Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 400 to 499 lbs 5.00 to 6.00 lower, 500 to 649 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 lower. Heifer calves 400 to 449 lbs 10.00 to 13.00 lower, 450 to 499 lbs mostly steady, 500 to 599 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 lower. Good to very good demand for calves today. Many packages and loads and sometimes multiple loads of home raised calves, most with full preconditioning. Quality was mostly attractive on these calves and flesh ranged from light to some moderate plus. An active market which strengthened throughout the day. Many buyers, farmer feeders, and some bull breeders in the seats, buying with much more enthusiasm than earlier this week. Even though it was not a day of huge gains on the futures board, it was not a day of limit losses either and this seemed to give buyers some motivation. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, November 6.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $481.51/cwt on 1,729 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −19.10 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

Average price

$481.51

1,729 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$302

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

$50.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.15

vs SD average

+51.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	483.92	2,653	1,647
Medium and Large 1-2	543	432.97	2,351	82

One grade step is worth $50.95/cwt here — about $302 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale1,729 hd

481.51

—

SD average11 barns · 11,281 hd

460.35

+21.15

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+51.79

This barn, trailing median8 sales

500.61

−19.10

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

31 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	504	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,696	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	533	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,505	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	516.27/cwt	500.00–537.50	1,967	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	443.66/cwt	427.00–455.00	2,320	342
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,735	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,858	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	491.24/cwt	472.50–506.00	2,338	511
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	591.79/cwt	582.00–595.00	2,391	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,500	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	540.14/cwt	517.50–564.00	2,566	560
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	513.81/cwt	480.00–522.50	2,240	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	436.29/cwt	424.00–444.50	2,866	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	454.70/cwt	427.50–470.00	2,833	897
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,248	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	505	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,444	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	573.86/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,244	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	441.67/cwt	418.50–448.50	2,504	618
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	467.44/cwt	442.50–482.50	2,660	767
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	604.70/cwt	600.00–615.00	2,262	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	491.64/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,380	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	611	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,847	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,282	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,965	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	497.60/cwt	479.00–520.00	2,642	836
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,089	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	423.54/cwt	422.50–425.00	2,372	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	524.69/cwt	505.00–545.00	2,209	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	440.72/cwt	432.50–465.00	2,331	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,447	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	449.17/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,116	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	457.08/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,906	20

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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