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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 29

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2010

← Oct 22Oct 29Oct 28 →

Receipts

3,080 head

▲ 1,205 vs last sale 1,875▼ 170 vs year ago 3,250 · −5.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Steer calves under 500 lbs sold with lower undertones compared to Thursday's much larger sale, 500-600 lbs mostly steady, over 600 lbs 10.00 to 14.00 higher. Heifer calves under 500 lbs sold with steady to lower undertones in a narrow comparison, over 500 lbs sold with steady to higher undertones, especially on those replacement quality heifers. Demand was very good for this extremely attractive offering of spring born calves, right off the cows, that were fully preconditioned and bloomy and eye appealing. Flesh condition was light to moderate. As this wasn't the regular sale day there were a few less of the regular order buyers, but there were plenty of order buyers and bull breeders who were ready to buy these high quality strings of calves. Yearling steers didn't have a recent comparison available but demand was very good and the market was very active as loads of yearlings are hard to find. CME Feeder Cattle futures were 3.00 lower but that didn't seem to affect the market at the auction as there is great optimism amongst cattle producers, this was fully on display as the replacement quality heifers offered outsold the steers. Next sale will be Thurs, Oct 31, expecting 6,000 feeders.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $323.13/cwt on 862 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −145.86 against this barn's trailing median of $468.98.

Average price

$323.13

862 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,769

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$25.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.08

vs SD average

+22.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	323.48	1,771	850
Medium and Large 1-2	540	298.00	1,609	12thin

One grade step is worth $25.48/cwt here — about $162 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale862 hd

323.13

—

SD average11 barns · 12,107 hd

320.05

+3.08

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

+22.44

This barn, trailing median1 sales

468.98

−145.86

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

28 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	265	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	981	8
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,160	3
Steers	300–350	Medium 1	339	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,203	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,253	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	386.51/cwt	384.00–388.00	1,473	29
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	368.97/cwt	365.00–376.00	1,623	72
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	346.25/cwt	329.00–355.00	1,631	167
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	328.30/cwt	310.00–341.00	1,710	502
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,609	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	316.53/cwt	305.50–320.00	1,855	348
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	313.02/cwt	309.00–318.00	1,888	352
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	694	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,099	176
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,830	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,179	64
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,265	61
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,316	61
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,140	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,175	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	340.24/cwt	332.00–350.00	1,303	34
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	325.30/cwt	310.00–331.00	1,422	78
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	310.21/cwt	302.00–317.50	1,498	267
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	507	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,736	127
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	284.91/cwt	284.00–287.00	1,533	107
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	281.50/cwt	280.00–282.50	1,562	45
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	559	318.19/cwt	300.00–337.00	1,779	199
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	607	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	1,945	200
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,677	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,753	8

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mobridge Calf Auction (Tue-Seasonal) - Mobridge, SD

Tue Oct 29, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 3,080Last week 1,875Year ago 3,250

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
127	500–550	507	342.50	342.50
199	550–600	559	300.00–337.00	318.19
200	600–650	607	320.50	320.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	373	315.00	315.00
14	650–700	679	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	343	332.50	332.50
34	350–400	383	332.00–350.00	340.24
78	400–450	437	310.00–331.00	325.30
267	450–500	483	302.00–317.50	310.21
107	500–550	538	284.00–287.00	284.91
45	550–600	555	280.00–282.50	281.50
8	650–700	693	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	400.00	400.00
29	350–400	381	384.00–388.00	386.51
72	400–450	440	365.00–376.00	368.97
167	450–500	471	329.00–355.00	346.25
502	500–550	521	310.00–341.00	328.30
348	550–600	586	305.50–320.00	316.53
352	600–650	603	309.00–318.00	313.02
176	650–700	694	302.50	302.50
64	800–850	816	267.00	267.00
61	850–900	890	254.50	254.50
61	900–950	910	254.50	254.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	265	370.00	370.00
15	350–400	360	348.00	348.00
12	500–550	540	298.00	298.00
9	750–800	769	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	355.00	355.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.