Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2021-09-09

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 9
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
1,122 head
578 vs last sale 1,700 1,122 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale is several weeks so an accurate price trend is not available. Good demand for today's yearling offering featuring just a couple of loads and many packages, most of these being tested open heifers. The majority of this offering was home raised and off grass. Flesh was light to moderate and quality mostly attractive. A moderate to active market with a more limited crowd of buyers in the seats today. Grass conditions in this area have improved as it has seen some good rains the last couple weeks. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, September 23.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.29/cwt on 785 head.
Average price
$148.29
785 head · 825 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,224
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$635
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$17.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.21
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2525151.6279760
Medium and Large 1840148.641,249693
Large 11,063134.591,43132
One grade step is worth $17.03/cwt here — about −$635 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 sale785 hd
148.29
SD average5 barns · 5,615 hd
155.50
−7.21
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
HeifersLarge 11,070134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,43410
HeifersLarge 11,035139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,43915
SteersMedium and Large 1345192.00/cwt192.00–192.006626
SteersMedium and Large 1770168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,2978
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full715132.50/cwt132.50–132.509477
HeifersLarge 11,115126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,4057
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full660144.50/cwt144.50–144.509547
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full775145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,1288
SteersMedium and Large 1735162.25/cwt162.25–162.251,19342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed620153.00/cwt153.00–153.0094914
HeifersMedium and Large 1670150.71/cwt148.00–153.001,01039
HeifersMedium and Large 1380167.00/cwt167.00–167.0063515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440157.00/cwt157.00–157.0069119
SteersMedium and Large 1680169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,14922
SteersMedium and Large 1415179.00/cwt179.00–179.0074313
HeifersMedium and Large 1930143.68/cwt142.50–146.001,33696
SteersMedium and Large 1820157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,29218
HeifersMedium and Large 1970143.05/cwt142.50–143.501,38867
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2534152.55/cwt152.00–153.0081534
HeifersMedium and Large 1784155.73/cwt153.00–157.251,221140
HeifersMedium and Large 1876146.69/cwt144.50–148.751,285241
HeifersMedium and Large 1600155.00/cwt155.00–155.0093010
HeifersMedium and Large 1837148.06/cwt148.00–148.501,23970

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.