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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 29

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Oct 22Oct 29latest

Receipts

6,235 head

▼ 2,112 vs last sale 8,347▼ 72 vs year ago 6,307 · −1.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: steers 400 to 649 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 10.00 lower on 450 to 499 lbs and 600 to 649 lbs. Heifers 400 to 449 lbs mostly steady, 450 to 599 lbs10.00 to 15.00 lower with instances up to 20.00 lower. Another large calf offering this week featuring many loads and many, many packages of calves, all coming off the cow. Very good demand for load lots, good to very good demand for packages. Quality varied on packages, from plain to attractive, loads were mostly attractive in quality. Slightly more flesh overall than last week, flesh ran from light to moderate plus. The bulk of the calves had full preconditioning, those without had at least one full round of shots. An active market seen for the majority of the sale with plenty of buyers, farmer feeders, and bull breeders in the seats. Cooler, wet weather has slowed harvest and made weaning and starting calves more challenging. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, November 5.

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 $465.66/cwt on 1,836 head, down $5.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 8 comparable sales and sits −2.54 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$465.66

▼ 5.08 vs prior sale

1,836 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,580

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$39.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.65

vs SD average

+30.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	466.83	2,586	1,782
Medium and Large 1-2	559	426.94	2,387	54

One grade step is worth $39.89/cwt here — about $199 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,836 hd

465.66

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SD average10 barns · 10,206 hd

464.01

+1.65

National average163 barns · 26,594 hd

435.15

+30.51

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

−2.54

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

22 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	324	676.09/cwt	675.00–680.00	2,191	36
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,786	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	624.64/cwt	610.00–637.50	2,342	125
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	532.02/cwt	510.00–572.50	2,091	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	548.14/cwt	529.00–585.00	2,417	383
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	458	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,553	51
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	501.91/cwt	482.50–520.00	2,419	297
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	484.57/cwt	452.50–506.50	2,529	666
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,370	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	456.25/cwt	427.50–472.50	2,614	1,116
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,437	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	431.71/cwt	412.50–439.50	2,737	591
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	409.74/cwt	398.00–417.00	2,717	151
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	598.49/cwt	575.00–610.00	1,915	44
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	525.57/cwt	507.50–550.00	1,997	105
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,906	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	486.50/cwt	452.50–500.00	2,038	325
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	457.72/cwt	425.00–477.00	2,179	863
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	417.87/cwt	390.00–434.00	2,198	353
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	555	475.58/cwt	452.50–496.00	2,639	296
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	415.14/cwt	389.00–440.00	2,408	389
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	396.13/cwt	390.00–397.00	2,448	104

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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Mobridge Livestock Exchange (Thursday) - Mobridge, SD

Thu Oct 29, 2026

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

Receipts 6,235Last week 8,347Year ago 6,307

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	300–350	320	575.00–610.00	598.49
105	350–400	380	507.50–550.00	525.57
325	400–450	419	452.50–500.00	486.50
863	450–500	476	425.00–477.00	457.72
353	500–550	526	390.00–434.00	417.87
389	550–600	580	389.00–440.00	415.14
104	600–650	618	390.00–397.00	396.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	385	495.00	495.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
296	550–600	555	452.50–496.00	475.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	300–350	324	675.00–680.00	676.09
125	350–400	375	610.00–637.50	624.64
383	400–450	441	529.00–585.00	548.14
297	450–500	482	482.50–520.00	501.91
666	500–550	522	452.50–506.50	484.57
1,116	550–600	573	427.50–472.50	456.25
591	600–650	634	412.50–439.50	431.71
151	650–700	663	398.00–417.00	409.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	530.00	530.00
17	350–400	393	510.00–572.50	532.02
42	500–550	548	432.50	432.50
12	550–600	598	407.50	407.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	450–500	458	557.50	557.50

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.