Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2022-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported feeder cattle sale for several weeks so an accurate price trend can not be established. Good demand for this offering of yearlings selling in loads and packages. Flesh condition varied with cattle coming both off grass and out of yards, mostly light to moderate plus. Quite a few home raised cattle today, many of these tested open heifers, quality mostly average to attractive. Moderate to active market activity for this offering. A light offering of spring calves expected for next Thursday, 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 $169.64/cwt on 1,062 head.

Average price

$169.64

1,062 head · 873 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,480

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$215

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$10.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.37

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	849	171.20	1,453	890
Medium and Large 1-2	625	170.00	1,063	18thin
Large 1	1,039	160.58	1,668	154

One grade step is worth $10.62/cwt here — about −$215 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 sale1,062 hd

169.64

—

SD average6 barns · 5,326 hd

168.27

+1.37

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

20 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	177.22/cwt	175.00–178.50	1,189	57
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,009	165.62/cwt	159.00–167.75	1,671	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,470	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	950	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,406	30
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,090	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,657	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,383	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,355	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,471	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	172.96/cwt	163.50–175.50	1,432	263
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	177.77/cwt	177.50–183.50	1,314	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	169.75/cwt	167.50–172.00	1,570	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	174.83/cwt	169.50–175.50	1,705	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,135	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	187.75/cwt	187.75–187.75	1,455	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,063	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	184.83/cwt	184.00–186.00	1,150	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,235	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	180.74/cwt	175.50–182.50	1,569	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	168.27/cwt	163.25–170.25	1,535	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	166.85/cwt	160.00–168.50	1,595	136

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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