Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2021-12-02

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 2
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
4,161 head
1,370 vs last sale 5,531 1,138 vs year ago 5,299 · 21.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder cattle last week due to Thanksgiving. Compared to two weeks ago: steers 400 to 550 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher except 450 to 500 lbs mostly steady, 551 to 700 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifers 400 to 500 lbs 10.00 to 12.00 higher, 501 to 650 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Very good demand for this large calf offering featuring a few loads and many packages. Many attractive calves to choose from, mostly in light to moderate flesh. About a third of the calves were weaned, from 21 days on up. Varied preconditioning but most calves had at least one round of shots in the fall. An active market with many buyers attending the sale today and eager to buy calves. Temperatures remain much warmer than normal for this time of year. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, December 9. This will be the final feeder cattle sale of 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $183.02/cwt on 2,266 head.
Average price
$183.02
2,266 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,068
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.91
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1590183.481,0822,116
Medium and Large 1-2494176.52872150
One grade step is worth $6.96/cwt here — about $210 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 sale2,266 hd
183.02
SD average6 barns · 10,349 hd
172.10
+10.91
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

31 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 1845155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3108
HeifersMedium and Large 1850155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,32213
HeifersMedium and Large 1980154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,50913
HeifersMedium and Large 1381185.16/cwt182.00–186.5070528
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350157.50/cwt157.50–157.505518
HeifersMedium and Large 1679150.93/cwt147.50–152.001,025115
SteersMedium and Large 1439217.86/cwt213.00–219.00956132
SteersMedium and Large 1578181.84/cwt173.00–188.501,051398
SteersMedium and Large 1510198.67/cwt187.00–207.501,013387
SteersMedium and Large 1714168.31/cwt165.00–172.751,20293
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320202.50/cwt202.50–202.506484
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531175.07/cwt171.00–180.0093057
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed565193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,09342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475179.70/cwt178.00–181.0085454
SteersMedium and Large 1668169.12/cwt163.50–173.001,130329
SteersMedium and Large 1-2445179.00/cwt179.00–179.0079714
SteersMedium and Large 1622175.01/cwt168.00–181.501,089404
SteersMedium and Large 1-2595163.00/cwt163.00–163.0097013
SteersMedium and Large 1369210.00/cwt210.00–210.0077517
HeifersMedium and Large 1434190.05/cwt180.50–193.50825189
SteersMedium and Large 1479202.14/cwt189.00–208.00968114
HeifersMedium and Large 1526162.69/cwt154.00–168.50856158
HeifersMedium and Large 1574159.00/cwt152.50–161.50913444
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy593169.72/cwt169.50–170.001,00674
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy365170.00/cwt170.00–170.006218
HeifersMedium and Large 1484176.49/cwt168.00–181.00854301
SteersMedium and Large 1767166.05/cwt164.75–166.751,274126
HeifersMedium and Large 1613154.74/cwt150.00–158.50949129
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2413172.45/cwt169.50–174.0071232
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2320164.92/cwt160.00–170.005288
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2492158.85/cwt154.00–161.0078245

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.