Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2021-03-25

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 25
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
4,226 head
1,240 vs last sale 2,986 4,226 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 700 lbs mostly steady. Best test on heifers 550 to 600 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 601 to 650 lbs mostly steady, 651 to 700 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. A large offering today featuring many, many packages and quite a few loads, including loads and packages of replacement quality heifers. Good to very good demand seen for light fleshed cattle which will fit summer grass programs. Replacements today met with moderate to good demand, many of these bangs vaccinated heifers went out to feed. Flesh and quality varied, from light to moderate plus and plain to attractive. A moderate to active market seen for this offering. The area has received very little moisture so far this year and these dry conditions are a concern as grass time approaches. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.86/cwt on 2,541 head.
Average price
$141.86
2,541 head · 677 lb average
Value per head Derived
$960
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$217
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.16
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523142.5674636
Medium and Large 1679141.859632,505
One grade step is worth $0.72/cwt here — about −$217 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 sale2,541 hd
141.86
SD average7 barns · 8,858 hd
137.70
+4.16
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

33 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 1Fleshy725127.50/cwt127.50–127.5092420
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full645137.00/cwt137.00–137.008848
HeifersMedium and Large 1386167.08/cwt164.00–171.5064512
HeifersMedium and Large 1945120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,13413
HeifersMedium and Large 1440166.39/cwt165.50–170.0073229
HeifersMedium and Large 1880130.75/cwt130.75–130.751,15170
HeifersMedium and Large 1717136.73/cwt130.00–139.75980407
HeifersMedium and Large 1622144.17/cwt139.50–149.75897454
SteersMedium and Large 1612167.07/cwt161.50–170.501,02271
SteersMedium and Large 1526179.08/cwt172.00–183.0094294
HeifersMedium and Large 1775130.82/cwt125.50–136.001,014247
SteersMedium and Large 1-2340172.00/cwt172.00–172.005855
SteersMedium and Large 1428195.63/cwt193.50–198.0083718
SteersMedium and Large 1875128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,12022
HeifersMedium and Large 1664142.86/cwt135.00–148.25949289
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610132.00/cwt132.00–132.0080511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2538141.35/cwt140.00–145.0076015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2405156.00/cwt156.00–156.0063210
HeifersMedium and Large 1526155.03/cwt150.00–163.00815202
HeifersMedium and Large 1577145.82/cwt139.00–150.50841212
HeifersMedium and Large 1469164.59/cwt156.00–173.00772115
SteersMedium and Large 1760144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,09880
SteersMedium and Large 1377204.56/cwt204.00–205.0077116
SteersMedium and Large 1731147.99/cwt147.50–151.001,08293
SteersMedium and Large 1830140.01/cwt137.25–140.751,162146
SteersMedium and Large 1910136.25/cwt136.25–136.251,24064
HeifersMedium and Large 1831127.52/cwt125.00–130.501,060159
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement820142.22/cwt136.00–149.001,166143
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement765145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,10974
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement855136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,16351
SteersMedium and Large 1472190.06/cwt183.50–196.0089761
SteersMedium and Large 1681153.61/cwt148.00–160.001,046175
SteersMedium and Large 1579169.24/cwt163.00–175.50980178

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.