Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2021-10-21

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 21
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
4,400 head
2,632 vs last sale 1,768 2,750 vs year ago 1,650 · +166.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Tuesday: steer calves 400 to 450 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 451 to 650 lbs mostly steady. Heifer calves 400 to 500 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, 501 to 600 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Good to very good demand for today's large calf offering featuring many loads and packages. Quality similar to Tuesday, mostly average to attractive. Most calves in light to moderate flesh, slightly more flesh overall than Tuesday. All the calves today were off the cow and most had full preconditioning, or at least a full round of shots in the fall. An active market seen for today's offering. A few cancellations due to muddy roads created by yesterday's rain. Cooler temps for the rest of the week and weekend. Next feeder cattle sale is Tuesday, October 26, featuring many Red Angus cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $184.43/cwt on 2,411 head.
Average price
$184.43
2,411 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$972
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$148
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.60
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2446186.78833146
Medium and Large 1532184.289802,265
One grade step is worth $2.50/cwt here — about −$148 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 sale2,411 hd
184.43
SD average12 barns · 23,892 hd
174.83
+9.60
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

28 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 1373178.99/cwt172.00–185.00668102
HeifersMedium and Large 1660150.00/cwt150.00–150.0099011
HeifersMedium and Large 1288189.24/cwt188.00–189.5054521
HeifersMedium and Large 1333177.64/cwt175.00–179.0059243
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520148.28/cwt147.50–149.5077130
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390168.00/cwt168.00–168.006554
SteersMedium and Large 1341221.32/cwt212.00–227.5075556
SteersMedium and Large 1-2562152.96/cwt151.00–157.5086020
SteersMedium and Large 1-2494168.61/cwt164.00–176.0083330
SteersMedium and Large 1-2443198.62/cwt194.00–201.5088031
SteersMedium and Large 1666161.85/cwt160.00–162.501,078114
SteersMedium and Large 1470193.98/cwt187.00–202.00912426
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement420191.00/cwt191.00–191.00802113
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement480191.00/cwt191.00–191.00917115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2389199.92/cwt198.00–201.0077865
SteersMedium and Large 1613171.85/cwt168.00–174.751,053434
SteersMedium and Large 1575176.66/cwt167.00–182.001,016498
SteersMedium and Large 1364224.73/cwt224.00–225.0081823
HeifersMedium and Large 1609153.64/cwt149.00–159.00936120
HeifersMedium and Large 1428177.33/cwt168.00–182.00759246
SteersMedium and Large 1415216.51/cwt208.00–224.00899204
SteersMedium and Large 1521180.12/cwt170.50–185.00938494
HeifersMedium and Large 1572153.94/cwt149.00–157.50881265
HeifersMedium and Large 1471163.54/cwt156.00–171.00770287
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2411163.25/cwt162.00–165.0067114
HeifersMedium and Large 1517162.11/cwt155.00–168.00838398
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy495182.00/cwt182.00–182.0090111
SteersMedium and Large 1Full305207.50/cwt207.50–207.506335

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.