Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2019-11-05

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Tue, Nov 5
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2010
Receipts
4,073 head
2,710 vs last sale 6,783 4,073 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: steer calves 450 to 700 lbs mostly steady, instances 3.00 lower om 650 to 700 lbs. Heifer calves 400 to 650 lbs mostly steady. Moderate to good demand for today's offering of packages and loads featuring many Red Angus calves. Best demand seen for heifer calves suitable for replacements. One package of weaned calves offered, otherwise calves were off the cow. Flesh mostly light to moderate. Most of the calves had full preconditioning, some calves with only spring shots were discounted at times. A moderate to active market with a different crowd of buyers including several bull breeders interested in purchasing back their genetics. Harvest has made great progress in the past week and most soybean harvest is complete with corn harvest well under way. Weather remains cold and some of the area saw snow today. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, November 7.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.74/cwt on 2,291 head.
Average price
$159.74
2,291 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$916
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.04
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573159.869172,268
Medium and Large 1-2575148.0085123
One grade step is worth $11.86/cwt here — about $66 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2,291 hd
159.74
SD average12 barns · 34,592 hd
155.70
+4.04
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 Calf Auction (Tue-Seasonal) - Mobridge, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1569159.16/cwt151.50–167.00906657
SteersMedium and Large 1671151.35/cwt144.75–156.251,016290
SteersMedium and Large 1420178.57/cwt174.00–190.0075053
SteersMedium and Large 1755143.25/cwt143.25–143.251,08218
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement527153.77/cwt153.00–154.0081091
HeifersMedium and Large 1425159.87/cwt152.00–165.00679206
HeifersMedium and Large 1333167.77/cwt160.00–170.0055936
HeifersMedium and Large 1385158.00/cwt158.00–158.0060811
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural475187.00/cwt187.00–187.0088814
SteersMedium and Large 1473175.11/cwt172.00–178.00828332
SteersMedium and Large 1701145.12/cwt143.50–145.501,01776
SteersMedium and Large 1318183.96/cwt180.00–190.0058521
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement495157.00/cwt157.00–157.00777114
HeifersMedium and Large 1485151.72/cwt139.00–155.00736352
HeifersMedium and Large 1517141.73/cwt131.50–147.00733145
HeifersMedium and Large 1705134.50/cwt134.50–134.5094820
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575148.00/cwt148.00–148.0085123
SteersMedium and Large 1623152.17/cwt144.00–158.25948589
SteersMedium and Large 1515163.14/cwt155.00–171.50840168
SteersMedium and Large 1385187.50/cwt187.50–187.5072250
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement574151.56/cwt151.00–152.00870167
HeifersMedium and Large 1569141.84/cwt130.50–148.00807392
HeifersMedium and Large 1621143.39/cwt138.00–145.50890197
HeifersMedium and Large 1658142.86/cwt134.00–144.7594035

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.