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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-15

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 15

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Oct 8Oct 15Oct 22 →

Receipts

6,294 head

▲ 3,671 vs last sale 2,623▼ 171 vs year ago 6,465 · −2.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 400 to 499 lbs 10.00 higher with instances up to 18.00 higher on 400 to 449 lbs, 500 to 549 lbs mostly steady. Heifer calves 400 to 549 lbs mostly steady except 450 to 499 lbs 13.00 to 15.00 higher. A much larger offering of calves this week as the calf run gets underway. Many loads and packages of attractive calves to choose from, all coming off the cow. Good to very good demand for calves. The majority of the calves had full preconditioning or at least a full round of fall shots, calves without were discounted resulting in some wide price spreads. Most of the calves carried light to moderate flesh. An active market at the start of the day with activity slowing a bit as the day wore on. Quite a few farmer feeders in the seats today. The dry summer produced quite a bit of drought damaged corn which ended up in silage piles that need to be fed. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, October 22, featuring Red Angus calves.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $457.62/cwt on 1,413 head, down $7.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −10.58 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$457.62

▼ 7.89 vs prior sale

1,413 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$50.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.85

vs SD average

+25.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	458.01	2,476	1,402
Medium and Large 1-2	575	407.50	2,343	11thin

One grade step is worth $50.51/cwt here — about $133 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,413 hd

457.62

—

SD average6 barns · 7,633 hd

458.47

−0.85

National average190 barns · 30,929 hd

432.29

+25.33

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

−10.58

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.18, low $457.44, median $468.20 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

29 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	615.79/cwt	605.00–625.00	2,044	25
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	624.78/cwt	615.00–642.50	2,355	135
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	602.54/cwt	595.00–605.00	2,320	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	404	599.14/cwt	597.50–600.00	2,421	61
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	550.92/cwt	530.00–572.50	2,336	208
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	496.78/cwt	492.50–520.00	2,166	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	511.24/cwt	495.00–530.00	2,423	632
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	480.24/cwt	472.50–487.50	2,348	75
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	467.63/cwt	440.00–497.50	2,441	898
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	440.87/cwt	420.00–452.50	2,531	504
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,343	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	427.20/cwt	412.50–444.00	2,657	885
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,786	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	321	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,701	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	577.42/cwt	567.50–600.00	1,911	99
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	536.72/cwt	515.00–550.00	2,029	164
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	505.02/cwt	500.00–507.50	1,970	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	480.03/cwt	470.00–512.50	2,088	351
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	459.62/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,013	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Replacement	451	510.32/cwt	504.00–514.00	2,302	87
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	457.63/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,169	445
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,086	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	512	454.98/cwt	445.00–463.00	2,329	116
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	419.65/cwt	409.00–432.50	2,207	373
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	557	437.46/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,437	81
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	404.04/cwt	392.50–420.00	2,295	275
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	386.98/cwt	382.50–389.00	2,337	140
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	937	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,848	11
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	988	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	3,004	25

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mobridge Livestock Exchange (Thursday) - Mobridge, SD

Thu Oct 15, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 6,294Last week 2,623Year ago 6,465

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	332	605.00–625.00	615.79
135	350–400	377	615.00–642.50	624.78
208	400–450	424	530.00–572.50	550.92
632	450–500	474	495.00–530.00	511.24
898	500–550	522	440.00–497.50	467.63
504	550–600	574	420.00–452.50	440.87
885	600–650	622	412.50–444.00	427.20
23	700–750	707	394.00	394.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	385	595.00–605.00	602.54
31	400–450	436	492.50–520.00	496.78
75	450–500	489	472.50–487.50	480.24
11	550–600	575	407.50	407.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	400–450	404	597.50–600.00	599.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	321	530.00	530.00
28	350–400	390	500.00–507.50	505.02
22	400–450	438	450.00–465.00	459.62
16	450–500	488	427.50	427.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	300–350	331	567.50–600.00	577.42
164	350–400	378	515.00–550.00	536.72
351	400–450	435	470.00–512.50	480.03
445	450–500	474	440.00–475.00	457.63
373	500–550	526	409.00–432.50	419.65
275	550–600	568	392.50–420.00	404.04
140	600–650	604	382.50–389.00	386.98
11	900–950	937	304.00	304.00
25	950–1000	988	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
87	450–500	451	504.00–514.00	510.32
116	500–550	512	445.00–463.00	454.98
81	550–600	557	430.00–440.00	437.46

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.