Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2020-03-19

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 19
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
364 head
2,947 vs last sale 3,311 364 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too light an offering today to compare to two weeks ago and develop an accurate trend. Moderate to good demand for just a few packages and a couple loads of mostly heifers with best demand seen for the loads of replacement quality heifers. Quality mostly attractive and flesh mostly moderate overall. Some tag on the cattle today as lots continue to thaw out and get sloppy. A much lighter offering than expected as the roller coaster futures markets of the last few weeks have many producers holding on to their cattle and hoping for a better and more stable market. At the time of this writing, both live and feeder cattle futures are up the limit. A moderate market seen for today's offering with a very limited crowd attending the sale. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, April 2.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.26/cwt on 247 head.
Average price
$128.26
247 head · 722 lb average
Value per head Derived
$926
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.06
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1722128.26926247
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 sale247 hd
128.26
SD average7 barns · 2,557 hd
126.19
+2.06
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

9 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 1Replacement759124.82/cwt123.50–125.0094786
HeifersMedium and Large 1540142.00/cwt142.00–142.0076720
HeifersMedium and Large 1450145.00/cwt145.00–145.006533
SteersMedium and Large 1500162.00/cwt162.00–162.008104
HeifersMedium and Large 1627136.37/cwt136.25–136.5085549
HeifersMedium and Large 1700123.50/cwt123.50–123.508657
SteersMedium and Large 1485158.00/cwt158.00–158.007667
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement820123.75/cwt123.75–123.751,01568
HeifersMedium and Large 1685122.00/cwt122.00–122.0083614

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.