Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2022-01-06

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 6
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
1,041 head
1,404 vs last sale 2,445 1,396 vs year ago 2,437 · 57.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First feeder cattle sale in recent weeks so an accurate price trend can not be established. Moderate to good demand for feeder calves today. Only a couple loads available with the rest of the offering in packages. Quality varied, but mostly average overall. Bitter cold weather and windchills kept some of the calves at home today, tonight is expected to be another very cold night. A moderate to active market with a few less buyers and farmer feeders attending the sale today. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, January 13.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $174.47/cwt on 537 head.
Average price
$174.47
537 head · 685 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,196
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$829
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$25.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.41
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2427189.7281129
Medium and Large 1662174.811,158451
Large 11,000164.001,64057
One grade step is worth $25.72/cwt here — about −$829 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 sale537 hd
174.47
SD average5 barns · 9,198 hd
168.06
+6.41
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

27 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 1715146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,04422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2335202.00/cwt202.00–202.006776
SteersMedium and Large 1485208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,00930
SteersMedium and Large 1410217.00/cwt217.00–217.0089027
SteersLarge 11,000164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,64057
SteersMedium and Large 1716165.29/cwt163.50–167.501,18336
SteersMedium and Large 1380214.00/cwt214.00–214.008134
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,05313
SteersMedium and Large 1855160.25/cwt160.25–160.251,37067
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400186.00/cwt186.00–186.007446
HeifersMedium and Large 1655152.50/cwt152.50–152.5099924
HeifersMedium and Large 1557164.56/cwt162.00–168.0091757
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy615144.00/cwt144.00–144.008867
HeifersLarge 11,110136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,5158
HeifersMedium and Large 1980135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3238
HeifersMedium and Large 1925132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,22616
HeifersMedium and Large 1400178.50/cwt178.50–178.5071421
HeifersMedium and Large 1795143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,13767
SteersMedium and Large 1790152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,20127
SteersMedium and Large 1508192.14/cwt190.00–195.0097623
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned475186.00/cwt186.00–186.0088411
HeifersMedium and Large 1477179.37/cwt176.00–182.0085670
HeifersMedium and Large 1629151.99/cwt149.00–154.0095638
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390180.00/cwt180.00–180.0070220
SteersMedium and Large 1616177.07/cwt171.00–184.001,09179
SteersMedium and Large 1678169.52/cwt164.00–173.501,149145
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460188.00/cwt188.00–188.008656

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.