Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2019-10-22

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 22
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2010
Receipts
1,345 head
▼ 212 vs last sale 1,557▲ 1,345 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: best test on steer calves 450 to 500 lbs 6.00 to 7.00 lower, 550 to 600 lbs mostly steady. Heifer calves not well compared. A much smaller sale than expected today due to rain on Sunday and Monday making roads and yards too muddy for trucks again. Today's lighter offering consisted of a couple loads and a handful of packages of yearlings off grass in light flesh and packages of spring calves. Moderate to good demand seen for yearlings, light to moderate demand for calves. Most calves today were red as today was the advertised Red Angus sale. Calves with clean hides and full preconditioning were met with the best demand. Calves without shots or only partial preconditioning were discounted. Some calves carried tag as the loading and pen conditions are tough. Market activity mostly moderate with a more limited attendance of buyers today. Any farmer feeders are concentrating on harvest right now and not interested in buying calves to feed. The next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, October 24. The Red Angus sale has been moved to November-watch local listings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.92/cwt on 631 head.
Average price
$137.92
631 head · 619 lb average
Value per head Derived
$854
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
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state cohort unavailable

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1616138.34852605
Medium and Large 1-2700128.2589826
One grade step is worth $10.09/cwt here — about −$46 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.

Every lot, as filed

30 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1330164.00/cwt164.00–164.005416
Steers—Medium and Large 1385171.00/cwt171.00–171.006584
Steers—Medium and Large 1411158.80/cwt155.00–171.0065332
Steers—Medium and Large 1471159.57/cwt156.00–161.00752105
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy474179.31/cwt178.00–180.0085014
Steers—Medium and Large 1525152.57/cwt148.00–162.5080166
Steers—Medium and Large 1582150.06/cwt142.00–159.50873240
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned605153.50/cwt153.50–153.5092924
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned665144.50/cwt144.50–144.5096129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685125.00/cwt125.00–125.0085611
Steers—Medium and Large 1690141.00/cwt141.00–141.009734
Steers—Medium and Large 1770146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,12434
Steers—Medium and Large 1885143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,2668
Steers—Medium and Large 1910139.70/cwt139.70–139.701,27120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330137.00/cwt137.00–137.004525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374136.73/cwt132.00–140.0051130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439142.78/cwt140.00–147.0062755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement440157.50/cwt157.50–157.5069312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476142.33/cwt136.00–147.0067774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512131.76/cwt127.00–135.0067580
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement515152.00/cwt152.00–152.0078326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565137.31/cwt125.00–145.0077694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630128.00/cwt128.00–128.0080613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned640136.00/cwt136.00–136.008708
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665138.50/cwt138.50–138.5092125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1760136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,03720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2770128.50/cwt128.50–128.5098913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1805139.88/cwt134.00–140.501,12685
Heifers—Medium and Large 1895130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,16425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1905133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,20866

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.