Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2020-02-13

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 13
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
1,793 head
47 vs last sale 1,840 1,793 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Different weight classes today than two weeks ago so an accurate price trend can not be developed. About 1400 of today's receipts were feeder cattle which sold in packages and loads. Finishing type cattle were met with moderate to good demand depending on flesh condition. Grass type cattle met with good demand. Quality today mostly average to attractive and flesh varied, but mostly moderate to moderate plus with some heavy flesh. A moderate to active market with less buyers and consignors attending the auction today. Quite a few cancellations today due to blizzard conditions yesterday and very cold temps and wind chills yesterday and today. Most of these cattle moved to next week's sale. Next feeder cattle sale is next Thursday, February 20, expecting 5000 head of feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.05/cwt on 837 head.
Average price
$146.05
837 head · 758 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,108
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.71
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1758146.151,108833
Medium and Large 1-2800126.001,0084thin
One grade step is worth $20.15/cwt here — about $100 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 sale837 hd
146.05
SD average7 barns · 10,916 hd
150.76
−4.71
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

24 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 1809140.79/cwt133.00–142.001,13977
SteersMedium and Large 1769140.44/cwt139.00–143.001,080111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0084
SteersMedium and Large 1519176.26/cwt169.50–179.0091539
SteersMedium and Large 1633160.14/cwt158.00–161.001,014100
SteersMedium and Large 1722150.49/cwt142.00–153.001,087196
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy950128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,21861
SteersMedium and Large 1690153.48/cwt152.75–159.001,05981
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy490145.00/cwt145.00–145.0071119
HeifersMedium and Large 1375151.50/cwt151.50–151.5056817
HeifersMedium and Large 1850123.85/cwt123.85–123.851,05367
HeifersMedium and Large 1622141.80/cwt136.00–146.00882133
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008444
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy725128.00/cwt128.00–128.0092811
HeifersMedium and Large 1555143.00/cwt143.00–143.0079413
HeifersMedium and Large 1528148.24/cwt147.00–153.0078337
SteersMedium and Large 1863134.97/cwt130.50–138.251,165168
HeifersMedium and Large 1755130.00/cwt130.00–130.0098278
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed510163.25/cwt163.25–163.2583396
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy360142.00/cwt142.00–142.005118
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy785135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,06032
HeifersMedium and Large 1742131.50/cwt131.50–131.5097629
HeifersMedium and Large 1462155.27/cwt149.00–158.0071772
HeifersMedium and Large 1679135.45/cwt132.00–142.00920139

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.