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

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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $509.42/cwt on 711 head, up $11.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 8 comparable sales and sits +8.81 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

Average price

$509.42

▲ 11.50 vs prior sale

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.

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 sale711 hd

509.42

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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

500.61

+8.81

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

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.

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

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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