Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2021-10-14

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 14
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
1,768 head
2,212 vs last sale 3,980 2,121 vs year ago 3,889 · 54.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 450 to 500 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, 501 to 600 lbs mostly steady. Heifers 450 to 500 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower, 501 to 550 lbs mostly steady. Moderate to good demand for a much smaller offering than expected today due to moisture the area has received in the last week. Many cancellations due to muddy roads and lots. Mostly packages offered today with just a hand full of loads. All calves were off the cow and had some preconditioning, many had full preconditioning. Flesh was mostly light to moderate, and quality average to attractive. A little mud on some of the calves today. Similar to last week, calves under 400 lbs see light demand. A moderate to active market with slightly less buyers than would be normal this time of year. Many are reluctant to buy calves until things dry out a bit and the sun shines. Harvest has come to a halt for now. Next feeder cattle sale is Tuesday, October 19, expecting 4000 head of calves and starting at 10:30 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $179.56/cwt on 1,004 head.
Average price
$179.56
1,004 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$984
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.80
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548179.82985991
Medium and Large 1-2552159.3187913thin
One grade step is worth $20.52/cwt here — about $106 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 sale1,004 hd
179.56
SD average8 barns · 17,963 hd
177.76
+1.80
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

22 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 1Full500145.00/cwt145.00–145.007259
HeifersMedium and Large 1390162.00/cwt162.00–162.006324
HeifersMedium and Large 1330168.00/cwt168.00–168.0055410
HeifersMedium and Large 1666142.28/cwt137.00–144.5094817
HeifersMedium and Large 1792149.85/cwt149.50–150.001,18749
HeifersMedium and Large 1466161.83/cwt156.00–167.00754107
SteersMedium and Large 1484185.99/cwt180.00–190.0090093
SteersMedium and Large 1614174.53/cwt170.00–177.501,072233
SteersMedium and Large 1360191.00/cwt191.00–191.006887
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615159.00/cwt159.00–159.009789
SteersMedium and Large 1576176.01/cwt171.00–185.001,014360
SteersMedium and Large 1345185.00/cwt185.00–185.006388
HeifersMedium and Large 1610155.25/cwt155.25–155.2594718
HeifersMedium and Large 1425167.17/cwt158.00–170.0071029
SteersMedium and Large 1-2410160.00/cwt160.00–160.006564
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed455200.00/cwt200.00–200.0091034
HeifersMedium and Large 1513164.25/cwt151.00–168.00843165
HeifersMedium and Large 1574158.65/cwt151.75–166.50911244
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy500192.50/cwt192.50–192.50963114
SteersMedium and Large 1Full532164.69/cwt164.00–165.0087613
SteersMedium and Large 1414190.19/cwt183.00–194.0078747
SteersMedium and Large 1530173.64/cwt171.50–184.0092082

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.