Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2021-11-04

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 4
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
7,960 head
1,919 vs last sale 6,041 216 vs year ago 8,176 · 2.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher with instances of 1.00 to 2.00 lower on 400 to 550 lb steers. There was no comparison on steers over 800 lbs. Heifers 400 to 650 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. There was no comparison on heifers over 650 lb. Buyer demand was moderate to good for feeding type cattle with the best demand seen for steers from reputation ranches selling in load lots. The next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, November 11, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $179.91/cwt on 4,571 head.
Average price
$179.91
4,571 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,026
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$22.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.80
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568182.091,0343,839
Medium and Large 1-2584168.90986698
Large 1563159.7089934
One grade step is worth $22.39/cwt here — about $135 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 sale4,571 hd
179.91
SD average10 barns · 32,581 hd
175.11
+4.80
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

37 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
SteersMedium and Large 1905163.75/cwt163.75–163.751,48266
SteersMedium and Large 1574182.36/cwt176.50–186.001,047985
SteersMedium and Large 1-2467173.44/cwt171.00–180.0081021
SteersMedium and Large 1366209.78/cwt206.00–216.0076833
SteersMedium and Large 1663172.24/cwt170.75–172.501,142482
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement521178.81/cwt176.00–187.50932166
SteersMedium and Large 1612177.78/cwt170.00–180.751,088793
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy516194.76/cwt192.00–198.001,005219
SteersLarge 1563159.70/cwt153.00–162.0089934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2571170.94/cwt165.00–173.50976248
SteersMedium and Large 1-2759154.76/cwt152.00–159.251,17553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2561153.70/cwt150.00–156.50862335
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528170.05/cwt163.00–174.5089878
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2334156.19/cwt152.00–159.0052223
HeifersMedium and Large 1419167.51/cwt157.00–173.50702167
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2673148.87/cwt146.25–152.001,00278
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement568172.29/cwt168.00–176.00979358
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2905137.43/cwt136.00–140.001,24414
HeifersMedium and Large 1528161.58/cwt157.00–166.50853397
HeifersMedium and Large 1600166.25/cwt166.25–166.2599884
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605153.76/cwt151.50–154.00930191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365152.14/cwt151.00–153.005557
HeifersMedium and Large 1470161.89/cwt157.00–167.00761446
HeifersLarge 1563141.30/cwt134.00–144.0079627
HeifersMedium and Large 1363166.88/cwt160.00–171.0060642
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2531150.84/cwt147.00–152.50801149
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474152.39/cwt146.00–155.00722126
SteersMedium and Large 1475191.28/cwt187.00–199.00909335
SteersMedium and Large 1519180.73/cwt176.00–185.50938526
SteersMedium and Large 1420192.86/cwt185.00–196.00810296
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380194.00/cwt185.00–200.0073766
SteersMedium and Large 1-2671158.14/cwt155.00–158.501,061111
SteersMedium and Large 1335207.05/cwt200.00–218.0069439
SteersMedium and Large 1865165.25/cwt165.25–165.251,42965
SteersMedium and Large 1-2620165.58/cwt161.00–167.001,027121
HeifersLarge 1640144.00/cwt144.00–144.009227
HeifersLarge 1520143.19/cwt140.00–145.0074511

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.