Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 400 to 499 lbs 60.00 to 70.00 lower, 500 to 649 lbs 40.00 to 50.00 lower. Heifer calves 400 to 449 lbs and 500 to 599 lbs 40.00 to 45.00 lower, 450 to 499 lbs 60.00 to 70.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for calves today. Another large offering featuring many loads and packages of calves coming off the cow, most of these were fully preconditioned and in light to moderate flesh. Quality varied, from plain to attractive. A moderate to active market but activity weakened throughout the day. The futures complex suffered yet another day of losses and buyers and feeders are unsure of where it will end. The uncertainty has pushed some buyers into waiting until the market stabilizes or has more direction, therefore, they are much more reserved in what they will bid on. Corn harvest is starting to wrap up, it was a plentiful harvest but much corn required drying. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, November 13.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $437.41/cwt on 1,864 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −63.19 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

Average price

$437.41

1,864 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,438

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

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

$34.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.38

vs SD average

+18.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	438.95	2,455	1,780
Medium and Large 1-2	515	404.81	2,085	84

One grade step is worth $34.14/cwt here — about $370 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 sale1,864 hd

437.41

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SD average9 barns · 8,265 hd

448.79

−11.38

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+18.31

This barn, trailing median8 sales

500.61

−63.19

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

32 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	450–500	452	518.00/cwt	518.00–518.00	2,341	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	585	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,644	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	507	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,484	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	391.96/cwt	362.50–401.00	2,246	292
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	424.99/cwt	400.00–441.00	1,997	455
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	393.40/cwt	370.00–412.50	2,065	628
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	420.67/cwt	409.00–433.00	2,453	774
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	446.91/cwt	430.00–477.50	2,346	598
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	452.19/cwt	450.00–477.50	1,881	277
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,009	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	545.28/cwt	527.50–552.50	1,723	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	501.73/cwt	480.00–540.00	1,871	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	586	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,666	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	503	448.94/cwt	427.50–461.00	2,258	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	506.09/cwt	497.50–517.50	2,161	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,808	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	476.98/cwt	462.50–504.00	2,323	506
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	417.80/cwt	401.00–430.00	2,574	537
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	450.01/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,169	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	404.81/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,085	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,058	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,318	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	542.35/cwt	530.00–555.00	1,844	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	563.65/cwt	540.00–572.50	2,176	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	387.74/cwt	365.00–393.00	1,904	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	359.10/cwt	352.50–362.50	1,918	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	434.41/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,690	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,062	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,892	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	513.75/cwt	485.00–520.00	1,921	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	470.89/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,535	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	430.54/cwt	427.50–432.50	1,899	23

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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