Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: steer calves 400 to 649 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 10.00 lower on 400 to 499 lbs. Heifer calves 400 to 449 lbs 10.00 to 12.00 lower, 450 to 549 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower, 550 to 599 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Good to very good demand for this large calf offering with best demand seen during the last half of the sale which featured quite a few loads lots from reputation outfits. Less colored cattle than last week and less calves that hadn't been fully preconditioned, the majority of today's offering was black hided and had at least two rounds of shots. Quality varied, but mostly average to attractive quality calves on offer, all coming off the cow. Flesh condition was an attractive light to moderate. An active market with plenty of buyers and a few bull breeders in the seats, however, not quite the enthusiasm to get cattle bought as was seen last week. The temperatures have become more seasonally normal but dusty and dry conditions remain. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, November 7.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $323.56/cwt on 1,622 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −177.05 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

Average price

$323.56

1,622 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,766

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$32.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.64

vs SD average

+22.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	324.31	1,770	1,584
Medium and Large 1-2	553	292.05	1,615	38

One grade step is worth $32.26/cwt here — about $155 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale1,622 hd

323.56

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SD average11 barns · 12,215 hd

319.91

+3.64

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

+22.87

This barn, trailing median8 sales

500.61

−177.05

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

28 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	300–350	336	357.61/cwt	352.50–365.00	1,202	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	336.34/cwt	327.50–345.00	1,224	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	321.16/cwt	308.00–341.00	1,387	359
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	296.76/cwt	286.50–300.00	1,570	550
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	313.48/cwt	301.00–321.50	1,495	589
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,480	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,929	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	392.18/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,510	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,646	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	280.54/cwt	271.00–288.00	1,765	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	367.38/cwt	352.50–380.00	1,598	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	342.80/cwt	329.00–363.00	1,635	326
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	289.63/cwt	281.00–295.50	1,654	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	310.87/cwt	295.00–316.00	1,927	528
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	347.73/cwt	347.50–348.00	1,530	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	322.77/cwt	320.50–326.00	1,601	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	411.07/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,348	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,321	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	253.79/cwt	251.00–258.00	1,464	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	315.72/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,257	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,529	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	364.24/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,388	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	293.11/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,404	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	559	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,688	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	518	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	1,598	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,699	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	317.80/cwt	305.00–324.00	1,802	672
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	329.11/cwt	316.00–339.00	1,744	912

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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