Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder cattle sale in recent weeks to develop an accurate price trend. A large offering of feeder cattle today, the majority of these were home raised. Quite a few light, green cattle suitable for grass or backgrounding and also many home raised, reputation replacement heifers, both loads and packages, all met with very good demand. Most cattle were attractive, clean hided and open haired. An active market with both buyers and farmers in the seats, farmers interested mostly in replacements. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $460.46/cwt on 333 head, up $17.21 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 7 comparable sales and sits +17.21 against this barn's trailing median of $443.25.

Average price

$460.46

▲ 17.21 vs prior sale

333 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,457

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$12.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.39

vs SD average

+39.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	461.55	2,463	305
Medium and Large 1-2	533	448.61	2,391	28

One grade step is worth $12.94/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.46, low $430.49, median $443.25 across 7 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 sale333 hd

460.46

—

SD average7 barns · 1,947 hd

441.08

+19.39

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

+39.50

This barn, trailing median7 sales

443.25

+17.21

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

33 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,484	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,275	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	485.23/cwt	470.00–492.50	2,344	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	523.45/cwt	517.50–530.00	2,329	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	377.66/cwt	364.00–381.00	2,730	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	471.10/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,450	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	560.15/cwt	550.00–572.50	2,655	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	404.64/cwt	381.00–412.50	2,917	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,618	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	437.22/cwt	419.00–441.00	2,881	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	476.52/cwt	452.50–490.00	2,926	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	391.02/cwt	382.00–401.50	3,023	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	498.26/cwt	470.00–507.50	2,840	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	360.20/cwt	358.50–364.00	3,209	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,801	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	438.37/cwt	422.00–445.00	2,486	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	730	424.56/cwt	403.00–480.00	3,099	314
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	866	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	3,222	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,590	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	383.50/cwt	383.50–383.50	3,076	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	528.32/cwt	500.00–536.00	2,784	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	411.87/cwt	390.00–421.00	2,541	480
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	389.23/cwt	368.00–400.00	2,658	293
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,905	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,489	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	3,004	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	613.64/cwt	607.50–635.00	2,534	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	340.17/cwt	335.00–342.50	2,476	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	448.61/cwt	448.00–450.00	2,391	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	763	424.32/cwt	382.50–458.00	3,238	351
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	675	424.97/cwt	408.00–432.50	2,869	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	541.94/cwt	535.00–550.00	2,130	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	348.09/cwt	335.00–352.50	2,364	19

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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