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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-19

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 19

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Oct 12Oct 19Oct 26 →

Receipts

6,122 head

▲ 2,547 vs last sale 3,575▲ 333 vs year ago 5,789 · +5.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 400 to 499 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 higher, 500 to 549 lbs and 600 to 649 lbs mostly steady, 550 to 599 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Heifer calves 400 to 449 lbs and 500 to 549 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher, 450 to 499 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for this large calf offering. A handful of loads and many, many packages offered, all off the cow. Prices varied again this week depending on hide color and preconditioning with calves with no shots or just a 7 way shot seeing the steepest discounts. Many attractive quality calves to choose from, flesh condition mostly light. An active market despite a rough day on live and feeder cattle futures with bull breeders, buyers, and farmer feeders in the seats. Mild weather so far this week helping to dry out yards and keep harvest moving along, some areas saw heavy rain at the end of last week. Two feeder cattle sales next week: Tuesday, October 24 featuring Red Angus calves and regular feeder cattle sale Thursday, October 26.

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 $321.62/cwt on 3,182 head.

Average price

$321.62

3,182 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,671

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$264

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

$2.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.09

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	444	323.51	1,435	338
Medium and Large 1	529	321.40	1,699	2,844

One grade step is worth $2.11/cwt here — about −$264 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 sale3,182 hd

321.62

—

SD average10 barns · 19,124 hd

296.53

+25.09

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

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	352.96/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,112	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	328.07/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,109	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	335.83/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,209	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	371	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,369	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	347.82/cwt	340.00–358.00	1,318	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	369.05/cwt	357.50–374.00	1,576	234
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	332.95/cwt	325.00–346.00	1,425	141
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	438	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,253	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	473	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,708	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	321.53/cwt	310.00–324.00	1,563	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	335.41/cwt	328.00–356.00	1,637	474
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	319.11/cwt	309.00–332.00	1,675	830
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	306.50/cwt	306.00–307.50	1,612	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	307.32/cwt	293.00–315.50	1,782	796
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	292.54/cwt	283.00–302.00	1,799	339
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	316	286.73/cwt	275.00–297.50	906	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	332	318.15/cwt	312.50–322.50	1,056	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	326.58/cwt	316.00–334.00	1,231	153
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	393	298.65/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,174	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	295.14/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,251	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	310.62/cwt	302.00–323.00	1,320	319
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	455	317.19/cwt	311.00–318.00	1,443	278
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	291.90/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,404	270
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	496	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,364	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	283.32/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,468	289
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	525	298.25/cwt	298.25–298.25	1,566	201
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	551	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,659	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	275.51/cwt	261.00–282.00	1,576	178
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	602	251.18/cwt	251.00–252.00	1,512	73

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.

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

Mobridge Livestock Exchange (Thursday) - Mobridge, SD

Thu Oct 19, 2023

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

Receipts 6,122Last week 3,575Year ago 5,789

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
153	—	377	316.00–334.00	326.58
178	—	572	261.00–282.00	275.51
270	—	481	280.00–303.00	291.90
319	—	425	302.00–323.00	310.62
73	—	602	251.00–252.00	251.18
289	—	518	270.00–289.00	283.32
35	—	332	312.50–322.50	318.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	393	290.00–305.00	298.65
62	—	424	287.00–300.00	295.14
11	—	316	275.00–297.50	286.73
17	—	496	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
201	—	525	298.25	298.25
33	—	551	301.00	301.00
278	—	455	311.00–318.00	317.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	338	325.00–332.50	328.07
32	—	360	327.50–337.50	335.83
69	—	486	310.00–324.00	321.53
141	—	428	325.00–346.00	332.95
53	—	526	306.00–307.50	306.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
234	—	427	357.50–374.00	369.05
830	—	525	309.00–332.00	319.11
18	—	315	350.00–355.00	352.96
339	—	615	283.00–302.00	292.54
474	—	488	328.00–356.00	335.41
120	—	379	340.00–358.00	347.82
796	—	580	293.00–315.50	307.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	371	369.00	369.00
26	—	473	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	438	286.00	286.00

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.