Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2020-04-30

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 30
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
1,002 head
1,237 vs last sale 2,239 1,002 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too light an offering today with different weight classes to compare to last week and develop an accurate price trend, lower undertones noted. Moderate demand for this offering of a few packages and loads with quality ranging from plain to attractive. Flesh condition varied and cattle with too much flesh were met with light demand. Moderate market activity at best with a limited crowd of buyers in the seats today. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.29/cwt on 427 head.
Average price
$133.29
427 head · 725 lb average
Value per head Derived
$966
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$171
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.71
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2567142.1480628
Medium and Large 1736132.67977399
One grade step is worth $9.47/cwt here — about −$171 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 sale427 hd
133.29
SD average7 barns · 13,522 hd
126.58
+6.71
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

27 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 1Fleshy665115.00/cwt115.00–115.0076531
HeifersMedium and Large 1672125.07/cwt121.00–128.0084027
HeifersMedium and Large 1581135.46/cwt134.00–139.0078742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730106.50/cwt106.50–106.5077711
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy740113.25/cwt113.25–113.2583819
HeifersMedium and Large 1530136.49/cwt135.00–137.0072316
HeifersMedium and Large 1635139.00/cwt139.00–139.0088331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535118.00/cwt118.00–118.006315
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy645128.00/cwt128.00–128.0082613
HeifersMedium and Large 1390150.00/cwt150.00–150.005856
SteersMedium and Large 1415170.00/cwt170.00–170.007064
SteersMedium and Large 1560155.50/cwt155.50–155.5087122
SteersMedium and Large 1626149.79/cwt148.00–153.5093847
SteersMedium and Large 1669143.40/cwt134.00–145.5095996
SteersMedium and Large 1-2685131.50/cwt131.50–131.5090112
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy730116.50/cwt116.50–116.5085017
SteersMedium and Large 1765124.00/cwt124.00–124.0094916
SteersMedium and Large 1730133.00/cwt133.00–133.0097126
SteersMedium and Large 1860115.75/cwt115.75–115.7599570
SteersMedium and Large 1-2505146.00/cwt146.00–146.0073710
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy575141.00/cwt141.00–141.008118
SteersMedium and Large 1800119.00/cwt119.00–119.009527
SteersMedium and Large 1523159.61/cwt152.00–164.0083524
SteersMedium and Large 1960108.25/cwt108.25–108.251,03962
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435157.00/cwt157.00–157.006836
HeifersMedium and Large 1474141.70/cwt139.50–146.5067229
HeifersMedium and Large 1815111.25/cwt111.25–111.2590749

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.