Cattle Market Mobridge Livestock Exchange (Thursday) Market Report
Mobridge, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock · usually sells Thursdays
Sale of Thursday, October 22, 20268,347 head sold ·Official USDA report · Price history in the app
Receipts
| Head | This sale | Last sale | Last year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total receipts | 8,347 | 6,294 | 7,525 |
| Feeder cattle | 8,347 | 6,294 | 7,525 |
Market comments — USDA reporter
- → Feeder cattle: farmer feeders
- → Feeder heifers: Heifers 400 to 449 lbs mostly steady
- → Feeder steers: steers 450 to 499 lbs mostly steady
New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓
Feeder Steers
| Weight (lb) | Avg wt | Head | Price range | Avg $ | ≈ $/hd | Δ last sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 307–349 | 325 | 27 | 610.00–670.00 | $633.87 | $2,060 | +18.08 |
| 354 | 354 | 18 | 665.00 | $665.00 | $2,354 | — |
| 356–392 | 380 | 60 | 610.00–644.00 | $621.09 | $2,360 | -3.69 |
| 402–449 | 421 | 273 | 530.00–571.00 | $549.70 | $2,314 | -1.22 |
| 452–499 | 476 | 662 | 487.00–532.00 | $513.21 | $2,443 | +1.97 |
| 500–549 | 525 | 1,748 | 450.00–505.00 | $479.99 | $2,520 | +12.36 |
| 553–594 | 573 | 775 | 425.00–470.00 | $451.76 | $2,589 | +10.89 |
| 600–649 | 616 | 815 | 412.00–448.50 | $438.36 | $2,700 | +11.16 |
| 651–688 | 663 | 96 | 394.00–412.50 | $402.37 | $2,668 | — |
| Weight (lb) | Avg wt | Head | Price range | Avg $ | ≈ $/hd | Δ last sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 348 | 348 | 7 | 560.00 | $560.00 | $1,949 | — |
| 360–391 | 373 | 48 | 530.00–575.00 | $550.00 | $2,052 | -52.54 |
| 427–447 | 437 | 154 | 492.50–520.00 | $511.49 | $2,235 | +14.71 |
| 544 | 544 | 44 | 437.50 | $437.50 | $2,380 | — |
Feeder Heifers
| Weight (lb) | Avg wt | Head | Price range | Avg $ | ≈ $/hd | Δ last sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 307–332 | 321 | 69 | 550.00–610.00 | $569.05 | $1,827 | -8.37 |
| 355–356 | 356 | 40 | 566.00–575.00 | $568.92 | $2,025 | +32.20 |
| 403–440 | 420 | 528 | 450.00–510.00 | $478.33 | $2,009 | -1.70 |
| 454–493 | 475 | 526 | 455.00–502.50 | $480.77 | $2,284 | +23.14 |
| 481–487 | 484 | 240 | 554.00 | $554.00 | $2,681 | +96.37 |
| 500–536 | 509 | 393 | 422.50–462.50 | $449.72 | $2,289 | -5.26 |
| 511–531 | 519 | 278 | 480.00–517.50 | $504.61 | $2,619 | +49.63 |
| 556–584 | 565 | 225 | 410.00–444.00 | $428.96 | $2,424 | +24.92 |
| 550–596 | 572 | 664 | 460.00–580.00 | $516.00 | $2,952 | +111.96 |
| 604 | 604 | 16 | 417.50 | $417.50 | $2,522 | +30.52 |
| Weight (lb) | Avg wt | Head | Price range | Avg $ | ≈ $/hd | Δ last sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 303 | 303 | 6 | 530.00 | $530.00 | $1,606 | ±0.00 |
| 356–381 | 373 | 98 | 487.50–530.00 | $501.15 | $1,869 | -3.87 |
| 438 | 438 | 9 | 440.00 | $440.00 | $1,927 | -19.62 |
| 461–489 | 480 | 140 | 415.00–449.00 | $436.99 | $2,098 | +9.49 |
| 522 | 522 | 20 | 410.00 | $410.00 | $2,140 | — |
Price trend
500–549 lb Medium and Large 1 steers — head-weighted average $/cwt by sale date, last 12 months.
Reading this report
What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?
USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.
What is $/cwt?
Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.
Why are some prices per head?
Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.
← Previous sale (Oct 15, 2026)
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Compared to last week: steers 450 to 499 lbs mostly steady, 500 to 549 and 600 to 649 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, 550 to 599 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifers 400 to 449 lbs mostly steady, 450 to 599 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 higher. A large offering of calves today featuring many loads and many, many packages, including quite a few replacement heifers. Good to very good demand for these home raised calves. All calves came off the cow and most had full preconditioning, or at least one full round of fall shots. Quality varied, mostly average to attractive. Flesh condition ranged from light to moderate with some moderate plus at times. An active market with a house full of buyers, farmer feeders, and bull breeders competing for cattle. Most of the replacement heifers went back to bull breeders interested in buying back their genetics. Bean harvest is mostly complete and corn harvest is progressing rapidly. Two big feeder cattle sales next week, the first on Tuesday, October 27, featuring Black Angus calves, and regular feeder cattle sale on Thursday, October 29.