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

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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $486.85/cwt on 349 head, down $22.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −13.75 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

Average price

$486.85

▼ 22.57 vs prior sale

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.

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 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

500.61

−13.75

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

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.

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

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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