Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2019-09-26

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 26
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
3,221 head
3,221 vs last sale 0 3,221 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale since spring so an accurate price trend can not be established. Moderate to good demand for today's large yearling offering with loads and multiple loads of attractive steers and heifers off grass in light flesh seeing the best demand. Many packages of both steers and heifers included in the offering today, many of these off grass, and many of the heifers were home raised tested opens. Quality varied today, from plain to attractive. Market activity was mostly active with many buyers in the seats today. Producer attendance is more limited as many are concentrating on fall work, most of which is late this year. The next feeder cattle sale is next Thursday, October 3, expecting 1500 head or more of spring born calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.37/cwt on 1,515 head.
Average price
$136.37
1,515 head · 852 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,161
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$139
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$13.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.59
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1845136.791,1561,468
Large 11,051123.291,29547
One grade step is worth $13.50/cwt here — about −$139 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 sale1,515 hd
136.37
SD average8 barns · 8,695 hd
131.79
+4.59
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

25 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
SteersMedium and Large 1678150.77/cwt150.00–152.001,02233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2770137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,05914
HeifersMedium and Large 1716138.95/cwt136.00–142.5099569
HeifersMedium and Large 1971129.61/cwt128.50–131.501,259102
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed840140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,180140
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed765146.67/cwt146.00–147.001,122106
SteersMedium and Large 1645155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,00013
SteersMedium and Large 1977135.02/cwt131.00–138.001,319145
HeifersMedium and Large 1685136.36/cwt136.00–137.5093460
HeifersMedium and Large 1922131.93/cwt128.00–135.001,216330
SteersLarge 11,014131.77/cwt131.00–132.501,336105
SteersMedium and Large 1912140.89/cwt137.00–142.001,285123
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full890124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,10810
HeifersMedium and Large 1819138.11/cwt135.00–139.501,131296
SteersLarge 11,113125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,397100
SteersMedium and Large 1882142.99/cwt142.75–143.501,261102
HeifersLarge 11,034124.57/cwt123.50–125.501,28840
HeifersMedium and Large 1882134.57/cwt128.25–135.501,187200
SteersLarge 11,051128.66/cwt128.50–130.001,35256
SteersMedium and Large 1779144.89/cwt141.50–148.001,12979
HeifersLarge 11,145116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,3287
HeifersMedium and Large 1778142.09/cwt138.00–143.001,105155
SteersLarge 11,200120.25/cwt120.25–120.251,44348
SteersMedium and Large 1821144.49/cwt143.00–146.001,18674
SteersMedium and Large 1-2884139.96/cwt139.00–140.501,23784

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.