Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2024-10-22

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 22
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2010
Receipts
1,875 head
1,375 vs last sale 3,250 278 vs year ago 2,153 · 12.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Seasonal Tuesday sale today featuring Red Angus calves, no accurate comparisons to last week's regular sale. Good to very good demand for this offering of mostly Red Angus calves selling in loads and packages with best demand for replacement quality heifers. Many attractive calves to choose from, most were fully preconditioned and all were off the cow. An active market with few order buyers and more bull breeders and farmers in the seats. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, October 24, expecting over 6000 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $312.99/cwt on 602 head.
Average price
$312.99
602 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,715
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.60
vs SD average
+13.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546317.211,731511
Medium and Large 1-2561289.321,62291
One grade step is worth $27.89/cwt here — about $109 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 sale602 hd
312.99
SD average9 barns · 10,206 hd
318.59
−5.60
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
+13.95
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

23 lots · USDA AMS · Mobridge Calf Auction (Tue-Seasonal) - Mobridge, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450444302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,34327
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full350–400374342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,2814
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement550–600579330.23/cwt320.00–332.501,912107
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement600–650617313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,93164
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement500–550524344.78/cwt338.00–348.001,807150
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500479288.15/cwt277.50–303.001,38099
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450430332.14/cwt327.00–349.001,42855
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550516287.22/cwt283.00–290.001,48281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600597285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,70147
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350323368.79/cwt367.50–370.001,19111
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700672278.91/cwt277.00–285.001,874115
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500479331.82/cwt324.00–334.001,58954
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550522293.94/cwt285.00–305.001,53444
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650613304.56/cwt292.50–309.501,867231
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500485306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,4844
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550519324.27/cwt311.00–331.001,683267
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575309.48/cwt293.00–314.001,780244
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500477257.39/cwt256.00–262.001,22835
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450431308.21/cwt293.50–319.001,32869
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600552270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,49020
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400390311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,21314
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350339330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1199
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full500–550528252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,33123

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.