and sits −3.74 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

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.

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 sale2,283 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

500.61

−3.74

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

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.

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

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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