Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 400 to 449 mostly steady, 450 to 649 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 400 to 449 and 550 to 599 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower, 450 to 549 lbs 10.00 higher. Good demand for calves today with loads from a few reputation ranches seeing the best demand. Today's sale featured Simmental influenced calves. Many loads and packages were available, all coming off the cow. Most of these good quality calves had full preconditioning. or at the very minimum, one full round of fall shots. Flesh varied, from light to some moderate plus, as some calves had seen creep feed. An active market to start the sale but activity slowed throughout the day. A nice crowd of buyers and farmer feeders in the seats but another day of large losses on both live and feeder cattle futures has buyers erring on the side of caution again, however, more drive to get cattle bought than seen last week. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, November 20. This will be the last feeder cattle sale before Thanksgiving.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $462.83/cwt on 1,328 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −37.77 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

Average price

$462.83

1,328 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$289

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

$53.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.16

vs SD average

+37.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	464.89	2,531	1,277
Medium and Large 1-2	545	411.28	2,242	51

One grade step is worth $53.62/cwt here — about $289 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 sale1,328 hd

462.83

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SD average7 barns · 9,891 hd

443.68

+19.16

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

+37.96

This barn, trailing median8 sales

500.61

−37.77

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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,044	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,508	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	353	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,012	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	428	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,397	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	450	528.00/cwt	528.00–528.00	2,376	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	508	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,535	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	477.60/cwt	455.00–495.00	1,820	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	458.02/cwt	432.50–470.00	1,951	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	536.03/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,999	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	515	448.07/cwt	446.00–451.00	2,308	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	449.64/cwt	426.00–462.50	2,617	478
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	436.61/cwt	410.00–452.00	2,091	380
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	479.77/cwt	455.00–495.00	2,293	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	465.28/cwt	442.50–487.50	2,452	592
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	414.71/cwt	407.50–425.00	2,206	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,110	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	368.86/cwt	345.00–382.50	2,291	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,275	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,834	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	403.36/cwt	395.00–423.00	2,142	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	349.65/cwt	342.50–367.50	1,895	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	392.36/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,864	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	498.90/cwt	485.00–520.00	2,150	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	562	417.56/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,347	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	422.09/cwt	406.50–438.00	2,571	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	396.22/cwt	372.50–403.00	2,651	314
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	375.57/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,182	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,344	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,105	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	406.37/cwt	402.50–410.00	2,292	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,731	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,555	9

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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