Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2020-01-23

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 23
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
4,184 head
2,169 vs last sale 2,015 4,184 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

About twice as many feeder cattle today as last week. Compared to last week: best test on steer calve 500 to 550 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, 600 to 650 lbs and 700 to 750 lbs mostly steady. Heifer calves not well tested last week for comparison. Good to very good demand for this large offering featuring Red Angus cattle with best demand seen for several loads and packages of replacement quality heifers and calves which will fit grass programs. Varied quality on the offering but mostly average to attractive. Flesh also varied, from light to moderate plus. A couple packages of un weaned calves again today. These calves are very green after the tough weather last week and having to compete with their mothers for feed. An active market with order buyers, farmer feeders, producers, and bull breeders all interested in procuring cattle. Warmer weather this week giving some much needed relief after the blizzard and very cold temps last week. Next feeder cattle sale is next Thursday, January 30.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.07/cwt on 2,090 head.
Average price
$164.07
2,090 head · 650 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,067
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.03
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1652164.281,0712,056
Medium and Large 1-2566151.1885534
One grade step is worth $13.10/cwt here — about $215 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 sale2,090 hd
164.07
SD average6 barns · 10,607 hd
157.03
+7.03
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

36 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 1Fancy540172.00/cwt172.00–172.0092938
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy785129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,0179
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy618135.56/cwt135.00–136.0083833
HeifersMedium and Large 1377159.42/cwt157.00–160.0060121
HeifersMedium and Large 1525152.54/cwt145.00–157.0080165
HeifersMedium and Large 1473159.74/cwt154.00–163.5075698
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400151.00/cwt151.00–151.0060419
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300142.00/cwt142.00–142.004265
HeifersMedium and Large 1672145.98/cwt143.50–148.50981111
SteersMedium and Large 1330182.00/cwt182.00–182.006015
SteersMedium and Large 1374195.62/cwt193.50–199.0073217
SteersMedium and Large 1573173.64/cwt166.00–177.00995260
SteersMedium and Large 1671159.27/cwt155.00–166.501,069292
SteersMedium and Large 1624165.53/cwt161.50–171.001,033293
SteersMedium and Large 1727151.51/cwt146.00–155.001,101384
SteersMedium and Large 1823149.46/cwt140.00–150.751,23074
SteersMedium and Large 1519184.47/cwt176.00–189.50957166
SteersMedium and Large 1764147.34/cwt140.00–151.501,126221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375157.00/cwt157.00–157.0058912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670148.00/cwt148.00–148.0099222
SteersMedium and Large 1435174.00/cwt174.00–174.007574
HeifersMedium and Large 1708140.04/cwt132.00–142.50991153
HeifersMedium and Large 1620150.10/cwt145.00–152.00931166
HeifersMedium and Large 1579152.36/cwt145.00–157.00882350
SteersMedium and Large 1900133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,20219
SteersMedium and Large 1458184.59/cwt179.00–188.5084567
SteersMedium and Large 1860147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,26967
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement665165.85/cwt157.50–171.001,103152
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement715166.65/cwt150.00–187.001,192165
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement628170.56/cwt160.00–176.001,07168
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement590161.00/cwt161.00–161.0095088
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed524162.80/cwt162.00–163.50853125
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450198.00/cwt198.00–198.0089116
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed555189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,05235
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed610177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,08063
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed510198.75/cwt198.75–198.751,01473

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.