Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2024-11-14

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 14
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
2,646 head
2,533 vs last sale 5,179 2,460 vs year ago 5,106 · 48.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 400 to 499 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 lower, 500 to 549 lbs mostly steady, 550 to 599 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Heifers 450 to 499 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower, 550 to 599 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Good to very good demand for calves today. Mostly packages in this offering with just a handful of loads, all coming off the cow. Quality varied quite a bit, from plain to attractive. Calves were in light to moderate flesh with some fill at times. Quite a few colored cattle in the mix today and these are discounted at times. A moderate to active market with a few less buyers in the seats today. Slightly less determination to own cattle than we saw at last week's auction, but still plenty of buyers and farmers interested in filling pens. Temps are still above normal for this time of year but cold and snow are forecasted as possible for next week. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, November 21.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $324.24/cwt on 847 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits 176.36 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.
Average price
$324.24
847 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,813
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.61
vs SD average
+18.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560324.821,819811
Medium and Large 1-2538311.151,67436
One grade step is worth $13.67/cwt here — about $145 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
524497470443median 500.6101/0801/2903/0504/1604/23
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 sale847 hd
324.24
SD average8 barns · 6,516 hd
322.64
+1.61
National average190 barns · 31,255 hd
305.44
+18.80
This barn, trailing median8 sales
500.61
−176.36
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550515307.83/cwt300.00–316.001,58592
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600576276.10/cwt270.00–287.001,590135
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500477311.47/cwt300.00–322.501,486203
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350336362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,2188
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650612261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,59718
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400394363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,43044
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550515340.31/cwt320.00–346.001,753252
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600580318.43/cwt303.00–321.001,847547
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350339320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0855
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400373364.46/cwt362.50–367.501,35912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550538311.15/cwt303.00–315.001,67436
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500462381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,760124
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350329390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2839
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375390.21/cwt387.00–395.001,46322
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650622301.01/cwt286.00–307.501,87297
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450418377.02/cwt364.00–392.001,576127
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700661293.45/cwt277.00–303.501,940189
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500480346.75/cwt332.00–356.001,664219
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423339.93/cwt330.00–350.001,43857
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500469297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,39512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350328332.69/cwt330.00–337.501,09122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400383321.90/cwt312.50–330.001,23345
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450438312.55/cwt300.00–327.501,36975
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600591291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,72012

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.