Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2021-03-11

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 11
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
2,986 head
804 vs last sale 3,790 2,986 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: best test on steers 600 to 750 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Best test on heifers 550 to 700 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for today's offering of packages and loads. A variety of flesh offered again this week, from light to moderate plus. Many cattle which could go to summer grass were included in today's offering. Quality was mostly attractive today. An active market for this offering with both buyers and farmer feeders in the seats. Some of the state saw snowfall yesterday with amounts varying greatly depending on location. Road conditions mostly back to normal today. Bred cattle sale next Thursday, March 18, next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, March 25, featuring many replacement quality heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.20/cwt on 1,498 head.
Average price
$149.20
1,498 head · 720 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,074
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$235
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$25.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.61
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1711150.391,0691,358
Medium and Large 1-2646146.4494683
Large 11,045124.751,30457
One grade step is worth $25.64/cwt here — about −$235 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 sale1,498 hd
149.20
SD average8 barns · 16,165 hd
142.58
+6.61
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

28 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
SteersLarge 11,045124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,30457
HeifersMedium and Large 1810134.75/cwt134.75–134.751,09113
HeifersMedium and Large 1405156.14/cwt153.00–160.5063219
HeifersMedium and Large 1764129.29/cwt127.50–132.0098844
HeifersMedium and Large 1482153.76/cwt151.00–156.5074158
HeifersMedium and Large 1530147.99/cwt144.00–151.5078481
SteersMedium and Large 1565174.91/cwt171.00–182.0098841
SteersMedium and Large 1955127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,21363
SteersMedium and Large 1764138.15/cwt135.50–140.001,055122
HeifersMedium and Large 1676135.40/cwt130.50–139.00915133
SteersMedium and Large 1487185.14/cwt182.00–187.0090245
SteersMedium and Large 1813137.09/cwt131.00–139.501,115205
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement640153.00/cwt153.00–153.0097929
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2655125.00/cwt125.00–125.0081915
SteersMedium and Large 1732146.99/cwt139.50–153.251,076332
SteersMedium and Large 1855127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,09010
SteersMedium and Large 1681153.90/cwt150.00–156.001,048247
SteersMedium and Large 1633159.50/cwt147.00–166.251,010249
HeifersMedium and Large 1716132.73/cwt129.50–137.00950115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2569136.87/cwt135.00–139.0077933
SteersMedium and Large 1518180.99/cwt178.00–183.0093844
SteersMedium and Large 1-2704131.47/cwt130.50–132.0092640
HeifersMedium and Large 1578152.35/cwt144.00–155.00881159
HeifersMedium and Large 1623144.67/cwt137.00–148.25901397
SteersMedium and Large 1-2592160.37/cwt159.00–163.0094943
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement750137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,02873
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450143.50/cwt143.50–143.506467
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440141.00/cwt141.00–141.006204

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.