Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last reported sale was three weeks ago so an accurate price trend can not be established. A few loads and many packages made up today's yearling offering including many packages of tested open heifers. Loads were met with good to very good demand, moderate to good demand for packages. Almost the entire offering came off grass, flesh mostly light to moderate with some fill on the cattle at times. Quality varied, but mostly average to attractive. A moderate to active market for this offering with most of the normal buyers in the seats. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $255.29/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −153.38 against this barn's trailing median of $408.67.

Average price

$255.29

41 head · 675 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.41

vs SD average

+20.40 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	675	255.29	1,722	41

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

8 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $437.39, low $374.71, median $408.67 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale41 hd

255.29

—

SD average4 barns · 363 hd

245.88

+9.41

National average157 barns · 6,408 hd

234.89

+20.40

This barn, trailing median8 sales

408.67

−153.38

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

21 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	247.74/cwt	243.00–250.50	2,143	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,805	12
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,271	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	227.34/cwt	221.00–231.50	1,989	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	278.50/cwt	278.00–280.00	2,033	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	896	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,115	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	237.02/cwt	228.00–239.75	2,228	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	257.33/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,984	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	256.00/cwt	252.50–257.75	2,158	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	928	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,116	131
Heifers	Large 1Spayed	1000–1050	1,026	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,288	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	231.83/cwt	223.00–236.50	1,931	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	275.83/cwt	266.00–280.50	1,892	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	237.11/cwt	223.50–238.00	2,321	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,928	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	222.61/cwt	215.00–224.00	2,130	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	224.34/cwt	217.00–225.50	2,048	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	255.97/cwt	249.00–262.50	1,741	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,863	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,633	7
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,026	218.91/cwt	216.00–220.00	2,246	37

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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