Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder cattle sale last week due to Thanksgiving, compared to two weeks ago: steers 400 to 499 lbs 12.00 to 17.00 higher, 450 to 499 lbs not well compared, 500 to 599 7.00 to 10.00 higher, 600 to 649 lbs 10.00 to 14.00 higher. Heifers 450 to 649 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Very good demand for this large calf offering. Many loads and packages of top shelf calves available, almost all off the cow and with all their shots. Flesh condition mostly light to moderate with some fill seen at times but mostly the weigh up was attractive and the calves were open haired and bloomy. Market was very active as buyers and farmers compete to buy calves after the holiday week and before the year's end. Colder temperatures this week with a warmer weekend expected, most of the area has no snow at this time. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, December 12, the last feeder cattle sale for 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $359.81/cwt on 796 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −140.80 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

Average price

$359.81

796 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,906

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$25.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.04

vs SD average

+34.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	360.15	1,909	785
Medium and Large 1-2	512	335.00	1,715	11thin

One grade step is worth $25.15/cwt here — about $193 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale796 hd

359.81

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SD average5 barns · 2,383 hd

341.77

+18.04

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+34.44

This barn, trailing median8 sales

500.61

−140.80

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

33 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	650–700	666	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,888	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,883	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	323.60/cwt	310.00–337.00	1,683	315
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	283.46/cwt	280.00–289.00	1,729	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	337.05/cwt	321.00–346.00	1,577	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,590	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,654	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,345	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	366.01/cwt	341.00–377.00	1,903	622
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	452.65/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,494	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	430.56/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,593	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	362.05/cwt	357.50–373.00	1,673	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,715	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	427	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,011	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	298.95/cwt	286.00–306.00	2,132	246
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	659	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,089	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	396.36/cwt	385.00–402.50	1,288	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	400	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,576	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	327.95/cwt	322.50–337.00	2,010	719
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	456	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,938	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,894	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,582	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	348.43/cwt	332.50–355.00	1,516	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	369.11/cwt	352.00–374.00	1,462	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	304.48/cwt	286.00–307.00	2,113	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	337.81/cwt	322.50–345.00	1,919	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	401.53/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,735	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	300.39/cwt	290.00–312.50	1,712	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,584	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	613	318.93/cwt	315.50–320.00	1,955	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	459	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,744	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,033	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	557	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	1,791	141

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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