Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2026-01-15

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-15

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

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Jan 8Jan 15Jan 29 →

Receipts

4,156 head

▲ 2,910 vs last sale 1,246▼ 46 vs year ago 4,202 · −1.1%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steer calves 550 to 599 lbs and 650 to 699 lbs 10.00 to 20.00 higher, 600 to 649 lbs mostly steady, 700 to 749 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifer calves not well tested last week for comparison. A much larger offering than last week with many loads and packages of home raised calves available and met with good to very good demand. A little over 500 head of calves were still coming off the cow, but these calves were attractive and green and saw no discounts. The balance of the calves were long time weaned and most had good vaccinations. Flesh condition and quality were attractive with most calves in light to moderate plus flesh, clean hided and open haired. An active market with buyers, farmer feeders and also some producers and bull breeders in the seats for some reputation replacement heifers. Windy conditions today and through the weekend with some snow possible which could impact travel and moving livestock. Bred cattle and weigh ups for next week's sale, next feeder cattle sale will be Thursday, January 29.

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 $509.42/cwt on 711 head. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +41.22 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$509.42

711 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,867

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

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

$31.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.86

vs SD average

+37.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	510.63	2,875	684
Medium and Large 1-2	556	478.89	2,663	27

One grade step is worth $31.74/cwt here — about $212 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 sale711 hd

509.42

—

SD average7 barns · 2,921 hd

494.56

+14.86

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

+37.44

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

+41.22

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

32 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,167	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	600.52/cwt	590.00–622.00	2,270	35
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	579.95/cwt	570.00–605.00	2,453	78
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	511.95/cwt	505.00–535.00	2,217	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,420	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	575.19/cwt	537.50–586.00	2,818	77
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	507	596.00/cwt	596.00–596.00	3,022	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	537.77/cwt	529.00–542.50	2,861	222
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,796	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,508	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	487.74/cwt	462.50–507.00	2,853	420
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	460.46/cwt	446.00–480.00	2,869	349
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	434.09/cwt	432.50–437.00	2,704	82
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	435.20/cwt	411.00–446.00	2,959	466
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	412.48/cwt	401.00–420.00	2,941	332
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	383.06/cwt	370.00–392.25	2,996	211
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	3,022	140
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,114	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,453	52
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,764	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	545.52/cwt	540.00–560.00	1,980	64
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,926	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	515.98/cwt	495.00–530.00	2,219	52
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	449	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,110	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	487.20/cwt	460.00–505.00	2,334	98
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	444.42/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,320	89
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	430.02/cwt	401.00–445.00	2,477	183
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	603	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	3,057	80
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	420.92/cwt	396.00–435.00	2,572	241
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	665	467.68/cwt	450.00–475.00	3,110	234
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	397.36/cwt	382.50–407.50	2,686	217
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,679	21
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	762	402.73/cwt	389.50–420.00	3,069	91

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 Jan 15, 2026

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

Receipts 4,156Last week 1,246Year ago 4,202

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	336	525.00	525.00
64	350–400	363	540.00–560.00	545.52
52	400–450	430	495.00–530.00	515.98
98	450–500	479	460.00–505.00	487.20
89	500–550	522	430.00–455.00	444.42
183	550–600	576	401.00–445.00	430.02
241	600–650	611	396.00–435.00	420.92
217	650–700	676	382.50–407.50	397.36
21	700–750	724	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	374	515.00	515.00
4	400–450	449	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
80	600–650	603	507.00	507.00
234	650–700	665	450.00–475.00	467.68
91	750–800	762	389.50–420.00	402.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	344	630.00	630.00
35	350–400	378	590.00–622.00	600.52
78	400–450	423	570.00–605.00	579.95
77	450–500	490	537.50–586.00	575.19
222	500–550	532	529.00–542.50	537.77
420	550–600	585	462.50–507.00	487.74
349	600–650	623	446.00–480.00	460.46
466	650–700	680	411.00–446.00	435.20
332	700–750	713	401.00–420.00	412.48
211	750–800	782	370.00–392.25	383.06
140	800–850	809	373.50	373.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	433	505.00–535.00	511.95
18	450–500	461	525.00	525.00
14	500–550	543	515.00	515.00
13	550–600	570	440.00	440.00
82	600–650	623	432.50–437.00	434.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	1100–1150	1,114	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	500–550	507	596.00	596.00

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.