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 classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $312.99/cwt on 602 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −155.99 against this barn's trailing median of $468.98.
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
This barn, trailing median1 sales
468.98
−155.99
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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323368.79/cwt367.50–370.001,19111
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Full374342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,2814
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430332.14/cwt327.00–349.001,42855
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2444302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,34327
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479331.82/cwt324.00–334.001,58954
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,4844
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519324.27/cwt311.00–331.001,683267
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522293.94/cwt285.00–305.001,53444
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575309.48/cwt293.00–314.001,780244
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2597285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,70147
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613304.56/cwt292.50–309.501,867231
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672278.91/cwt277.00–285.001,874115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1339330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1199
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,21314
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431308.21/cwt293.50–319.001,32869
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477257.39/cwt256.00–262.001,22835
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479288.15/cwt277.50–303.001,38099
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516287.22/cwt283.00–290.001,48281
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Replacement524344.78/cwt338.00–348.001,807150
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full528252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,33123
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1552270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,49020
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Replacement579330.23/cwt320.00–332.501,912107
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement617313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,93164

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.