Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale this fall so an accurate price trend cannot be established. Good to very good demand for this yearling offering. A handful of loads of steers, a few loads of spayed heifers, and many packages of tested open heifers, all coming off grass, made up today's yearling sale. Quality varied, flesh condition was light to moderate with some fill seen at times. An active market with a handful of buyers in the seats. Very little harvest work going on this week as weather remains damp and overcast. Few feeder cattle expected next week but a nice line up of calves expected for Thursday, October 8.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb heifers averaged $332.83/cwt on 111 head, down $34.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −54.17 against this barn's trailing median of $387.00.

Average price

$332.83

▼ 34.64 vs prior sale

111 head · 756 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,516

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$13.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.50

vs SD average

+4.87 vs national

What quality paid 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	767	335.51	2,573	89
Medium and Large 1-2	712	322.00	2,293	22

One grade step is worth $13.51/cwt here — about $280 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 700–800 lb

7 sales

Heifers 700–800 lb: high $415.86, low $332.83, median $387.00 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 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale111 hd

332.83

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SD average4 barns · 232 hd

337.33

−4.50

National average154 barns · 7,706 hd

327.96

+4.87

This barn, trailing median7 sales

387.00

−54.17

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

13 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	Large 1	1050–1100	1,081	280.73/cwt	280.00–282.50	3,035	20
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	295.08/cwt	291.00–296.50	3,030	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,470	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	318.11/cwt	312.00–323.50	2,586	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	309.30/cwt	295.00–311.50	2,747	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	300.99/cwt	292.50–305.00	2,965	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	2,920	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	763	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,594	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	700–750	712	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,293	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	3,298	252
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	296.06/cwt	292.25–309.00	2,721	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,701	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,105	60

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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