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

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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $503.29/cwt on 254 head, up $16.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 8 comparable sales and sits +2.69 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

Average price

$503.29

▲ 16.44 vs prior sale

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.

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 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

500.61

+2.69

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

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.

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

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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