Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2025-01-09

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 9
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
2,947 head
1,492 vs last sale 1,455 1,914 vs year ago 1,033 · +185.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in four weeks so an accurate price trend can not be established. Very good demand for today's offering featuring many packages and loads. The majority of the cattle were long time weaned and vaccinated, however, there were still a couple consignments off the cow. Flesh condition varied, from moderate to some heavy flesh at times. Calves were attractive in quality and clean hided. An active market with the market most active on calves which could fit grass or backgrounding programs, especially those selling in load lots. The winter has been mild for this area so far with little to no snow on the ground. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, January 16, featuring Red and Black Angus replacement heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $357.60/cwt on 604 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits 143.01 against this barn's trailing median of $500.61.
Average price
$357.60
604 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,999
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$28.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.15
vs SD average
+15.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559359.022,007574
Medium and Large 1-2556330.471,83730
One grade step is worth $28.54/cwt here — about $170 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
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 sale604 hd
357.60
SD average7 barns · 3,484 hd
351.45
+6.15
National average155 barns · 22,672 hd
342.08
+15.52
This barn, trailing median8 sales
500.61
−143.01
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425363.27/cwt344.00–368.001,54471
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600577327.95/cwt317.00–336.001,892289
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550533364.08/cwt355.00–372.501,94192
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000991250.75/cwt250.75–250.752,485108
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750720312.24/cwt303.00–315.002,248223
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350326402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,31212
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950914233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,13013
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650600306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,83616
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400380370.51/cwt370.00–371.001,40817
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650630335.63/cwt322.50–338.502,114356
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400383431.28/cwt425.00–446.001,65226
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600573324.38/cwt317.50–333.001,85911
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500489348.62/cwt340.00–353.001,70572
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550508287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,46115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550546334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,82419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500474351.86/cwt348.00–377.501,66863
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500466399.52/cwt383.00–410.001,862131
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700661328.47/cwt321.00–334.502,171234
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800771246.83/cwt244.00–247.001,90374
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600582304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,76920
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450432411.85/cwt411.00–412.001,77932
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400361397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,4358
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550505334.20/cwt328.00–343.001,68897
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700661295.41/cwt279.00–300.501,953122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550539307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,65521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500456323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,47330
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600564358.05/cwt343.00–369.002,019482
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850822264.50/cwt264.50–264.502,17464

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.