Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2022-03-03

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 3
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
2,131 head
4,216 vs last sale 6,347 2,131 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last reported sale three weeks ago so an accurate price trend can not be established. Moderate to good demand for today's offering with best demand seen for load lots. Quality varied today, from plain to attractive, many plain to average quality packages on offer. Many producers are emptying pens out before calving. Flesh varied as well, but mostly moderate to moderate plus. A moderate market with a more limited crowd of buyers and farmer feeders attending the auction today. Cooler weather has moved into the area and snow is possible for the weekend. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, March 10.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.28/cwt on 1,185 head.
Average price
$155.28
1,185 head · 684 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,062
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.66
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1685155.941,0691,122
Medium and Large 1-2660143.3994663
One grade step is worth $12.55/cwt here — about $123 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 sale1,185 hd
155.28
SD average6 barns · 11,105 hd
152.62
+2.66
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

34 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 1Fleshy795132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,05312
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy680143.04/cwt142.00–144.0097333
HeifersMedium and Large 1490169.00/cwt169.00–169.0082811
HeifersMedium and Large 1880130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,14829
HeifersMedium and Large 1526169.94/cwt163.00–179.0089432
HeifersMedium and Large 1578167.65/cwt160.50–174.0096956
SteersMedium and Large 1627187.06/cwt184.00–193.001,17358
SteersMedium and Large 1822155.37/cwt154.00–156.001,277213
SteersMedium and Large 1470208.00/cwt208.00–208.009785
SteersMedium and Large 1530207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,0975
SteersMedium and Large 1-2795147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,16917
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535183.00/cwt183.00–183.009795
SteersMedium and Large 1760155.01/cwt153.00–161.501,17876
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350205.00/cwt205.00–205.007187
SteersMedium and Large 1653179.97/cwt172.00–186.001,17525
SteersMedium and Large 1410217.00/cwt217.00–217.008904
SteersMedium and Large 1-2455193.00/cwt193.00–193.008785
SteersMedium and Large 1724169.11/cwt161.00–171.001,224198
HeifersMedium and Large 1624163.22/cwt158.50–167.501,018107
HeifersMedium and Large 1726147.18/cwt139.00–154.501,069218
SteersMedium and Large 1945145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3705
SteersMedium and Large 1878147.09/cwt147.00–147.501,29150
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed510187.00/cwt187.00–187.0095459
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy845144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,21732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440166.00/cwt166.00–166.0073016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565152.68/cwt147.00–157.0086320
SteersMedium and Large 1-2645172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,10910
SteersMedium and Large 1583191.38/cwt189.00–192.501,11621
HeifersMedium and Large 1437184.92/cwt184.50–185.0080842
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2860123.12/cwt118.00–125.001,05927
HeifersMedium and Large 1781137.64/cwt134.00–143.501,07566
HeifersMedium and Large 1831134.89/cwt134.00–141.001,121103
HeifersMedium and Large 1671159.57/cwt150.00–162.001,071278
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement785164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,29176

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.