Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2021-05-20

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, May 20
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
1,900 head
1,158 vs last sale 3,058 1,900 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not reported in recent weeks so an accurate trend can not be established. Today's offering consisted of one long string of steers and a handful of packages. Good to very good demand seen for the attractive string of steers, moderate to good demand for packages. Varied quality on packages, from plain to attractive, most of these were in light to moderate flesh. Quite a few of these were fall calves. Flesh on the string was mostly moderate to moderate plus. A moderate to active market for the offering with a more limited crowd of buyers attending the sale today. Some rain last night with Mobridge getting about half an inch, some areas seeing a bit more. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.08/cwt on 1,169 head.
Average price
$125.08
1,169 head · 1,015 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,269
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$553
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$42.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.23
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2460163.2475115thin
Medium and Large 1809139.381,128261
Large 11,084120.261,304893
One grade step is worth $42.98/cwt here — about −$553 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 sale1,169 hd
125.08
SD average6 barns · 10,627 hd
134.31
−9.23
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

23 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 11,017122.22/cwt121.00–123.501,243300
SteersLarge 11,124118.85/cwt118.25–119.001,336265
SteersLarge 11,155118.25/cwt118.25–118.251,366159
SteersLarge 11,074120.86/cwt120.75–121.001,298169
HeifersMedium and Large 1525150.00/cwt150.00–150.0078811
HeifersMedium and Large 1775129.14/cwt125.00–131.501,00117
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement935125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,16913
SteersMedium and Large 1585164.00/cwt164.00–164.009596
SteersMedium and Large 1850136.10/cwt136.10–136.101,15751
SteersMedium and Large 1523169.96/cwt167.00–173.0088912
SteersMedium and Large 1628157.89/cwt156.00–160.0099227
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2645129.00/cwt129.00–129.008324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007496
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2445153.00/cwt153.00–153.0068112
SteersMedium and Large 1667152.49/cwt150.50–153.001,01735
HeifersMedium and Large 1566149.38/cwt146.00–152.2584529
SteersMedium and Large 1925127.65/cwt123.25–128.501,18180
HeifersMedium and Large 1712130.87/cwt130.00–131.5093234
HeifersMedium and Large 1658136.94/cwt136.00–139.0090139
HeifersMedium and Large 1626140.63/cwt139.50–142.5088041
SteersMedium and Large 1703148.11/cwt148.00–148.501,04118
SteersMedium and Large 1970123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,19332
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460163.24/cwt162.00–165.0075115

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.