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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 5

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Nov 21Dec 5Dec 12 →

Receipts

4,746 head

▲ 1,182 vs last sale 3,564▲ 430 vs year ago 4,316 · +10.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder cattle sale last week due to Thanksgiving, compared to two weeks ago: steers 400 to 499 lbs 12.00 to 17.00 higher, 450 to 499 lbs not well compared, 500 to 599 7.00 to 10.00 higher, 600 to 649 lbs 10.00 to 14.00 higher. Heifers 450 to 649 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Very good demand for this large calf offering. Many loads and packages of top shelf calves available, almost all off the cow and with all their shots. Flesh condition mostly light to moderate with some fill seen at times but mostly the weigh up was attractive and the calves were open haired and bloomy. Market was very active as buyers and farmers compete to buy calves after the holiday week and before the year's end. Colder temperatures this week with a warmer weekend expected, most of the area has no snow at this time. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, December 12, the last feeder cattle sale for 2024.

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 $359.81/cwt on 796 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −108.39 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$359.81

796 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,906

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$25.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.04

vs SD average

+34.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	360.15	1,909	785
Medium and Large 1-2	512	335.00	1,715	11thin

One grade step is worth $25.15/cwt here — about $193 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 sale796 hd

359.81

—

SD average5 barns · 2,383 hd

341.77

+18.04

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+34.44

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

−108.39

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

33 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	452.65/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,494	15
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,345	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	430.56/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,593	75
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	427	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,011	209
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	401.53/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,735	222
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,654	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	456	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,938	44
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	362.05/cwt	357.50–373.00	1,673	78
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,715	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	366.01/cwt	341.00–377.00	1,903	622
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	337.81/cwt	322.50–345.00	1,919	163
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	327.95/cwt	322.50–337.00	2,010	719
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,894	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	694	304.48/cwt	286.00–307.00	2,113	124
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	298.95/cwt	286.00–306.00	2,132	246
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	396.36/cwt	385.00–402.50	1,288	31
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	396	369.11/cwt	352.00–374.00	1,462	104
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,576	118
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	348.43/cwt	332.50–355.00	1,516	78
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	459	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,744	115
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	337.05/cwt	321.00–346.00	1,577	228
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	323.60/cwt	310.00–337.00	1,683	315
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,582	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	557	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	1,791	141
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	300.39/cwt	290.00–312.50	1,712	117
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,590	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	283.46/cwt	280.00–289.00	1,729	128
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	613	318.93/cwt	315.50–320.00	1,955	111
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	659	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,089	181
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,584	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,888	24
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,883	24
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,033	9

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 Dec 5, 2024

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

Receipts 4,746Last week 3,564Year ago 4,316

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	300–350	325	385.00–402.50	396.36
104	350–400	396	352.00–374.00	369.11
78	400–450	435	332.50–355.00	348.43
228	450–500	468	321.00–346.00	337.05
315	500–550	520	310.00–337.00	323.60
117	550–600	570	290.00–312.50	300.39
128	600–650	610	280.00–289.00	283.46
24	650–700	666	283.50	283.50
24	750–800	770	244.50	244.50
9	850–900	882	230.50	230.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	523	302.50	302.50
13	550–600	578	275.00	275.00
10	650–700	660	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
141	550–600	557	321.50	321.50
111	600–650	613	315.50–320.00	318.93
181	650–700	659	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
118	400–450	400	394.00	394.00
115	450–500	459	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	332	405.00	405.00
14	400–450	444	372.50	372.50
11	500–550	512	335.00	335.00
10	600–650	621	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	330	450.00–455.00	452.65
75	350–400	370	410.00–445.00	430.56
222	400–450	432	380.00–410.00	401.53
78	450–500	462	357.50–373.00	362.05
622	500–550	520	341.00–377.00	366.01
163	550–600	568	322.50–345.00	337.81
719	600–650	613	322.50–337.00	327.95
124	650–700	694	286.00–307.00	304.48
246	700–750	713	286.00–306.00	298.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
209	400–450	427	471.00	471.00
44	450–500	456	425.00	425.00

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.