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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-29

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

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Jan 15Jan 29Feb 12 →

Receipts

2,190 head

▼ 1,966 vs last sale 4,156▲ 2,190 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: best test on steers 550 to 599 lbs and 650 to 699 lbs mostly steady. Heifers not well compared. Good to very good demand for today's offering featuring many, many packages and a handful of loads. Most cattle were home raised, weaned and vaccinated and the offering included many attractive quality, green, backgrounding or grass type cattle which are very easy to sell. An active market with buyers and farmer feeders competing to own cattle. Much warmer temperatures expected next week which will be a relief after the artic weather of last week. No sale next week due to the Black Hills Stock Show, next feeder cattle sale will be Thursday, February 12.

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 $486.85/cwt on 349 head. That ranks 7 of 8 comparable sales and sits +18.65 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$486.85

349 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$37.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.31

vs SD average

+2.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	487.72	2,706	341
Medium and Large 1-2	575	450.00	2,588	8thin

One grade step is worth $37.72/cwt here — about $118 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 sale349 hd

486.85

—

SD average6 barns · 1,360 hd

481.55

+5.31

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

+2.75

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

+18.65

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

24 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	307	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,596	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	638.30/cwt	615.00–650.00	2,311	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	609.36/cwt	600.00–615.00	2,511	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	554.31/cwt	535.00–565.00	2,589	73
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	496.36/cwt	482.50–527.50	2,626	82
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	484.98/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,730	259
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,588	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	448.39/cwt	443.00–453.00	2,785	114
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,554	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	432.88/cwt	412.50–441.00	2,922	309
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	403.68/cwt	382.50–406.00	2,935	188
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,804	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	379.27/cwt	377.00–381.50	3,125	136
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	3,087	41
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	343	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,835	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,146	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	401	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,055	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	529.14/cwt	523.00–557.50	2,328	76
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,350	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	473.51/cwt	455.00–500.00	2,481	150
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	438.65/cwt	427.50–447.00	2,531	132
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,394	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	416.82/cwt	410.00–418.00	2,605	100
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,748	157

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 Jan 29, 2026

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

Receipts 2,190Last week 4,156Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	370	580.00	580.00
76	400–450	440	523.00–557.50	529.14
27	450–500	487	482.50	482.50
150	500–550	524	455.00–500.00	473.51
132	550–600	577	427.50–447.00	438.65
100	600–650	625	410.00–418.00	416.82
157	700–750	710	387.00	387.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	535.00	535.00
4	400–450	401	512.50	512.50
7	550–600	591	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	362	615.00–650.00	638.30
22	400–450	412	600.00–615.00	609.36
73	450–500	467	535.00–565.00	554.31
82	500–550	529	482.50–527.50	496.36
259	550–600	563	460.00–510.00	484.98
114	600–650	621	443.00–453.00	448.39
309	650–700	675	412.50–441.00	432.88
188	700–750	727	382.50–406.00	403.68
13	750–800	763	367.50	367.50
136	800–850	824	377.00–381.50	379.27
41	850–900	855	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	307	520.00	520.00
8	550–600	575	450.00	450.00
16	600–650	623	410.00	410.00

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.