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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-14

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 14

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Nov 7Nov 14Nov 21 →

Receipts

2,646 head

▼ 2,533 vs last sale 5,179▼ 2,460 vs year ago 5,106 · −48.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 400 to 499 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 lower, 500 to 549 lbs mostly steady, 550 to 599 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Heifers 450 to 499 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower, 550 to 599 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Good to very good demand for calves today. Mostly packages in this offering with just a handful of loads, all coming off the cow. Quality varied quite a bit, from plain to attractive. Calves were in light to moderate flesh with some fill at times. Quite a few colored cattle in the mix today and these are discounted at times. A moderate to active market with a few less buyers in the seats today. Slightly less determination to own cattle than we saw at last week's auction, but still plenty of buyers and farmers interested in filling pens. Temps are still above normal for this time of year but cold and snow are forecasted as possible for next week. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, November 21.

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 $324.24/cwt on 847 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −143.96 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$324.24

847 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,813

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$13.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.61

vs SD average

+18.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	324.82	1,819	811
Medium and Large 1-2	538	311.15	1,674	36

One grade step is worth $13.67/cwt here — about $145 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 sale847 hd

324.24

—

SD average8 barns · 6,516 hd

322.64

+1.61

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

+18.80

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

−143.96

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

24 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,283	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	339	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,085	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	364.46/cwt	362.50–367.50	1,359	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	390.21/cwt	387.00–395.00	1,463	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	377.02/cwt	364.00–392.00	1,576	127
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	462	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,760	124
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	346.75/cwt	332.00–356.00	1,664	219
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	340.31/cwt	320.00–346.00	1,753	252
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	311.15/cwt	303.00–315.00	1,674	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	318.43/cwt	303.00–321.00	1,847	547
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	591	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,720	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	301.01/cwt	286.00–307.50	1,872	97
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	293.45/cwt	277.00–303.50	1,940	189
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	332.69/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,091	22
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,218	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	321.90/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,233	45
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,430	44
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	339.93/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,438	57
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	312.55/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,369	75
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,395	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	311.47/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,486	203
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	307.83/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,585	92
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	276.10/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,590	135
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,597	18

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.

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Mobridge Livestock Exchange (Thursday) - Mobridge, SD

Thu Nov 14, 2024

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

Receipts 2,646Last week 5,179Year ago 5,106

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	336	362.50	362.50
44	350–400	394	363.00	363.00
57	400–450	423	330.00–350.00	339.93
203	450–500	477	300.00–322.50	311.47
92	500–550	515	300.00–316.00	307.83
135	550–600	576	270.00–287.00	276.10
18	600–650	612	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	328	330.00–337.50	332.69
45	350–400	383	312.50–330.00	321.90
75	400–450	438	300.00–327.50	312.55
12	450–500	469	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	329	390.00	390.00
22	350–400	375	387.00–395.00	390.21
127	400–450	418	364.00–392.00	377.02
219	450–500	480	332.00–356.00	346.75
252	500–550	515	320.00–346.00	340.31
547	550–600	580	303.00–321.00	318.43
97	600–650	622	286.00–307.50	301.01
189	650–700	661	277.00–303.50	293.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	320.00	320.00
12	350–400	373	362.50–367.50	364.46
36	500–550	538	303.00–315.00	311.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
124	450–500	462	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	591	291.00	291.00

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.