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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 400 to 499 lbs mostly steady, 500 to 599 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower with instances up to 20.00 lower on 500 to 549 lbs. Heifers 450 to 549 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for a smaller offering this week which sold entirely in packages. A large difference in quality from last week which featured so many attractive quality calves, today was more of a "clean out" day featuring quite a few plainer cattle. Some attractive cattle on offer but it was hard to get a load of these together. Roughly a quarter of the calves were weaned, from 7 days and up, the rest came off the cow. Preconditioning varied with more calves without good shots or any shots than seen last week. A moderate to active market with a few less buyers and farmer feeders than last week in the seats. This is the last feeder cattle sale of 2024, next feeder cattle sale is January 9, 2025. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $330.38/cwt on 270 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −170.23 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.

Average price

$330.38

270 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,815

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$17.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.84

vs SD average

+6.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	332.28	1,824	240
Medium and Large 1-2	553	315.15	1,744	30

One grade step is worth $17.13/cwt here — about $80 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 sale270 hd

330.38

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SD average7 barns · 4,629 hd

337.22

−6.84

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+6.03

This barn, trailing median8 sales

500.61

−170.23

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

27 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	450–500	470	331.24/cwt	322.50–341.00	1,557	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,409	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,607	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	308.84/cwt	302.50–310.00	1,458	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	290.81/cwt	289.00–296.00	1,565	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	358.76/cwt	342.50–367.00	1,496	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	323.04/cwt	312.00–335.00	1,990	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	396.34/cwt	387.00–412.00	1,669	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	341.38/cwt	327.50–357.50	1,789	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	600–650	637	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,886	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	360.14/cwt	347.00–375.00	1,757	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	324.58/cwt	310.00–339.50	1,850	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,401	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,448	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,755	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	371.70/cwt	350.00–420.00	1,405	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	322.50/cwt	301.00–333.00	1,671	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	336.12/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,267	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	403.81/cwt	390.00–416.00	1,518	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,961	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	321.48/cwt	319.00–322.50	1,736	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,230	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,646	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	298.95/cwt	289.00–310.00	1,683	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	293.63/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,920	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	429.93/cwt	420.00–437.50	1,453	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	332.16/cwt	320.00–337.00	1,465	14

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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