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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-07

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 7

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Nov 30Dec 7Jan 11 →

Receipts

4,316 head

▲ 1,427 vs last sale 2,889▲ 731 vs year ago 3,585 · +20.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 450 to 649 lbs 5.00 to 9.00 lower. Heifers 450 to 599 lbs mostly steady with instances up to 10.00 lower on 500 to 549 lbs. Moderate to good demand for calves today. A handful of loads and many packages made up the offering, with the majority still coming off the cow. Varied shot records again this week and these, along with hide color and days weaned, some calves weaned just 30 days, cause discrimination. Flesh condition mostly light to moderate but some fill seen on the calves at times. A moderate market with a lower board again today. All the optimism of the early fall has evaporated leaving a cloud of uncertainty as the board continues to drop. The area is enjoying exceptional weather, warm and mild, which is great for feeding and weaning and finishing fall work but is being dampened by the disappointing markets. Few feeders expected next week making this the last feeder cattle sale of 2023. Watch local listings for the first feeder cattle sale of 2024. 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 $282.44/cwt on 2,304 head.

Average price

$282.44

2,304 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

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

$20.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.33

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	284.63	1,590	2,059
Medium and Large 1-2	519	264.01	1,370	245

One grade step is worth $20.62/cwt here — about $219 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 sale2,304 hd

282.44

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SD average9 barns · 20,105 hd

260.10

+22.33

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

31 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 1-2	354	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	956	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	330.72/cwt	310.00–332.50	1,257	123
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	409	258.18/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,056	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	319.74/cwt	302.50–326.50	1,410	94
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	319.11/cwt	300.50–328.00	1,509	244
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	264.31/cwt	257.00–275.00	1,269	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	298.85/cwt	291.00–309.00	1,548	461
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	270.72/cwt	261.00–275.00	1,413	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	531	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,487	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	281.66/cwt	274.00–290.00	1,622	372
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	265.23/cwt	261.00–267.00	1,538	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	587	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,485	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	262.53/cwt	248.00–266.50	1,628	469
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,689	171
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	227.91/cwt	220.00–230.25	1,625	108
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	339	270.63/cwt	265.00–275.00	917	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	377	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,123	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	248.21/cwt	247.00–250.00	963	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	276.93/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,196	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	439	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	1,332	121
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	464	237.22/cwt	232.00–247.50	1,101	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	276.45/cwt	264.00–287.50	1,313	270
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	477	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,226	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	504	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,497	116
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	253.47/cwt	246.00–260.00	1,331	142
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	534	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,266	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	222.82/cwt	218.00–228.00	1,201	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	245.03/cwt	231.00–250.75	1,372	238
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	230.86/cwt	218.00–232.00	1,471	204
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	642	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,342	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,437	88

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 Dec 7, 2023

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

Receipts 4,316Last week 2,889Year ago 3,585

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	534	237.00	237.00
12	—	642	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	477	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	339	265.00–275.00	270.63
68	—	432	261.00–280.00	276.93
88	—	650	221.00	221.00
270	—	475	264.00–287.50	276.45
238	—	560	231.00–250.75	245.03
142	—	525	246.00–260.00	253.47
204	—	637	218.00–232.00	230.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	377	298.00	298.00
121	—	439	303.50	303.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	388	247.00–250.00	248.21
32	—	464	232.00–247.50	237.22
70	—	539	218.00–228.00	222.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	504	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	380	310.00–332.50	330.72
108	—	713	220.00–230.25	227.91
94	—	441	302.50–326.50	319.74
244	—	473	300.50–328.00	319.11
469	—	620	248.00–266.50	262.53
461	—	518	291.00–309.00	298.85
372	—	576	274.00–290.00	281.66
171	—	681	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	480	257.00–275.00	264.31
21	—	354	270.00	270.00
13	—	409	257.00–260.00	258.18
59	—	580	261.00–267.00	265.23
55	—	522	261.00–275.00	270.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	587	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	531	280.00	280.00

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.