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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

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

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 12

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Dec 5Dec 12Jan 9 →

Receipts

1,455 head

▼ 3,291 vs last sale 4,746▼ 2,861 vs year ago 4,316 · −66.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 400 to 499 lbs mostly steady, 500 to 599 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower with instances up to 20.00 lower on 500 to 549 lbs. Heifers 450 to 549 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for a smaller offering this week which sold entirely in packages. A large difference in quality from last week which featured so many attractive quality calves, today was more of a "clean out" day featuring quite a few plainer cattle. Some attractive cattle on offer but it was hard to get a load of these together. Roughly a quarter of the calves were weaned, from 7 days and up, the rest came off the cow. Preconditioning varied with more calves without good shots or any shots than seen last week. A moderate to active market with a few less buyers and farmer feeders than last week in the seats. This is the last feeder cattle sale of 2024, next feeder cattle sale is January 9, 2025. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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 $330.38/cwt on 270 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −137.82 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$330.38

270 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,815

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$17.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.84

vs SD average

+6.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	332.28	1,824	240
Medium and Large 1-2	553	315.15	1,744	30

One grade step is worth $17.13/cwt here — about $80 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 sale270 hd

330.38

—

SD average7 barns · 4,629 hd

337.22

−6.84

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+6.03

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

−137.82

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

27 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	338	429.93/cwt	420.00–437.50	1,453	20
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	346	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,401	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	403.81/cwt	390.00–416.00	1,518	33
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,448	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	396.34/cwt	387.00–412.00	1,669	93
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	332.16/cwt	320.00–337.00	1,465	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	360.14/cwt	347.00–375.00	1,757	125
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	341.38/cwt	327.50–357.50	1,789	110
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	321.48/cwt	319.00–322.50	1,736	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	324.58/cwt	310.00–339.50	1,850	130
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,755	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	323.04/cwt	312.00–335.00	1,990	72
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Full	637	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,886	46
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,961	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	293.63/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,920	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,230	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	336.12/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,267	25
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	371.70/cwt	350.00–420.00	1,405	66
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	358.76/cwt	342.50–367.00	1,496	64
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,409	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	331.24/cwt	322.50–341.00	1,557	109
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	308.84/cwt	302.50–310.00	1,458	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	322.50/cwt	301.00–333.00	1,671	85
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	290.81/cwt	289.00–296.00	1,565	36
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	298.95/cwt	289.00–310.00	1,683	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,607	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,646	16

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 12, 2024

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

Receipts 1,455Last week 4,746Year 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
7	300–350	328	375.00	375.00
66	350–400	378	350.00–420.00	371.70
64	400–450	417	342.50–367.00	358.76
109	450–500	470	322.50–341.00	331.24
85	500–550	518	301.00–333.00	322.50
30	550–600	563	289.00–310.00	298.95
16	600–650	614	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	377	330.00–340.00	336.12
15	400–450	443	318.00	318.00
25	450–500	472	302.50–310.00	308.84
36	500–550	538	289.00–296.00	290.81
17	550–600	593	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	338	420.00–437.50	429.93
33	350–400	376	390.00–416.00	403.81
93	400–450	421	387.00–412.00	396.34
125	450–500	488	347.00–375.00	360.14
110	500–550	524	327.50–357.50	341.38
130	550–600	570	310.00–339.50	324.58
72	600–650	616	312.00–335.00	323.04
11	650–700	654	292.00–295.00	293.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
46	600–650	637	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	405.00	405.00
7	350–400	386	375.00	375.00
14	400–450	441	320.00–337.00	332.16
20	500–550	540	319.00–322.50	321.48
10	550–600	580	302.50	302.50
15	600–650	645	304.00	304.00

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.