Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2022-01-20

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 20
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
5,262 head
1,660 vs last sale 3,602 704 vs year ago 4,558 · +15.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 500 to 650 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, 651 to 800 lbs mostly steady. Heifers 500 to 550 lbs and 601 to 650 lbs mostly steady, 551 to 600 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Good to very good demand for today's large offering featuring many packages and loads. Grass type cattle and replacement quality heifers from reputation ranches saw the best demand. Many attractive quality cattle to choose from in various flesh condition, from light to moderate plus. An active market with a wider variety of bidders today including order buyers, farmer feeders and producers looking for replacements. Cold temps again today with a warm up expected for the next few days. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, January 27.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.22/cwt on 2,622 head.
Average price
$172.22
2,622 head · 602 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,037
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$306
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.72
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2415177.4773757
Medium and Large 1606172.111,0442,565
One grade step is worth $5.36/cwt here — about −$306 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 sale2,622 hd
172.22
SD average8 barns · 15,299 hd
162.51
+9.72
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

35 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 1427180.66/cwt174.00–186.00771112
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement645181.24/cwt173.00–190.001,169163
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed455194.00/cwt194.00–194.0088332
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy577158.48/cwt157.00–160.0091450
HeifersMedium and Large 1487178.55/cwt172.00–185.00870188
HeifersMedium and Large 1671156.43/cwt149.00–161.001,050202
HeifersMedium and Large 1519173.55/cwt167.00–180.50901222
HeifersMedium and Large 1724155.60/cwt154.00–157.251,127241
HeifersMedium and Large 1627163.50/cwt155.75–170.501,025243
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned616171.00/cwt170.50–173.001,05355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned485188.00/cwt188.00–188.0091216
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned430198.43/cwt198.00–199.0085324
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned522187.86/cwt186.50–189.0098133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586191.78/cwt191.00–192.001,12426
SteersMedium and Large 1480217.17/cwt213.00–222.001,042144
SteersMedium and Large 1775165.70/cwt161.50–169.251,284494
SteersMedium and Large 1413229.63/cwt227.50–231.0094889
SteersMedium and Large 1518209.16/cwt202.00–217.001,083225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420186.92/cwt185.00–190.0078518
SteersMedium and Large 1372225.78/cwt224.00–227.0084018
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477194.00/cwt194.00–194.0092525
SteersMedium and Large 1674176.00/cwt169.75–180.501,186401
SteersMedium and Large 1724170.71/cwt164.50–176.751,236322
SteersMedium and Large 1624184.78/cwt176.75–192.501,153415
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement664189.41/cwt170.50–198.001,258424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515187.00/cwt187.00–187.009636
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned645143.00/cwt143.00–143.009228
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned440173.00/cwt173.00–173.0076115
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned520158.00/cwt158.00–158.0082219
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement755167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,26110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2381180.96/cwt175.00–186.0068938
SteersMedium and Large 1559205.54/cwt196.50–212.501,149173
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2484170.48/cwt169.00–171.0082519
HeifersMedium and Large 1575171.47/cwt162.00–176.00986566
HeifersMedium and Large 1765155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,18670

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.