Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks so an accurate price trend can not be established. Good to very good demand for this light offering of many packages and a couple loads. Quite a few cattle suitable for grass programs or backgrounding, these cattle continue to see the best demand, especially those sold in loads. Quality varied quite a bit, especially in packages. Flesh mostly moderate to moderate plus except for one consignment of finishing type cattle in heavy flesh. Cattle are clean as the weather has been mostly dry, the area received less snow this past week than expected. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $338.90/cwt on 200 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −161.71 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

Average price

$338.90

200 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,907

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.33

vs SD average

+28.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	338.90	1,907	200

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.18, low $457.44, median $500.61 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale200 hd

338.90

—

SD average4 barns · 467 hd

347.23

−8.33

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

+28.64

This barn, trailing median8 sales

500.61

−161.71

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

31 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	774	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,703	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	900	218.75/cwt	218.75–218.75	1,969	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	883	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,921	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	818	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,881	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	958	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,175	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,357	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	228.53/cwt	223.00–237.50	1,762	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,565	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	262.10/cwt	257.50–267.00	1,788	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	247.73/cwt	242.50–253.00	2,051	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	279.90/cwt	273.50–287.00	1,749	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	2,025	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	304.15/cwt	300.75–307.50	2,065	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	334.58/cwt	322.50–338.00	1,726	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	256.92/cwt	254.00–258.50	1,822	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	327.09/cwt	324.00–330.00	1,989	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	239.11/cwt	229.00–240.00	1,922	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	355.78/cwt	355.00–358.00	1,726	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,490	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,661	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	356.37/cwt	352.50–362.50	1,461	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,923	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,032	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	340.79/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,987	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	550	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	1,669	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	289.05/cwt	279.00–299.00	1,411	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	281.02/cwt	274.00–284.00	1,644	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,605	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,580	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,384	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,877	24

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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