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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-05

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 5

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Oct 29Nov 5latest

Receipts

4,114 head

▼ 2,121 vs last sale 6,235▼ 2,371 vs year ago 6,485 · −36.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 450 to 499 lbs mostly steady, 500 to 649 lbs 20.00 to 30.00 lower. Heifer calves 450 to 499 lbs 20.00 to 26.00 lower, 500 to 549 lbs mostly steady. Good demand for calves today. A much lighter offering than expected due to muddy yards and roads, calves that cancelled today will be here next week. A nice variety of loads and packages, all coming off the cow. Most calves had full preconditioning or at least one full round of shots in the fall. Flesh ranged from light to moderate plus with some tag seen at times. A moderate to active market with a few less farmer feeders in the seats this week. The continued decline of the futures complex has put quite a bit of pressure on the market. Rain at the start of the week has slowed harvest and there has been little to no sun to dry things out this week. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, November 12, expecting over 7000.

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 $439.37/cwt on 1,008 head, down $26.29 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −26.29 against this barn's trailing median of $465.66.

Average price

$439.37

▼ 26.29 vs prior sale

1,008 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,462

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$339

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

$40.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.31

vs SD average

+25.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	441.08	2,477	965
Medium and Large 1-2	533	401.00	2,137	43

One grade step is worth $40.08/cwt here — about $339 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale1,008 hd

439.37

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SD average7 barns · 6,903 hd

444.68

−5.31

National average135 barns · 15,890 hd

414.30

+25.07

This barn, trailing median9 sales

465.66

−26.29

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

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.18, low $439.37, median $465.66 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

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	319	582.19/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,857	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	546.71/cwt	520.00–572.50	2,077	53
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	504.86/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,974	36
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	501.90/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,123	61
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	503.02/cwt	475.00–530.00	2,425	501
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,000	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,137	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	450.21/cwt	432.50–467.50	2,422	383
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	435.08/cwt	412.00–446.50	2,510	582
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	603	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,611	200
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	404.76/cwt	382.00–419.50	2,505	388
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	408.25/cwt	408.25–408.25	2,731	180
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,390	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	494.24/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,824	69
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,799	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	456.64/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,913	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	436.37/cwt	419.00–451.00	2,033	355
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	405.68/cwt	405.00–407.50	1,947	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	513	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,283	93
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	406.36/cwt	370.00–434.00	2,129	388
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	365.48/cwt	354.00–375.00	2,047	192
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	582	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,328	176

This sale against other markets

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 Nov 5, 2026

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

Receipts 4,114Last week 6,235Year ago 6,485

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	389	462.50	462.50
42	450–500	480	405.00–407.50	405.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
93	500–550	513	445.00	445.00
176	550–600	582	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	350–400	369	480.00–520.00	494.24
23	400–450	419	450.00–465.00	456.64
355	450–500	466	419.00–451.00	436.37
388	500–550	524	370.00–434.00	406.36
192	550–600	560	354.00–375.00	365.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	319	560.00–600.00	582.19
53	350–400	380	520.00–572.50	546.71
61	400–450	423	480.00–520.00	501.90
501	450–500	482	475.00–530.00	503.02
383	500–550	538	432.50–467.50	450.21
582	550–600	577	412.00–446.50	435.08
388	600–650	619	382.00–419.50	404.76
180	650–700	669	408.25	408.25
15	700–750	701	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	350–400	391	500.00–510.00	504.86
7	450–500	482	415.00	415.00
43	500–550	533	401.00	401.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
200	600–650	603	433.00	433.00

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.