Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Tuesday: steer calves 400 to 450 lbs and 501 to 600 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher, 451 to 500 lbs and 601 to 650 lbs mostly steady. Heifer calves 400 to 500 lbs mostly steady, 501 to 600 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for today's large offering featuring many attractive packages and loads of calves off the cow with best demand seen for loads from reputation outfits. Slightly more flesh on the calves than Tuesday, mostly moderate flesh overall. Very few calves without full preconditioning today. A few consignments with a little tag, lots are really starting to get sloppy with the snow melt. A moderate to active market seen for this offering. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, November 5.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.85/cwt on 2,692 head.

Average price

$162.85

2,692 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$917

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$15.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.35

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	162.92	918	2,680
Medium and Large 1-2	530	147.50	782	12thin

One grade step is worth $15.42/cwt here — about $136 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 sale2,692 hd

162.85

—

SD average11 barns · 22,831 hd

152.50

+10.35

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

22 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 1Full	—	315	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	417	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	385	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	635	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	495	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	809	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	492	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	136.02/cwt	134.00–137.00	834	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	133.07/cwt	129.00–135.25	953	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	184.39/cwt	180.25–188.50	773	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	154.28/cwt	143.00–158.50	748	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	177.59/cwt	167.50–181.50	852	480
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	186.79/cwt	185.00–188.00	600	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,068	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	563	149.94/cwt	149.50–151.00	844	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	152.53/cwt	142.00–156.25	944	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	154.31/cwt	145.00–157.75	1,023	536
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	163.46/cwt	156.00–171.50	868	408
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	782	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	159.49/cwt	148.00–164.25	927	769
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	175.14/cwt	167.50–181.00	673	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	156.46/cwt	150.00–165.50	599	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	142.35/cwt	133.75–146.50	823	427
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	156.22/cwt	151.00–159.50	681	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	145.60/cwt	133.00–149.50	745	289

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.

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