Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2022-03-10

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 10
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
2,672 head
541 vs last sale 2,131 314 vs year ago 2,986 · 10.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 700 to 750 lbs mostly steady with other weight classes of steers not well compared. Best test on heifers 600 to 750 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for today's offering of packages and loads. Similar to last week, quality varied quite a bit, from plain to attractive, many plain to average cattle again this week. Flesh ranged from light to heavy. A moderate market with a limited crowd of buyers and farmer feeders again this week. Cold wind chills expected for tonight and tomorrow with much warmer weather expected for next week. Many producers are starting to calve and will welcome better weather. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.16/cwt on 1,197 head.
Average price
$152.16
1,197 head · 706 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,075
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$252
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.96
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2524158.5483142
Medium and Large 1713151.931,0831,155
One grade step is worth $6.61/cwt here — about −$252 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 sale1,197 hd
152.16
SD average9 barns · 14,798 hd
153.12
−0.96
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

32 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 1415179.00/cwt179.00–179.0074310
HeifersMedium and Large 1540173.50/cwt173.50–173.5093739
HeifersMedium and Large 1478173.94/cwt172.00–175.0083147
HeifersMedium and Large 1812141.73/cwt136.50–142.251,15179
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385179.00/cwt179.00–179.006898
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610144.50/cwt144.50–144.5088115
SteersMedium and Large 1955144.85/cwt144.85–144.851,38362
SteersMedium and Large 1529207.57/cwt197.00–212.001,09872
SteersMedium and Large 1763165.51/cwt160.00–168.501,263137
SteersMedium and Large 1629190.00/cwt178.00–194.001,195172
SteersMedium and Large 1595200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,19043
SteersMedium and Large 1855147.75/cwt147.75–147.751,26360
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535164.00/cwt164.00–164.0087716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2810140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,13436
HeifersMedium and Large 1573167.18/cwt158.00–171.00958118
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy810148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,19968
SteersMedium and Large 1731164.69/cwt158.00–169.001,20493
SteersMedium and Large 1687177.56/cwt170.00–179.001,220127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390194.00/cwt194.00–194.0075710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2740141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0435
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515161.00/cwt161.00–161.0082919
HeifersMedium and Large 1669154.50/cwt149.50–158.001,034137
SteersMedium and Large 1-2488200.03/cwt192.00–202.0097660
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584184.89/cwt181.00–185.501,080109
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement725158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,14672
HeifersMedium and Large 1638160.26/cwt153.50–165.001,022111
HeifersMedium and Large 1769143.81/cwt139.75–146.751,106278
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement855152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,30068
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy535194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,0389
SteersMedium and Large 1-2605166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0048
HeifersMedium and Large 1724147.86/cwt143.00–152.251,07197
HeifersMedium and Large 1880129.64/cwt126.75–131.501,14199

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.