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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-12

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 12

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Nov 5Nov 12latest

Receipts

6,676 head

▲ 2,562 vs last sale 4,114▲ 2,330 vs year ago 4,346 · +53.6%

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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 7.00 to 12.00 higher with instances up to 20.00 higher. Heifer calves 450 to 499 lbs and 550 to 599 lbs 10.00 to 20.00 higher, 500 to 549 lbs not well compared. Very good demand for this large offering of calves and one string of yearling steers still coming off grass in light flesh. Many high quality calves to choose from today, all off the cow. Flesh ranged from light to moderate plus with a little fill seen at times. Most calves had a good shot record or at least a full round of fall shots. An active market with a fill house of buyers, farmers, and bull breeders in the seats. This week's rebound on the futures complex has given feeders a little hope and they are wanting to buy these attractive calves while they are available. Many farmers have completed harvest and are ready for calves. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, November 19. This is the last feeder cattle sale before Thanksgiving.

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 $457.50/cwt on 2,160 head, up $18.12 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 9 comparable sales and sits −8.01 against this barn's trailing median of $465.50.

Average price

$457.50

▲ 18.12 vs prior sale

2,160 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,516

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

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

$58.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.37

vs SD average

+38.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	459.02	2,521	2,104
Medium and Large 1-2	579	400.51	2,319	56

One grade step is worth $58.51/cwt here — about $202 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 sale2,160 hd

457.50

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SD average8 barns · 8,320 hd

446.13

+11.37

National average131 barns · 16,955 hd

418.64

+38.86

This barn, trailing median9 sales

465.50

−8.01

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 $505.47, low $439.37, median $465.50 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

35 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,099	15
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	341	536.00/cwt	536.00–536.00	1,828	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,003	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	584.17/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,226	125
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	508.47/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,176	52
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	546.02/cwt	535.00–573.00	2,370	195
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	511.10/cwt	487.50–533.00	2,407	340
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,006	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	483	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,258	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	474.14/cwt	457.50–484.00	2,456	975
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	575	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,286	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	446.83/cwt	420.00–462.00	2,574	1,109
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	400.51/cwt	390.00–407.50	2,319	56
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	606	447.50/cwt	446.00–449.00	2,712	202
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	432.41/cwt	423.00–441.00	2,698	768
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	400.06/cwt	380.00–420.00	2,672	247
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	707	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,899	177
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,727	49
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	898	348.75/cwt	348.75–348.75	3,132	60
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	348.75/cwt	348.75–348.75	3,167	120
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,012	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,289	103
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	552.75/cwt	545.00–560.00	1,824	32
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	534.38/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,897	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,851	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	460.14/cwt	437.50–472.50	2,006	220
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	438.76/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,110	325
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,980	69
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	406.51/cwt	397.50–410.00	2,094	156
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	536	497.79/cwt	483.00–510.50	2,668	193
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	395.24/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,217	155
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	564	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,016	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	588	447.63/cwt	430.00–466.00	2,632	236
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	366.21/cwt	362.50–372.00	2,263	49
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	622	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	3,241	181
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	899	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,630	9

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.

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

Mobridge Livestock Exchange (Thursday) - Mobridge, SD

Thu Nov 12, 2026

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

Receipts 6,676Last week 4,114Year ago 4,346

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	328	640.00	640.00
125	350–400	381	550.00–600.00	584.17
195	400–450	434	535.00–573.00	546.02
340	450–500	471	487.50–533.00	511.10
975	500–550	518	457.50–484.00	474.14
1,109	550–600	576	420.00–462.00	446.83
768	600–650	624	423.00–441.00	432.41
247	650–700	668	380.00–420.00	400.06
49	750–800	779	350.00	350.00
60	850–900	898	348.75	348.75
120	900–950	908	348.75	348.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	341	536.00	536.00
7	350–400	378	530.00	530.00
52	400–450	428	500.00–520.00	508.47
14	450–500	472	425.00	425.00
56	550–600	579	390.00–407.50	400.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	483	467.50	467.50
20	550–600	575	397.50	397.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
202	600–650	606	446.00–449.00	447.50
177	700–750	707	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
103	1000–1050	1,012	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	374	495.00	495.00
69	450–500	498	397.50	397.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	300–350	330	545.00–560.00	552.75
18	350–400	355	530.00–550.00	534.38
220	400–450	436	437.50–472.50	460.14
325	450–500	481	410.00–460.00	438.76
156	500–550	515	397.50–410.00	406.51
155	550–600	561	380.00–415.00	395.24
49	600–650	618	362.50–372.00	366.21
9	850–900	899	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
193	500–550	536	483.00–510.50	497.79
236	550–600	588	430.00–466.00	447.63
181	600–650	622	521.00	521.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	564	357.50	357.50

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.