Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks so no price trend can be established. Good to very good demand for a large offering of yearlings today. Several strings plus loads and many packages made up the offering, all coming right off grass. Many packages and loads of tested open heifers as producers complete fall PG work. Flesh condition mostly light to moderate with some moderate plus, some fill on the cattle at times. Quality mostly attractive today. An active market with a good crowd of buyers and consignors in the seats. Quite a few opportunities to fill pens with multiple loads of one man's cattle which buyers took advantage of. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, October 3 which will feature the first calves of the season.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $282.73/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −162.54 against this barn's trailing median of $445.27.

Average price

$282.73

36 head · 635 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,797

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+20.79

vs SD average

+31.83 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	635	282.73	1,797	36

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

Steers 600–700 lb: high $458.17, low $433.99, median $445.27 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 sale36 hd

282.73

—

SD average5 barns · 415 hd

261.94

+20.79

National average172 barns · 10,008 hd

250.90

+31.83

This barn, trailing median8 sales

445.27

−162.54

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

24 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 1-2	650–700	675	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,681	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	277.29/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,999	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	244.44/cwt	243.00–246.75	2,254	605
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,285	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	259.11/cwt	257.50–267.00	1,850	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	251.20/cwt	247.00–253.75	2,092	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,143	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,784	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	262.33/cwt	259.00–263.00	1,823	64
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	233.84/cwt	229.25–240.00	2,395	773
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,920	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	284.37/cwt	281.00–287.00	1,760	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	244.60/cwt	243.00–245.50	2,184	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	258.71/cwt	257.50–260.00	1,865	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	241.41/cwt	236.00–241.75	1,878	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	824	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,850	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	863	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,950	7
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,253	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	264.94/cwt	264.50–265.00	1,651	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	233.82/cwt	230.50–239.50	1,945	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	229.04/cwt	221.00–232.00	2,123	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	232.95/cwt	230.00–234.00	2,022	316
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	225.23/cwt	222.00–228.00	2,187	334
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,554	12

How this sale compares

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