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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-12

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

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Jan 29Feb 12Mar 5 →

Receipts

3,766 head

▲ 1,576 vs last sale 2,190▲ 788 vs year ago 2,978 · +26.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: best test on steers 550 to 599 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 higher, 650 to 699 lbs mostly steady, 700 to 749 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Best test on heifers 550 to 599 lbs 3.00 higher. Good to very good demand for this offering of packages and loads of both home raised and backgrounded steers and heifers. A few packages and loads of replacement heifers met with very good demand. Varied quality, especially on packages, from plain to attractive. Flesh ranged from light to some heavy flesh at times and some fill at times also. An active market with the most activity on heifers to go back to the country. Warmer weather has made some muddy yard conditions, however, calves were clean and open haired today. Few feeder cattle expected next week and bred cattle on Thursday, February 26. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, March 5.

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 $503.29/cwt on 254 head. That ranks 7 of 8 comparable sales and sits +35.09 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$503.29

254 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,845

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$26.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.97

vs SD average

+24.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	504.13	2,850	246
Medium and Large 1-2	563	477.50	2,688	8thin

One grade step is worth $26.63/cwt here — about $161 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 sale254 hd

503.29

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SD average6 barns · 1,286 hd

497.33

+5.97

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+24.90

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

+35.09

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

29 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,445	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	600.33/cwt	595.00–602.50	2,611	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,431	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	592.74/cwt	585.00–595.00	2,738	45
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,591	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	510.71/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,783	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,688	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	502.93/cwt	490.00–532.50	2,862	208
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,886	33
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	430.61/cwt	416.00–442.00	2,898	262
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	408.14/cwt	393.00–411.00	2,979	271
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	381.93/cwt	373.00–393.00	2,948	548
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,935	160
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	360.15/cwt	351.00–364.25	3,126	560
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	885	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,947	24
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	337.43/cwt	334.50–340.50	3,138	121
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,250	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	512.18/cwt	502.50–525.00	2,192	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	507.58/cwt	498.00–517.50	2,375	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	445.44/cwt	434.00–455.00	2,396	103
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	442.22/cwt	422.50–451.00	2,578	220
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	419.41/cwt	410.00–432.50	2,663	88
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	667	455.37/cwt	431.00–492.50	3,037	306
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	405.72/cwt	397.00–412.50	2,722	225
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	377.50/cwt	355.00–383.00	2,703	21
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	742	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	3,042	71
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	752	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	3,286	82
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,637	30
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,829	40

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 Feb 12, 2026

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

Receipts 3,766Last week 2,190Year ago 2,978

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	428	502.50–525.00	512.18
37	450–500	468	498.00–517.50	507.58
103	500–550	538	434.00–455.00	445.44
220	550–600	583	422.50–451.00	442.22
88	600–650	635	410.00–432.50	419.41
225	650–700	671	397.00–412.50	405.72
21	700–750	716	355.00–383.00	377.50
30	750–800	770	342.50	342.50
40	800–850	832	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
306	650–700	667	431.00–492.50	455.37
71	700–750	742	410.00	410.00
82	750–800	752	437.00	437.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	635.00	635.00
13	400–450	435	595.00–602.50	600.33
45	450–500	462	585.00–595.00	592.74
38	500–550	545	500.00–515.00	510.71
208	550–600	569	490.00–532.50	502.93
33	600–650	622	464.00	464.00
262	650–700	673	416.00–442.00	430.61
271	700–750	730	393.00–411.00	408.14
548	750–800	772	373.00–393.00	381.93
160	800–850	829	354.00	354.00
560	850–900	868	351.00–364.25	360.15
121	900–950	930	334.50–340.50	337.43
60	950–1000	973	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	446	545.00	545.00
7	450–500	471	550.00	550.00
8	550–600	563	477.50	477.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	850–900	885	333.00	333.00

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.