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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-16

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 16

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Mar 2Mar 16Mar 30 →

Receipts

1,655 head

▼ 379 vs last sale 2,034▼ 1,017 vs year ago 2,672 · −38.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Different weight classes of cattle today then two weeks ago to compare and develop an accurate price trend. Moderate to good demand for this lighter offering with best demand seen for grass type cattle and replacement quality heifers. Many packages and several loads made up this offering. Quality varied quite a bit, especially on packages. Flesh ranged from light to moderate plus with some heavy flesh at times. A moderate to active market with a lighter attendance of buyers today. Cold weather and wind for the rest of the week with some areas seeing more snow. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $200.68/cwt on 867 head.

Average price

$200.68

867 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,320

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$23.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.94

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	658	200.96	1,322	857
Medium and Large 1-2	680	177.00	1,204	10thin

One grade step is worth $23.96/cwt here — about $118 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 sale867 hd

200.68

—

SD average6 barns · 7,945 hd

188.74

+11.94

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

Every lot

29 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	390	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,018	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	256.38/cwt	253.00–258.00	1,220	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	260.23/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,348	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,176	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	588	247.71/cwt	233.00–248.50	1,457	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	234.98/cwt	227.00–239.00	1,466	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	640	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,312	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,576	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	685	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,439	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,610	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	211.68/cwt	198.00–216.00	1,545	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,427	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	805	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,433	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	184.31/cwt	184.00–184.50	1,513	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	885	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,584	130
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	920	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,569	36
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	411	220.88/cwt	220.50–222.00	908	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	213.26/cwt	208.00–217.00	1,017	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	218.03/cwt	212.00–220.50	1,153	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	204.06/cwt	197.00–216.50	1,186	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	605	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,207	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	628	214.90/cwt	214.75–215.00	1,350	197
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	198.27/cwt	188.00–205.50	1,322	148
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,204	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	690	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,239	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	715	191.65/cwt	190.00–193.50	1,370	139
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	185.79/cwt	185.00–187.00	1,343	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,500	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	855	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,530	37

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 Mar 16, 2023

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

Receipts 1,655Last week 2,034Year ago 2,672

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	690	179.50	179.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	411	220.50–222.00	220.88
52	—	850	176.50	176.50
71	—	581	197.00–216.50	204.06
89	—	529	212.00–220.50	218.03
148	—	667	188.00–205.50	198.27
15	—	477	208.00–217.00	213.26
57	—	723	185.00–187.00	185.79
15	—	605	199.50	199.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	680	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
197	—	628	214.75–215.00	214.90
37	—	855	179.00	179.00
139	—	715	190.00–193.50	191.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	588	233.00–248.50	247.71
70	—	624	227.00–239.00	234.98
19	—	476	253.00–258.00	256.38
40	—	685	230.00	230.00
36	—	920	170.50	170.50
130	—	885	179.00	179.00
73	—	821	184.00–184.50	184.31
25	—	730	198.00–216.00	211.68
49	—	518	250.00–262.00	260.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	700	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	525	224.00	224.00
9	—	780	183.00	183.00
19	—	390	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	640	205.00	205.00
50	—	805	178.00	178.00
4	—	685	210.00	210.00

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.