Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2019-12-12

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 12
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
4,300 head
1,840 vs last sale 6,140 4,300 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 mostly steady. Good demand for this offering of many packages and quite a few loads of average to attractive quality calves. Flesh mostly light to moderate today. A few weaned package available, weaned from 30 to 60 days, but most of the calves off the cow. Most had full preconditioning but a few packages with just a 7 way shot were discounted at times. Cold weather this week has firmed things up and the calves were very clean and open haired. An active market for this large offering. This is the last feeder cattle sale of 2019, the next feeder cattle sale is January 9, 2020. Bred cattle next Tuesday, December 17. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.53/cwt on 2,931 head.
Average price
$165.53
2,931 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$939
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+9.89
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568165.539392,931
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2,931 hd
165.53
SD average9 barns · 26,899 hd
155.64
+9.89
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

23 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 1Thin Fleshed450191.00/cwt191.00–191.0086058
SteersMedium and Large 1574162.86/cwt153.00–168.50935586
SteersMedium and Large 1621156.16/cwt145.50–162.00970580
SteersMedium and Large 1529172.83/cwt163.00–179.00914523
HeifersMedium and Large 1475149.74/cwt142.50–156.00711410
HeifersMedium and Large 1577141.22/cwt136.50–145.50815270
HeifersMedium and Large 1530145.38/cwt139.00–147.50771251
SteersMedium and Large 1482180.96/cwt168.00–184.50872401
SteersMedium and Large 1664149.68/cwt139.00–155.75994385
SteersMedium and Large 1431187.44/cwt179.00–192.50808154
SteersMedium and Large 1723149.73/cwt138.00–151.001,083136
SteersMedium and Large 1375184.24/cwt174.00–190.0069154
SteersMedium and Large 1317174.41/cwt173.00–175.0055316
SteersMedium and Large 1775138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,07018
HeifersMedium and Large 1632133.82/cwt129.00–140.00846130
HeifersMedium and Large 1380155.21/cwt146.00–161.0059089
HeifersMedium and Large 1425153.67/cwt148.00–158.0065387
HeifersMedium and Large 1668130.09/cwt128.00–130.5086967
HeifersMedium and Large 1965142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,37527
HeifersMedium and Large 1745130.00/cwt130.00–130.0096910
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy595148.50/cwt148.50–148.5088415
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy475162.00/cwt162.00–162.007705
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy605147.00/cwt147.00–147.0088945

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.