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

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

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 −178.58 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

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.

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 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

500.61

−178.58

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

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.

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

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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