Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 550 to 649 lbs 25.00 to 30.00 lower on a narrow comparison. Best test on heifers 500 to 549 lbs 16.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for calves today. A totally different offering of calves than seen last week as far as quality. Many plain quality calves in the offering today and also many colored hides, all selling in packages, making it a challenge to put a load of uniform calves together. All calves off the cow and many had full preconditioning. Flesh varied also, from light to moderate plus. A moderate market with a few less buyers and farmer feeders in the seats than last week. Losses on both live and feeder cattle futures again today. This volatility over the last couple weeks has eroded all prior confidence buyers and feeders had coming into this fall marketing season leaving nothing but uncertainty in how to proceed going forward. No feeder cattle next week due to Thanksgiving, a nice line up of bred cattle on Tuesday, November 25, along with the annual pie auction, next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, December 4.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $422.27/cwt on 359 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −78.33 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

Average price

$422.27

359 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,317

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$49.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.96

vs SD average

+12.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	431.95	2,387	264
Medium and Large 1-2	525	398.40	2,092	77
Large 1	592	382.50	2,264	18thin

One grade step is worth $49.45/cwt here — about $122 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale359 hd

422.27

—

SD average8 barns · 5,766 hd

438.23

−15.96

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

+12.19

This barn, trailing median8 sales

500.61

−78.33

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	Large 1	550–600	592	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,264	18
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,018	18
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,077	279.14/cwt	279.00–280.00	3,006	35
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,072	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,841	23
Steers	Large 1	600–650	603	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,050	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	524	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,240	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,520	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	360.75/cwt	341.00–372.00	2,197	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	396.06/cwt	381.00–408.00	2,499	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,579	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,534	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	571.97/cwt	565.00–585.00	2,133	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	460.09/cwt	432.50–477.50	2,374	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	488.48/cwt	477.50–500.00	2,135	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,874	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,995	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	397.09/cwt	376.00–407.50	2,085	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	497	322.22/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,601	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	372.73/cwt	372.50–375.00	2,285	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	474.85/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,336	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	398.40/cwt	388.00–410.00	2,092	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,727	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	374.24/cwt	372.50–377.50	1,748	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	418.53/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,398	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,082	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	350.27/cwt	332.50–367.50	1,888	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	462.65/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,740	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	339.86/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,927	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	445.05/cwt	435.00–457.50	1,976	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	417.58/cwt	400.00–428.00	1,958	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,478	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,036	9

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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