Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2021-10-07

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 7
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
3,980 head
2,724 vs last sale 1,256 1,236 vs year ago 2,744 · +45.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First calf sale of the season so no comparisons available. Good to very good demand for calves from reputation outfits which sold mostly in loads. These calves were attractive in quality, light to moderately fleshed and off the cow with full preconditioning. Moderate to good demand for packages offered today. Quality on these varied, from plain to attractive, some of these calves were weaned, mostly about 60 days, and had various preconditioning, although most had at least one round of shots. Calves under 400 lbs saw light to moderate demand, with least demand for those under 300 lbs. A moderate to active market today with many buyers attending the sale. Several loads of spayed heifers sold with very good demand. Harvest season is in full swing. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, October 14.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $192.74/cwt on 1,837 head.
Average price
$192.74
1,837 head · 476 lb average
Value per head Derived
$917
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.96
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478194.419301,726
Medium and Large 1-2436166.76727111
One grade step is worth $27.66/cwt here — about $202 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 sale1,837 hd
192.74
SD average8 barns · 16,727 hd
175.78
+16.96
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

39 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 1Full315151.00/cwt151.00–151.004768
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full435169.50/cwt169.50–169.5073718
HeifersLarge 11,075129.25/cwt129.25–129.251,38913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2965127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,23011
HeifersMedium and Large 1240460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,10410
HeifersMedium and Large 1869151.31/cwt148.50–151.751,315144
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550155.00/cwt155.00–155.0085313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2445154.00/cwt154.00–154.0068527
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460163.00/cwt163.00–163.007509
SteersMedium and Large 1-2280213.00/cwt213.00–213.005969
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615157.00/cwt157.00–157.0096611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2377172.05/cwt165.00–175.0064942
SteersMedium and Large 1330217.77/cwt216.00–218.5071946
SteersMedium and Large 1615177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,09294
SteersMedium and Large 1380212.99/cwt209.00–214.00809131
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement490201.25/cwt201.25–201.25986109
HeifersMedium and Large 1314171.36/cwt162.00–175.0053864
HeifersMedium and Large 1782152.50/cwt149.50–156.001,19395
SteersMedium and Large 1760159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,21211
SteersMedium and Large 1285529.65/cwt525.00–550.001,51025
SteersMedium and Large 1517179.04/cwt170.00–185.00926245
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433160.20/cwt159.00–164.0069435
HeifersMedium and Large 1422182.39/cwt178.50–186.50770492
HeifersMedium and Large 1509161.50/cwt155.50–166.00822105
SteersMedium and Large 1553182.74/cwt175.00–186.001,011282
SteersMedium and Large 1428209.82/cwt207.50–216.50898368
SteersMedium and Large 1475196.03/cwt191.00–203.50931439
HeifersMedium and Large 1312392.31/cwt300.00–450.001,22410
HeifersMedium and Large 1975136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,3267
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2230275.00/cwt275.00–275.006334
SteersMedium and Large 1Full410188.24/cwt181.00–189.0077270
SteersMedium and Large 1Full320200.00/cwt200.00–200.0064015
SteersMedium and Large 1Full480174.23/cwt174.00–175.0083625
HeifersMedium and Large 1295425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2546
HeifersMedium and Large 1373178.12/cwt170.00–183.00664195
HeifersMedium and Large 1467168.92/cwt159.50–175.00789288
HeifersMedium and Large 1580144.50/cwt144.50–144.508388
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement505201.25/cwt201.25–201.251,016109
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement555164.00/cwt164.00–164.0091084

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.