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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-25

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 25

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Apr 18Apr 25May 2 →

Receipts

1,440 head

▼ 216 vs last sale 1,656▼ 1,108 vs year ago 2,548 · −43.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Different weight classes compared to last week so an accurate price trend can not be established. The feature consignment of today's feeder cattle sale was a backgrounded string of 1100 attractive black steers from one family outfit which were met with very good demand. Very good demand for a couple loads of home raised heifers with the balance of the offering selling in packages and met with moderate to good demand depending on quality which varied quite a bit. An active market on loads, moderate on packages. A positive day on the board for both feeder and live cattle. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, May 2, expecting another 1100 steers from the same family outfit.

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 $295.44/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −172.76 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$295.44

16 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,663

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$297

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

$32.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.23

vs SD average

−14.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	594	324.00	1,925	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	559	291.36	1,628	14thin

One grade step is worth $32.64/cwt here — about $297 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale16 hd

295.44

—

SD average5 barns · 294 hd

322.66

−27.23

National average173 barns · 10,802 hd

309.55

−14.11

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

−172.76

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.18, low $457.44, median $468.20 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

19 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. 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,440	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,722	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,583	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,708	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	594	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,925	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	654	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,792	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,970	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	258.01/cwt	257.00–258.50	2,234	198
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	250.98/cwt	250.00–251.50	2,319	322
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,369	309
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,001	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,412	62
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	334.29/cwt	318.00–339.00	1,250	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,087	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,377	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,482	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	308.63/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,608	114
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,564	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	598	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,716	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,874	89

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 Livestock Exchange (Thursday) - Mobridge, SD

Thu Apr 25, 2024

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

Receipts 1,440Last week 1,656Year ago 2,548

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	374	318.00–339.00	334.29
16	400–450	437	315.00	315.00
21	450–500	472	314.00	314.00
114	500–550	521	300.00–313.00	308.63
14	550–600	598	287.00	287.00
89	600–650	631	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	415	262.00	262.00
40	550–600	590	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	1000–1050	1,001	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	379	380.00	380.00
23	450–500	477	361.00	361.00
2	550–600	594	324.00	324.00
14	700–750	701	281.00	281.00
198	850–900	866	257.00–258.50	258.01
322	900–950	924	250.00–251.50	250.98
309	950–1000	983	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	544	291.00	291.00
5	550–600	585	292.00	292.00
13	650–700	654	274.00	274.00

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.