Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2024-04-18

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 18
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
1,656 head
112 vs last sale 1,544 164 vs year ago 1,492 · +11.0%
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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 today's offering featuring a hand full of loads and many packages, including fall calves. Lots of light calves with the potential to go to grass and these type of cattle continue to be very sought after as grass time is only a few weeks away. Quality varied quite a bit today, especially on these light cattle. Flesh condition mostly moderate to moderate plus overall. A few consignments of replacement heifers available but not all going back to the country. An active market with quite a few buyers and some farmer feeders attending the sale. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $292.93/cwt on 163 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits 150.32 against this barn's trailing median of $443.25.
Average price
$292.93
163 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$203
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.51
vs SD average
+28.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551293.621,618158
Medium and Large 1-2522271.001,4155thin
One grade step is worth $22.62/cwt here — about $203 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
474455436416median 443.2501/0801/1502/1203/2604/16
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.46, low $430.49, median $443.25 across 7 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 sale163 hd
292.93
SD average7 barns · 1,050 hd
297.44
−4.51
National average180 barns · 13,997 hd
264.52
+28.41
This barn, trailing median7 sales
443.25
−150.32
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

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750726232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6844
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600590266.75/cwt264.00–268.001,57416
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy800–850803213.75/cwt213.75–213.751,71671
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800756256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,93519
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450416325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3527
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700684307.72/cwt307.00–311.502,105132
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600582285.12/cwt276.00–290.001,65957
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500479306.48/cwt293.00–313.001,46864
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450419362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,51915
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523304.38/cwt300.00–312.001,59285
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800785228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,79010
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700664269.74/cwt260.00–275.001,791114
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500467387.50/cwt372.00–393.001,81045
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750743247.37/cwt244.00–250.001,838142
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800764265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0257
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400374397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,48713
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650629303.67/cwt298.00–308.001,91065
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650614284.52/cwt273.00–288.001,74717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600578313.10/cwt308.00–317.501,81019
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550522271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,4155
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600580340.42/cwt329.00–345.001,974143
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement750–800777238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,84915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700690286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,97342
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700654251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6427
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement850–900868235.50/cwt235.50–235.502,04468
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550521352.54/cwt343.00–367.001,83779
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy650–700689229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,57860
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500485355.30/cwt350.00–361.001,72319

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.