Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2020-10-15

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 15
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
3,889 head
1,145 vs last sale 2,744 1,286 vs year ago 2,603 · +49.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 400 to 600 lbs 4.00 to 9.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher on 400 to 450 lbs, 601 to 650 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves 400 to 600 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Good to very good demand for today's large calf offering featuring many packages and loads of attractive quality calves. Calves were all off the cow today in mostly light to moderate flesh. Preconditioning varied, but most calves had at least one full round of shots. Some discounting occurred if the shot record was unsatisfactory. An active market with many order buyers and several farmer feeders in the seats today. Corn harvest is progressing very quickly and will soon be completed. Next feeder cattle sale is Tuesday, October 20, featuring Red Angus calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $163.04/cwt on 2,307 head.
Average price
$163.04
2,307 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$912
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.68
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560163.499152,219
Medium and Large 1-2546151.6182888
One grade step is worth $11.88/cwt here — about $88 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 sale2,307 hd
163.04
SD average10 barns · 20,602 hd
155.35
+7.68
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 1Fleshy675124.00/cwt124.00–124.0083710
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full590131.00/cwt131.00–131.0077312
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full395154.00/cwt154.00–154.0060818
SteersMedium and Large 1Full530157.17/cwt155.00–158.5083341
HeifersMedium and Large 1655138.00/cwt138.00–138.0090417
HeifersMedium and Large 1343161.62/cwt152.00–166.0055419
SteersMedium and Large 1373189.90/cwt184.00–193.0070889
SteersMedium and Large 1424183.39/cwt178.00–197.00778142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535143.00/cwt143.00–143.007657
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590147.00/cwt147.00–147.0086713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2675139.50/cwt139.50–139.5094217
SteersMedium and Large 1-2493158.00/cwt158.00–158.0077951
HeifersMedium and Large 1468154.11/cwt143.50–157.50721240
HeifersMedium and Large 1533150.01/cwt142.00–157.75800522
HeifersMedium and Large 1379167.23/cwt161.50–176.5063454
HeifersMedium and Large 1426157.52/cwt152.00–158.75671138
HeifersMedium and Large 1561148.68/cwt143.00–154.00834150
HeifersMedium and Large 1619141.07/cwt133.50–147.00873239
SteersMedium and Large 1315203.00/cwt203.00–203.006396
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450189.00/cwt189.00–189.0085124
SteersMedium and Large 1475174.90/cwt166.00–178.50831170
SteersMedium and Large 1290206.00/cwt206.00–206.0059711
SteersMedium and Large 1715140.75/cwt140.75–140.751,00645
SteersMedium and Large 1622155.47/cwt150.00–161.00967640
SteersMedium and Large 1671155.59/cwt143.00–157.251,044200
SteersMedium and Large 1515168.12/cwt161.00–173.00866317
SteersMedium and Large 1567159.92/cwt150.00–166.00907534

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.