Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Mostly yearling steers this week and heifers last week so an accurate price trend can not be established on yearling cattle. Too few calves last week to develop an accurate price trend on calves, higher undertones noted on both steer and heifer calves. Good to very good demand for yearlings. A string of black steers and a handful of loads of steers as well as packages of heifers, mostly tested opens, made up the yearling offering. Yearlings came off grass in mostly moderate flesh with some fill seen at times. Mostly good demand for calves with load lots seeing the best demand. Wide price spreads in calves due to hide color and lack of complete vaccinations. All calves were off the cow and flesh was mostly light to moderate. Varied quality on calves, from plain to attractive. An active market with both buyers and some farmer feeders in the seats. The weather has remained warm and very dry. Harvest is progressing quickly with most of the beans off and farmers heavily into corn. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, October 17.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $309.30/cwt on 557 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −191.31 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

Average price

$309.30

557 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,672

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$39.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.22

vs SD average

+14.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	311.56	1,681	525
Medium and Large 1-2	561	272.24	1,527	32

One grade step is worth $39.32/cwt here — about $153 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale557 hd

309.30

—

SD average6 barns · 2,890 hd

313.51

−4.22

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

+14.99

This barn, trailing median8 sales

500.61

−191.31

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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,217	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	273.72/cwt	258.00–276.00	1,555	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,996	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	292.58/cwt	272.50–308.00	1,390	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	222.82/cwt	221.00–224.50	2,128	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	277.17/cwt	263.00–292.00	1,447	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	272.24/cwt	269.00–275.00	1,527	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	336.96/cwt	320.00–352.00	1,584	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	320.17/cwt	299.00–330.00	1,674	292
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	320.37/cwt	296.00–332.50	1,422	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,836	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,311	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,890	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	298.06/cwt	286.00–304.25	1,845	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,831	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	272.55/cwt	272.25–272.75	2,210	349
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	252.78/cwt	250.75–253.50	2,323	372
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	305.88/cwt	292.00–317.50	1,477	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,349	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	316.71/cwt	304.50–339.00	1,356	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	394.81/cwt	385.00–399.00	1,473	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	375.76/cwt	365.00–389.00	1,248	32
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	229.75/cwt	229.00–230.50	2,343	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	357.30/cwt	342.50–378.00	1,501	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	250.24/cwt	247.00–253.50	2,242	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,942	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	300.76/cwt	285.00–309.00	1,684	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,260	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,664	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	325.37/cwt	317.00–339.00	1,123	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	326.21/cwt	310.00–342.50	1,259	16

How this sale compares

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