Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks so an accurate trend can not be established. Good to very good demand for today's large yearling offering. A couple strings, many loads, and many, many packages made up the offering, including many tested open and spayed heifers. Flesh condition mostly light to moderate with almost all the cattle coming to town off grass. Weigh up varied with some cattle exhibiting a little fill today. Quality ranged from plain to attractive. An active market with many buyers attending the auction today. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.69/cwt on 2,195 head.

Average price

$134.69

2,195 head · 839 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,130

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$444

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$23.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.39

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	582	144.84	843	82
Medium and Large 1	842	134.74	1,134	2,040
Large 1	1,058	121.68	1,287	73

One grade step is worth $23.16/cwt here — about −$444 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 sale2,195 hd

134.69

—

SD average9 barns · 9,967 hd

133.29

+1.39

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

20 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	134.64/cwt	133.25–135.50	1,112	341
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,025	126.43/cwt	120.00–128.75	1,296	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	135.88/cwt	132.50–138.75	1,067	451
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	142.47/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,295	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	154.38/cwt	153.50–154.75	1,033	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,050	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	135.64/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,298	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	147.25/cwt	146.50–149.50	1,151	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	151.66/cwt	148.00–153.50	1,077	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	143.44/cwt	136.75–146.25	1,246	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	148.13/cwt	142.50–150.75	1,216	190
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,073	119.49/cwt	117.50–121.50	1,282	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	132.75/cwt	129.00–135.50	1,216	587
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	138.37/cwt	136.00–142.00	935	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	761	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	129.39/cwt	125.00–131.75	1,262	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	898	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	140.66/cwt	136.50–145.00	1,020	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	148.61/cwt	145.50–150.00	843	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	134.09/cwt	130.00–138.75	1,157	248

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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