Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 550 to 599 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 lower, 600 to 649 lbs steady, 650 to 699 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 700 to 749 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Best test on heifers 550 to 599 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for calves today with replacement quality heifers seeing the best demand. Quite a few loads and many packages of home raised calves offered, a few consignments still coming off the cow but most were long time weaned. Quality was all over the map today, especially on packages, overall quality was much more attractive last week. Mostly grass or backgrounding type cattle today with less flesh overall than seen last week. A moderate to active market with a few less order buyers attending and a few more farmers and bull breeders in the seats, mostly interested in replacements. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, January 23.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $359.52/cwt on 670 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −141.09 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

Average price

$359.52

670 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$23.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.79

vs SD average

+17.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	361.52	1,985	612
Medium and Large 1-2	518	338.45	1,753	58

One grade step is worth $23.07/cwt here — about $231 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.18, low $457.44, median $500.61 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale670 hd

359.52

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SD average6 barns · 3,031 hd

354.73

+4.79

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+17.07

This barn, trailing median8 sales

500.61

−141.09

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

30 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	323.51/cwt	310.00–328.00	1,821	303
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	301.12/cwt	290.00–317.00	1,885	367
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	373.13/cwt	362.50–380.00	1,459	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	366.22/cwt	360.00–369.00	1,593	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	276.94/cwt	275.50–292.00	1,925	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	277.29/cwt	261.00–286.00	2,030	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,837	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,906	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,733	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,988	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	342.32/cwt	336.00–350.00	1,674	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	407.23/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,735	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	319.37/cwt	304.50–331.00	2,146	372
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	329.02/cwt	315.00–339.00	2,050	529
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	448.14/cwt	430.00–457.50	1,707	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,246	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	378.44/cwt	365.00–386.00	1,813	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	421.54/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,804	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	698	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,171	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	649	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,317	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	292.98/cwt	292.00–297.00	2,203	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	302.13/cwt	290.50–309.50	2,157	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	353.36/cwt	339.00–358.50	2,018	291
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	368.91/cwt	356.00–386.00	1,952	321
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	352.56/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,622	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	329.06/cwt	317.50–334.00	1,708	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	306.94/cwt	306.00–307.50	1,584	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	326.50/cwt	316.00–334.00	1,597	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	751	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,125	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	702	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,211	25

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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