Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2022-03-31

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 31
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
2,016 head
656 vs last sale 2,672 2,016 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks so an accurate price trend can not be established. Good to very good demand for a handful of loads and part loads of steers and heifers, many of these Bangs vaccinated, included in today's offering. Moderate to good demand for packages depending on quality, this varied from plain to attractive. Many producers are clearing leftover stock from pens to prepare for calving. Flesh mostly light to moderate plus today. An active market with both order buyers and a few farmer feeders in the seats. 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 $152.13/cwt on 1,309 head.
Average price
$152.13
1,309 head · 696 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,059
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$249
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.24
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1705152.401,0741,233
Medium and Large 1-2558147.7382576
One grade step is worth $4.67/cwt here — about $249 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 sale1,309 hd
152.13
SD average8 barns · 11,433 hd
154.37
−2.24
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 1495175.00/cwt175.00–175.008669
HeifersMedium and Large 1525171.00/cwt171.00–171.008989
HeifersMedium and Large 1403182.29/cwt177.00–185.0073530
HeifersMedium and Large 1900137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,23365
HeifersMedium and Large 1885136.68/cwt131.50–137.001,21069
HeifersMedium and Large 1787138.44/cwt134.50–141.001,090132
SteersMedium and Large 1815158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,28874
SteersMedium and Large 1722175.65/cwt170.00–177.501,26898
SteersMedium and Large 1440213.00/cwt213.00–213.0093717
HeifersMedium and Large 1725153.59/cwt145.00–160.501,114248
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2637138.17/cwt134.00–142.0088021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2511153.28/cwt152.00–154.0078322
SteersMedium and Large 1560204.66/cwt204.00–205.001,14612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2765151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,15512
SteersLarge 1-21,080122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3184
HeifersMedium and Large 1828136.53/cwt135.50–136.751,13083
HeifersMedium and Large 1672156.80/cwt147.00–162.751,054306
HeifersMedium and Large 1576165.70/cwt154.00–169.50954102
SteersMedium and Large 1495217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,07420
SteersMedium and Large 1617196.24/cwt191.00–200.251,211156
SteersMedium and Large 1-2345215.00/cwt215.00–215.0074210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570145.00/cwt145.00–145.0082714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335185.00/cwt185.00–185.006204
HeifersMedium and Large 1617157.86/cwt148.00–162.00974180
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2395166.00/cwt166.00–166.006566
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680132.00/cwt132.00–132.008989
SteersMedium and Large 1664181.61/cwt172.50–187.001,20633

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.