Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2020-11-19

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 19
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
5,081 head
1,359 vs last sale 6,440 871 vs year ago 5,952 · 14.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steer calves 400 to 450 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 higher, 451 to 700 lbs mostly steady. Heifer calves 450 to 600 lbs mostly steady. Moderate to good demand for today's large calf offering. Similar to recent weeks, load lots from reputation ranches see the best demand. Quality similar to last week with most of the offering being average to attractive in quality. Flesh mostly light to moderate. All calves off the cow again today and most had full preconditioning, or at least one full round of fall shots. A moderate to active market seen for this offering with order buyers, farmer feeders, and a couple bull breeders attending the sale today. Temps remain above normal for this time of year. No feeder cattle sale next week due to Thanksgiving, next feeder cattle sale will be Thursday, December 3.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.75/cwt on 2,923 head.
Average price
$165.75
2,923 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$920
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$241
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$32.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.88
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2462167.7477485
Medium and Large 1559165.809262,828
Medium and Large 2395135.0053310thin
One grade step is worth $32.74/cwt here — about $241 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 sale2,923 hd
165.75
SD average9 barns · 26,761 hd
154.87
+10.88
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

36 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
HeifersLarge 11,025126.44/cwt122.50–133.001,29626
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy483145.05/cwt143.00–146.0070156
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy620145.50/cwt145.50–145.5090211
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy536158.30/cwt158.00–158.5084820
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy690136.00/cwt136.00–136.0093832
HeifersMedium and Large 1413168.65/cwt163.00–171.0069762
SteersMedium and Large 1479177.71/cwt175.50–181.00851310
SteersMedium and Large 1524167.99/cwt163.00–176.00880504
SteersMedium and Large 1385196.50/cwt196.50–196.5075718
SteersMedium and Large 1621154.66/cwt148.00–161.00960685
SteersMedium and Large 1728135.21/cwt134.50–137.0098424
HeifersMedium and Large 1578143.48/cwt138.00–149.50829413
HeifersMedium and Large 1479156.87/cwt151.00–160.00751421
HeifersMedium and Large 1667128.33/cwt123.50–137.0085628
HeifersMedium and Large 1922129.14/cwt127.50–131.001,19145
HeifersMedium and Large 1617140.45/cwt136.00–142.5086747
SteersMedium and Large 1775135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,04644
SteersMedium and Large 1658154.07/cwt150.25–157.001,014179
HeifersMedium and Large 1522145.35/cwt142.50–153.00759245
HeifersMedium and Large 1765141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,08167
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement578178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,029176
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement512157.50/cwt157.50–157.50806177
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed415204.50/cwt204.50–204.5084924
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed505182.00/cwt182.00–182.00919209
SteersMedium and Large 1577161.42/cwt150.00–168.00931557
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2388151.03/cwt148.00–156.0058633
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590147.00/cwt147.00–147.0086713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2379180.49/cwt180.00–181.0068417
SteersMedium and Large 1-2476166.83/cwt166.00–168.0079443
SteersMedium and Large 1-2345183.00/cwt183.00–183.006315
SteersMedium and Large 1422193.84/cwt183.50–199.00818211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420170.00/cwt170.00–170.007147
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345155.00/cwt155.00–155.0053511
HeifersMedium and Large 2365133.00/cwt133.00–133.0048512
SteersMedium and Large 2395135.00/cwt135.00–135.0053310
HeifersMedium and Large 2430137.00/cwt137.00–137.0058926

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.