Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2019-05-30

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, May 30
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
← earliestMay 30Sep 26
Receipts
1,378 head
1,378 vs last sale 0 1,378 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks so an accurate trend can not be established. Today's sale included roughly 900 feeder cattle with the remaining receipts in pairs, breds, and weigh ups. One string of steers and several packages, including fall calves, made up the feeder cattle offering. Good demand for the string, light to moderate demand for packages. Flesh varied, but mostly moderate flesh overall. Package quality varied, the string was mostly attractive in quality. A moderate market at best with a very limited crowd of order buyers attending. The small number of receipts made it very difficult to put any kind of load together today. Warm, dry weather this week has finally allowed field work to progress. Few feeder cattle expected for several weeks, check local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $122.24/cwt on 671 head.
Average price
$122.24
671 head · 979 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,197
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$58.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.59
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2508148.7675617thin
Medium and Large 1886128.831,142285
Large 11,080116.641,260359
Medium and Large 280590.5072910thin
One grade step is worth $58.26/cwt here — about $28 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 sale671 hd
122.24
SD average5 barns · 4,722 hd
133.83
−11.59
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

22 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Dairy SteersLarge 399070.50/cwt70.50–70.5069810
SteersMedium and Large 280590.50/cwt90.50–90.5072910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570146.50/cwt146.50–146.5083510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420152.00/cwt152.00–152.006387
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned645144.50/cwt144.50–144.5093223
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned520150.50/cwt150.50–150.507837
SteersMedium and Large 1972123.85/cwt122.50–125.251,204119
SteersMedium and Large 1910124.25/cwt124.25–124.251,13162
SteersMedium and Large 1895127.10/cwt127.10–127.101,13852
SteersMedium and Large 1670157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,05212
SteersMedium and Large 1740140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,04010
SteersLarge 11,056116.75/cwt116.75–116.751,233203
SteersLarge 11,112116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,295156
HeifersMedium and Large 2760100.00/cwt100.00–100.0076014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485144.00/cwt144.00–144.006988
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned645130.50/cwt130.50–130.5084217
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned560136.50/cwt136.50–136.507649
HeifersMedium and Large 1555136.00/cwt136.00–136.0075519
HeifersMedium and Large 1650130.50/cwt130.50–130.5084814
HeifersMedium and Large 1635140.00/cwt140.00–140.0088914
HeifersMedium and Large 1765124.00/cwt124.00–124.009497
HeifersMedium and Large 1430150.00/cwt150.00–150.006457

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.