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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-03

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 3

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Sep 19Oct 3Oct 10 →

Receipts

1,006 head

▼ 2,681 vs last sale 3,687▼ 273 vs year ago 1,279 · −21.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few yearlings today to compare to two weeks ago and develop an accurate price trend. Moderate to good demand for yearling cattle today. Most of the yearlings were tested open heifers selling in packages, one short string of spayed heifers available. All yearlings were off grass and flesh was mostly light to moderate with some fill on the cattle at times. Quality varied. Today was the first test on spring born calves and these were met with moderate demand. All came off the cow and the majority were vaccinated with two full rounds, those without shots saw very light demand. Calves were mostly attractive in quality and flesh was light to moderate. A moderate to active market today with a few less buyers attending. Most cattle feeders are not quite ready to take on bawling calves. Dusty conditions and fluctuating temperatures are just a couple of concerns for weaning calves right now. Harvest is in full swing with beans coming off quickly and corn looking to follow right along. Dry and mild weather is expected to continue with no frost in sight for the next two weeks. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, October 10 featuring both yearlings and calves.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $268.25/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −165.06 against this barn's trailing median of $433.30.

Average price

$268.25

84 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,451

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.30

vs SD average

+21.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	268.25	1,451	84

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale84 hd

268.25

—

SD average5 barns · 273 hd

264.94

+3.30

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

+21.47

This barn, trailing median7 sales

433.30

−165.06

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

7 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $483.77, low $421.13, median $433.30 across 7 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

20 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	371.81/cwt	362.50–374.00	1,331	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	334.72/cwt	332.00–343.00	1,449	61
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	322.54/cwt	320.00–326.00	1,513	77
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,425	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	309.75/cwt	303.50–317.00	1,632	127
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,752	52
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,561	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,757	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	264.40/cwt	259.00–270.00	1,806	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,156	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	307.35/cwt	307.00–310.00	1,199	55
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,254	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	278.16/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,313	92
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	271.43/cwt	256.00–275.00	1,433	48
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,473	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	236.92/cwt	232.00–241.00	1,566	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	258.35/cwt	257.50–258.75	1,863	68
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	244.71/cwt	243.50–246.50	1,850	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	243.94/cwt	230.00–246.25	1,981	102
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,095	220.25/cwt	220.25–220.25	2,412	24

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 Oct 3, 2024

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

Receipts 1,006Last week 3,687Year ago 1,279

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	339	341.00	341.00
55	350–400	390	307.00–310.00	307.35
10	400–450	411	305.00	305.00
92	450–500	472	270.00–280.00	278.16
48	500–550	528	256.00–275.00	271.43
36	550–600	558	264.00	264.00
9	650–700	661	232.00–241.00	236.92
68	700–750	721	257.50–258.75	258.35
15	750–800	756	243.50–246.50	244.71
102	800–850	812	230.00–246.25	243.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	1050–1100	1,095	220.25	220.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	479	297.50	297.50
4	600–650	605	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	358	362.50–374.00	371.81
61	400–450	433	332.00–343.00	334.72
77	450–500	469	320.00–326.00	322.54
127	500–550	527	303.50–317.00	309.75
52	550–600	565	310.00	310.00
5	600–650	639	275.00	275.00
10	650–700	683	259.00–270.00	264.40

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.