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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 9

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Dec 12Jan 9Jan 16 →

Receipts

2,947 head

▲ 1,492 vs last sale 1,455▲ 1,914 vs year ago 1,033 · +185.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in four weeks so an accurate price trend can not be established. Very good demand for today's offering featuring many packages and loads. The majority of the cattle were long time weaned and vaccinated, however, there were still a couple consignments off the cow. Flesh condition varied, from moderate to some heavy flesh at times. Calves were attractive in quality and clean hided. An active market with the market most active on calves which could fit grass or backgrounding programs, especially those selling in load lots. The winter has been mild for this area so far with little to no snow on the ground. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, January 16, featuring Red and Black Angus replacement heifers.

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 $357.60/cwt on 604 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −110.60 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$357.60

604 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,999

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$28.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.15

vs SD average

+15.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	359.02	2,007	574
Medium and Large 1-2	556	330.47	1,837	30

One grade step is worth $28.54/cwt here — about $170 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 sale604 hd

357.60

—

SD average7 barns · 3,484 hd

351.45

+6.15

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+15.52

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

−110.60

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

28 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	361	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,435	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	431.28/cwt	425.00–446.00	1,652	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	411.85/cwt	411.00–412.00	1,779	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	399.52/cwt	383.00–410.00	1,862	131
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	351.86/cwt	348.00–377.50	1,668	63
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	364.08/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,941	92
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,824	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	358.05/cwt	343.00–369.00	2,019	482
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	324.38/cwt	317.50–333.00	1,859	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	335.63/cwt	322.50–338.50	2,114	356
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	328.47/cwt	321.00–334.50	2,171	234
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	312.24/cwt	303.00–315.00	2,248	223
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,174	64
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	991	250.75/cwt	250.75–250.75	2,485	108
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,312	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	370.51/cwt	370.00–371.00	1,408	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	363.27/cwt	344.00–368.00	1,544	71
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	456	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,473	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	348.62/cwt	340.00–353.00	1,705	72
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	334.20/cwt	328.00–343.00	1,688	97
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	508	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,461	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,655	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	327.95/cwt	317.00–336.00	1,892	289
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,769	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,836	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	295.41/cwt	279.00–300.50	1,953	122
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	246.83/cwt	244.00–247.00	1,903	74
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,130	13

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 Jan 9, 2025

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

Receipts 2,947Last week 1,455Year ago 1,033

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	326	402.50	402.50
17	350–400	380	370.00–371.00	370.51
71	400–450	425	344.00–368.00	363.27
72	450–500	489	340.00–353.00	348.62
97	500–550	505	328.00–343.00	334.20
289	550–600	577	317.00–336.00	327.95
16	600–650	600	306.00	306.00
122	650–700	661	279.00–300.50	295.41
74	750–800	771	244.00–247.00	246.83
13	900–950	914	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	508	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	456	323.00	323.00
21	500–550	539	307.00	307.00
20	550–600	582	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	383	425.00–446.00	431.28
32	400–450	432	411.00–412.00	411.85
131	450–500	466	383.00–410.00	399.52
92	500–550	533	355.00–372.50	364.08
482	550–600	564	343.00–369.00	358.05
356	600–650	630	322.50–338.50	335.63
234	650–700	661	321.00–334.50	328.47
223	700–750	720	303.00–315.00	312.24
64	800–850	822	264.50	264.50
108	950–1000	991	250.75	250.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	361	397.50	397.50
63	450–500	474	348.00–377.50	351.86
19	500–550	546	334.00	334.00
11	550–600	573	317.50–333.00	324.38

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.