Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2020-01-09

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 9
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
3,131 head
1,169 vs last sale 4,300 3,131 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last feeder cattle sale several weeks ago so an accurate trend can not be established, higher undertones noted on both steers and heifers. Good to very good demand for today's offering of many packages and a handful of loads with calves suitable for grass programs seeing excellent demand. Still quite a few packages coming off the cow, these calves in mostly light to moderate flesh. Weaned calves in moderate to moderate plus flesh with some heavy flesh at times. Quality average to attractive on this offering. An active market seen for this first feeder cattle offering of 2020. Next feeder cattle sale is next Thursday, January 16.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.35/cwt on 1,793 head.
Average price
$160.35
1,793 head · 655 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,051
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$575
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$25.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.34
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500163.8881932
Medium and Large 1649160.841,0441,717
Large 11,005138.751,39444
One grade step is worth $25.13/cwt here — about −$575 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 sale1,793 hd
160.35
SD average7 barns · 17,077 hd
154.00
+6.34
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

33 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 1Fleshy780126.00/cwt126.00–126.0098310
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy745124.00/cwt124.00–124.0092416
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy800136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,0928
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy780137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,06919
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy875135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,18167
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy590159.00/cwt159.00–159.009385
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy645152.50/cwt152.50–152.509846
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy680141.00/cwt141.00–141.009598
HeifersMedium and Large 1300152.50/cwt152.50–152.504585
HeifersMedium and Large 1425153.71/cwt152.00–155.5065335
HeifersMedium and Large 1458163.80/cwt163.50–164.0075044
HeifersMedium and Large 1379162.15/cwt152.00–164.0061545
HeifersMedium and Large 1721142.48/cwt132.00–145.001,027277
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535139.50/cwt139.50–139.5074617
SteersMedium and Large 1717151.21/cwt144.00–153.501,084109
SteersLarge 11,005138.75/cwt138.75–138.751,39444
SteersMedium and Large 1822147.27/cwt144.75–147.751,211167
SteersMedium and Large 1572173.88/cwt167.00–180.00995217
SteersMedium and Large 1672154.24/cwt145.00–159.001,036311
SteersMedium and Large 1370190.00/cwt190.00–190.0070326
SteersMedium and Large 1418178.86/cwt168.00–181.0074828
SteersMedium and Large 1469181.26/cwt175.00–185.50850131
SteersMedium and Large 1529179.46/cwt175.00–186.50949134
SteersMedium and Large 1778151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,175154
SteersMedium and Large 1614161.49/cwt157.25–169.50992327
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525161.00/cwt161.00–161.008459
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490165.00/cwt165.00–165.0080923
HeifersMedium and Large 1765138.25/cwt138.25–138.251,05856
HeifersMedium and Large 1870133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,15766
HeifersMedium and Large 1525154.49/cwt148.50–158.0081198
HeifersMedium and Large 1668139.58/cwt136.00–143.50932108
HeifersMedium and Large 1628142.54/cwt138.00–145.00895157
HeifersMedium and Large 1582148.46/cwt144.00–152.00864215

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.