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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-17

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 17

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Oct 10Oct 17Oct 24 →

Receipts

6,128 head

▲ 2,677 vs last sale 3,451▲ 6 vs year ago 6,122 · +0.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 400 to 449 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 higher, 450 to 599 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, best test on yearling steers 900 to 949 lbs 2.00 higher on a narrow comparison. Heifer calves 400 to 549 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Good to very good demand for a couple loads and packages of yearlings offered today. Yearlings came off grass in mostly moderate to moderate plus flesh with some fill at times. Very good demand for a large calf offering featuring many loads and packages. Calves were off the cow and preconditioning varied, but most had at least one full round of shots. Overall quality more attractive than last week with many fancy, green calves to choose from. Some price difference in hide color again this week resulting in larger price spreads in this report. An active market with both buyers and farmer feeders in the seats. Weather continues to be very dry and dusty with warm days and cool nights, not the best weather to wean and start calves. The weather has been good for harvest though and corn is coming off quickly. Two feeder cattle sales next week. Tuesday, October 22, featuring Red Angus calves, and Thursday, October 24.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $322.03/cwt on 1,510 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −146.17 against this barn's trailing median of $468.20.

Average price

$322.03

1,510 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,738

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$26.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.48

vs SD average

+22.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	322.54	1,739	1,481
Medium and Large 1-2	573	296.00	1,696	29

One grade step is worth $26.54/cwt here — about $43 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,510 hd

322.03

—

SD average7 barns · 8,221 hd

319.55

+2.48

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

+22.70

This barn, trailing median8 sales

468.20

−146.17

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.18, low $457.44, median $468.20 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

40 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	400.94/cwt	387.50–409.00	1,311	75
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	349	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,326	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	362	362.73/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,313	48
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	393.85/cwt	380.00–406.00	1,449	72
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Full	420	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,390	28
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	385.90/cwt	369.00–398.00	1,632	276
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	348.81/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,493	98
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	453	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,690	257
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	477	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,607	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	327.88/cwt	324.00–335.00	1,574	143
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	347.30/cwt	341.00–365.50	1,677	326
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	328.41/cwt	317.00–344.00	1,718	929
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	537	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,638	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	312.81/cwt	300.50–325.00	1,774	541
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,696	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,666	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	297.11/cwt	293.00–301.00	1,839	189
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	634	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,782	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	290.75/cwt	290.75–290.75	1,974	84
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,166	14
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,365	127
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	242.83/cwt	241.75–245.75	2,363	235
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,050	227.25/cwt	227.25–227.25	2,386	54
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	342	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,129	15
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	346	372.72/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,290	36
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	377.97/cwt	359.00–387.00	1,346	68
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,326	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	337.73/cwt	326.00–355.00	1,442	442
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	316.28/cwt	306.00–322.00	1,351	82
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	306.82/cwt	294.00–319.50	1,457	442
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	489	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,399	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	278.68/cwt	272.50–282.00	1,366	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	524	303.24/cwt	302.00–305.00	1,589	87
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	283.51/cwt	270.00–296.00	1,494	157
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	273.31/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,582	211
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,753	59
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,815	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,050	61
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	236.25/cwt	236.25–236.25	2,155	118
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	962	223.09/cwt	221.00–225.00	2,146	19

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mobridge Livestock Exchange (Thursday) - Mobridge, SD

Thu Oct 17, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 6,128Last week 3,451Year ago 6,122

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	489	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	300–350	346	360.00–387.50	372.72
68	350–400	356	359.00–387.00	377.97
442	400–450	427	326.00–355.00	337.73
442	450–500	475	294.00–319.50	306.82
157	500–550	527	270.00–296.00	283.51
211	550–600	579	260.00–281.00	273.31
59	600–650	647	271.00	271.00
6	750–800	758	239.50	239.50
61	850–900	867	236.50	236.50
118	900–950	912	236.25	236.25
19	950–1000	962	221.00–225.00	223.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	342	330.00	330.00
13	350–400	380	349.00	349.00
82	400–450	427	306.00–322.00	316.28
35	450–500	490	272.50–282.00	278.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
87	500–550	524	302.00–305.00	303.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	349	380.00	380.00
48	350–400	362	360.00–368.00	362.73
98	400–450	428	340.00–360.00	348.81
143	450–500	480	324.00–335.00	327.88
29	550–600	573	296.00	296.00
13	600–650	617	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	300–350	327	387.50–409.00	400.94
72	350–400	368	380.00–406.00	393.85
276	400–450	423	369.00–398.00	385.90
326	450–500	483	341.00–365.50	347.30
929	500–550	523	317.00–344.00	328.41
541	550–600	567	300.50–325.00	312.81
189	600–650	619	293.00–301.00	297.11
84	650–700	679	290.75	290.75
14	850–900	863	251.00	251.00
127	900–950	924	256.00	256.00
235	950–1000	973	241.75–245.75	242.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	1050–1100	1,050	227.25	227.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	477	337.00	337.00
11	500–550	537	305.00	305.00
18	600–650	634	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	420	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
257	450–500	453	373.00	373.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.