Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2020-11-05

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 5
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
8,176 head
3,522 vs last sale 4,654 1,722 vs year ago 6,454 · +26.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 450 to 700 lbs mostly steady except 600 to 650 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifer calves 400 to 600 lbs mostly steady except 500 to 550 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Moderate to good demand seen for the many packages included in today's large calf offering. Load lots and strings saw good to very good demand with best demand seen for those from reputation outfits. Many attractive calves to choose from, almost all coming off the cow and in mostly light to moderate flesh. Some calves had a little tag as lots got muddy in the last week of warm weather. Most of the calves had full preconditioning, or at least a full round of shots in the fall, and those without a satisfactory shot record are met with little demand and discounted. An active market seen for this offering. Next feeder cattle sale is Tuesday, November 10.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.92/cwt on 4,948 head.
Average price
$162.92
4,948 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$912
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$249
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.09
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561163.009154,893
Medium and Large 1-2428155.6766655
One grade step is worth $7.33/cwt here — about $249 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 sale4,948 hd
162.92
SD average11 barns · 26,977 hd
156.84
+6.09
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

30 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 1Full387144.40/cwt144.00–145.0055915
HeifersMedium and Large 1290157.00/cwt157.00–157.004555
HeifersMedium and Large 1655124.75/cwt124.50–126.0081724
HeifersMedium and Large 1368157.11/cwt150.00–164.5057869
HeifersMedium and Large 1335151.29/cwt141.00–157.5050785
HeifersMedium and Large 1422152.60/cwt145.00–160.00644125
SteersMedium and Large 1424183.79/cwt176.00–190.5077994
SteersMedium and Large 1473170.89/cwt163.00–178.50808570
SteersMedium and Large 1612156.04/cwt148.00–162.75955693
SteersMedium and Large 1673153.88/cwt142.00–156.501,036802
SteersMedium and Large 1523165.57/cwt157.50–172.00866807
SteersMedium and Large 1576158.48/cwt148.00–166.259131,554
SteersMedium and Large 1710140.00/cwt140.00–140.009949
HeifersMedium and Large 1620134.68/cwt129.00–140.00835135
HeifersMedium and Large 1564143.09/cwt134.50–147.00807542
HeifersMedium and Large 1527149.05/cwt142.00–154.00785568
HeifersMedium and Large 1472150.59/cwt141.50–158.00711680
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement590151.75/cwt151.75–151.7589597
SteersMedium and Large 1389193.45/cwt183.00–196.00753177
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement610148.75/cwt148.75–148.75907190
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410164.00/cwt164.00–164.0067294
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed366208.94/cwt206.00–210.0076544
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed460185.00/cwt185.00–185.00851133
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural390169.50/cwt169.50–169.5066122
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural350215.00/cwt215.00–215.0075310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515141.00/cwt141.00–141.007268
SteersMedium and Large 1-2352163.32/cwt160.00–165.0057524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535136.34/cwt136.00–138.0072996
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470137.00/cwt137.00–137.0064417
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477152.79/cwt152.00–154.0072923

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.