Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2021-12-09

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-09

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 9

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Dec 2Dec 9Jan 6 →

Receipts

2,445 head

▼ 1,716 vs last sale 4,161▼ 61 vs year ago 2,506 · −2.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves under 500 lbs not well compared, 501 to 550 lbs mostly steady, 551 to 700 lbs 4.00 to 9.00 higher. Best test on heifers 550 to 600 lbs 5.00 higher with other weight classes of heifers not well compared. Very good demand for calves again this week. The feature consignment was a ranch selling 750 head of fancy black calves in loads and these saw excellent demand. The rest of the offering sold in packages, both weaned and unweaned calves available. Quality similar to last week with many attractive calves to choose from, most of these had their shots. An active market with many buyers and a few farmer feeders in the seats today. This is the final feeder cattle sale of 2021, next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, January 6 2022. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.23/cwt on 1,478 head.

Average price

$185.23

1,478 head · 613 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,135

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$274

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

$13.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.14

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	449	197.60	888	158
Medium and Large 1	632	183.75	1,162	1,320

One grade step is worth $13.85/cwt here — about −$274 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 sale1,478 hd

185.23

—

SD average9 barns · 21,297 hd

177.09

+8.14

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	337	219.88/cwt	211.00–227.00	741	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	360	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	684	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	844	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	221.07/cwt	217.00–228.00	924	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	198.07/cwt	187.00–205.00	858	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	920	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,061	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	186.87/cwt	186.50–188.00	970	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	196.49/cwt	191.00–207.00	1,051	163
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	189.72/cwt	179.00–199.50	1,080	220
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	606	165.36/cwt	165.00–166.00	1,002	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	181.40/cwt	171.00–185.50	1,145	270
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	179.80/cwt	170.50–183.00	1,188	301
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,096	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	170.07/cwt	169.00–171.50	1,226	153
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,301	156
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	618	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	611	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	186.47/cwt	179.50–189.50	807	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	175.94/cwt	168.00–183.00	832	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	505	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	778	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	171.77/cwt	170.00–173.00	897	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	162.86/cwt	157.00–167.00	932	122
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	622	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,079	169
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	158.00/cwt	156.00–159.50	988	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	718	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,178	160
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,065	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,598	12

This sale against other markets

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mobridge Livestock Exchange (Thursday) - Mobridge, SD

Thu Dec 9, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 2,445Last week 4,161Year ago 2,506

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,065	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	433	179.50–189.50	186.47
59	—	625	156.00–159.50	158.00
67	—	522	170.00–173.00	171.77
79	—	473	168.00–183.00	175.94
122	—	572	157.00–167.00	162.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	355	172.00	172.00
5	—	505	154.00	154.00
9	—	345	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	622	173.50	173.50
160	—	718	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	750	173.50	173.50
163	—	535	191.00–207.00	196.49
27	—	418	217.00–228.00	221.07
220	—	569	179.00–199.50	189.72
30	—	480	221.00	221.00
270	—	631	171.00–185.50	181.40
301	—	661	170.50–183.00	179.80
153	—	721	169.00–171.50	170.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	337	211.00–227.00	219.88
36	—	519	186.50–188.00	186.87
26	—	460	200.00	200.00
29	—	433	187.00–205.00	198.07
11	—	606	165.00–166.00	165.36
5	—	685	160.00	160.00
7	—	380	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	360	190.00	190.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.