Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported feeder cattle sale in recent weeks so an accurate price trend is not available. A nice offering of feeder cattle today featuring a handful of loads and many packages. Very good demand for light fleshed backgrounding or grass type cattle and replacement heifers, good to very good demand for finishing type cattle depending on flesh condition. Quality varied, especially on packages, as producers clean out pens to prepare for the next calf crop. Flesh ranged from light to some heavy flesh at times. An active market with mostly order buyers in the seats, many producers are busy calving. 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 $430.49/cwt on 89 head, down $29.97 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −12.76 against this barn's trailing median of $443.25.

Average price

$430.49

▼ 29.97 vs prior sale

89 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,415

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$31.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.13

vs SD average

+5.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	441.15	2,466	59
Medium and Large 1-2	565	409.52	2,314	30

One grade step is worth $31.63/cwt here — about $152 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

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 sale89 hd

430.49

—

SD average5 barns · 708 hd

437.62

−7.13

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

+5.30

This barn, trailing median7 sales

443.25

−12.76

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,392	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	375.59/cwt	370.00–383.00	2,716	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,075	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	438.19/cwt	422.50–441.00	2,476	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,805	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	409.52/cwt	402.50–415.00	2,314	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,664	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	523.40/cwt	505.00–530.00	2,507	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	455.31/cwt	452.50–458.00	2,800	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,459	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,262	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,567	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	3,244	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	765	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,907	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	3,187	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	905	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,023	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	409.04/cwt	384.00–412.75	2,933	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	358.15/cwt	347.00–360.50	2,998	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,859	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	782	364.08/cwt	364.00–365.00	2,847	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	590.27/cwt	585.00–595.00	2,438	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	503.53/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,336	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	461.75/cwt	460.00–465.00	2,207	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	393.36/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,632	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	814	363.89/cwt	359.00–365.50	2,962	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,725	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	885	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	3,027	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	402.35/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,579	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	890	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	3,435	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,975	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,153	18

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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