Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2022-10-06

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 6
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
676 head
984 vs last sale 1,660 3,304 vs year ago 3,980 · 83.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too light a yearling offering today to compare to last week and develop an accurate price trend. Today's offering consisted of Just packages of yearling heifers today, mostly tested opens off grass, which were met with moderate to good demand. Flesh on yearlings mostly light to moderate and quality varied, from plain to attractive. Today was the first test of spring calves which was met with moderate to good demand. This offering included packages of non weaned calves from just four consignors. Mixed preconditioning with some full preconditioning and some just having spring or fall shots. Flesh light to moderate. A moderate to active market today just a handful of order buyers and a few farmer feeders attending the sale. Internet bidding fairly active on calves. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, October 13.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.61/cwt on 334 head.
Average price
$193.61
334 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,110
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$611
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$38.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.77
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548196.631,078299
Medium and Large 1-2581175.131,01820
Large 11,068158.081,68915thin
One grade step is worth $38.55/cwt here — about −$611 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 sale334 hd
193.61
SD average9 barns · 9,169 hd
171.84
+21.77
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

19 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
HeifersLarge 11,160148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,7174
HeifersLarge 11,035161.75/cwt161.75–161.751,67411
HeifersMedium and Large 1715174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,2486
HeifersMedium and Large 1815169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,3779
HeifersMedium and Large 1930166.75/cwt166.75–166.751,55111
HeifersMedium and Large 1850168.75/cwt168.75–168.751,43415
SteersMedium and Large 1565221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,24926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,08915
SteersMedium and Large 1364259.67/cwt256.00–263.0094526
HeifersMedium and Large 1550191.50/cwt191.50–191.501,05318
HeifersMedium and Large 1336209.66/cwt207.00–218.0070424
SteersMedium and Large 1425246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,04636
SteersMedium and Large 1522228.95/cwt221.00–232.001,195146
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420186.00/cwt186.00–186.007815
SteersMedium and Large 1453234.92/cwt225.00–240.001,06441
HeifersMedium and Large 1690179.25/cwt179.25–179.251,23743
HeifersMedium and Large 1482201.34/cwt195.00–203.0097044
HeifersMedium and Large 1422214.48/cwt212.50–216.5090557
HeifersMedium and Large 1505202.61/cwt199.00–203.001,02372

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.