Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2019-11-14

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 14
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
4,867 head
1,587 vs last sale 6,454 4,867 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, except 500-600 lbs steers 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Good demand for this large offering of very attractive spring born steer and heifer calves. There were many long strings of high quality, clean, open-haired, light to moderate fleshed calves including several full load lots. The market was active as cattle feeders were more willing to chase the market a little as they are feeling more at ease about the coming months of the fed cattle market. Yesterday's triple digit downturn in the futures contracts was pretty well shrugged off as those losses did not follow through today as gains were posted. Next feeder cattle sale will be Thursday Nov 21, 2019 expecting 6,500-7,000 feeder cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.60/cwt on 3,027 head.
Average price
$161.60
3,027 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$957
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$162
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.80
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2494162.18801108
Medium and Large 1596161.589632,919
One grade step is worth $0.60/cwt here — about −$162 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 sale3,027 hd
161.60
SD average9 barns · 25,386 hd
155.81
+5.80
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

34 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy709132.22/cwt131.00–134.0093717
HeifersMedium and Large 1790136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0745
HeifersMedium and Large 1995134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,3387
HeifersMedium and Large 1369171.56/cwt171.00–172.0063314
HeifersMedium and Large 1700137.50/cwt137.50–137.5096318
HeifersMedium and Large 1411164.97/cwt154.00–168.5067860
HeifersMedium and Large 1657137.83/cwt133.00–140.25906123
HeifersMedium and Large 1478152.95/cwt146.50–163.00731252
HeifersMedium and Large 1531149.10/cwt141.00–155.00792319
HeifersMedium and Large 1565146.06/cwt141.00–150.50825382
HeifersMedium and Large 1624143.72/cwt132.50–148.25897393
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440143.00/cwt143.00–143.006297
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610130.00/cwt130.00–130.0079311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2395160.00/cwt160.00–160.0063212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2334187.17/cwt186.00–189.0062510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2536149.94/cwt144.00–153.5080419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2595148.00/cwt148.00–148.0088127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2432174.40/cwt168.00–181.0075338
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570133.00/cwt133.00–133.0075814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481142.28/cwt133.00–147.0068444
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy655140.00/cwt140.00–140.0091722
SteersMedium and Large 1915139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,2725
SteersMedium and Large 1800148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,18410
SteersMedium and Large 1950140.19/cwt139.50–140.501,33213
SteersMedium and Large 1350199.00/cwt199.00–199.0069714
SteersMedium and Large 1431184.68/cwt177.00–190.5079682
SteersMedium and Large 1728153.71/cwt147.00–155.251,119107
SteersMedium and Large 1474175.37/cwt165.00–184.00831229
SteersMedium and Large 1621158.09/cwt149.00–161.50982437
SteersMedium and Large 1518168.66/cwt158.00–176.50874476
SteersMedium and Large 1677154.54/cwt147.25–161.501,046733
SteersMedium and Large 1580161.06/cwt153.00–166.75934791
SteersMedium and Large 1-2395174.00/cwt174.00–174.006876
SteersMedium and Large 1-2620141.00/cwt141.00–141.008748

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.