Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2022-11-17

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 17
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
7,134 head
1,406 vs last sale 5,728 1,603 vs year ago 5,531 · +29.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week due to the winter weather, compared to two weeks ago: steer calves 400 to 500 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher on 400 to 450 lbs, 501 to 600 lbs 4.00 to 9.00 lower, 601 to 650 lbs steady. Heifers 400 to 600 lbs mostly stead, instances up to 10.00 lower on 550 to 600 lbs. Good to very good demand for this large calf offering featuring many loads and packages. All calves off the cow and most had full preconditioning or at least on round of fall shots. Quality mostly average to attractive today, overall quality more attractive than two weeks ago. Colored cattle continue to be discounted at times. An active market with both order buyers and farmer feeders eager to buy cattle. The weather has turned very cold with bitter wind chills and blowing snow today. No feeder cattle sale next week due to Thanksgiving, next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, December 1. Happy Thanksgiving!!

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $219.36/cwt on 4,102 head.
Average price
$219.36
4,102 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,174
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$146
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.72
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2474219.751,042396
Medium and Large 1542219.321,1883,706
One grade step is worth $0.43/cwt here — about −$146 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 sale4,102 hd
219.36
SD average8 barns · 16,889 hd
202.64
+16.72
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

28 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 1-2435187.00/cwt187.00–187.0081315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518176.51/cwt176.00–177.0091443
HeifersMedium and Large 1335234.79/cwt234.00–235.0078728
HeifersMedium and Large 1368222.66/cwt220.00–225.0081976
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2464181.66/cwt180.00–184.0084362
HeifersMedium and Large 1418212.44/cwt204.00–220.50888283
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,00832
SteersMedium and Large 1341260.55/cwt259.50–265.0088830
SteersMedium and Large 1479233.34/cwt223.00–240.501,118942
SteersMedium and Large 1-2315224.00/cwt224.00–224.007064
SteersMedium and Large 1-2421240.18/cwt234.00–244.001,011163
SteersMedium and Large 1-2566191.24/cwt186.00–193.001,08237
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement470218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,025128
SteersMedium and Large 1576207.91/cwt195.00–215.001,1981,049
SteersMedium and Large 1532219.97/cwt212.00–230.001,170714
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed455252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,14718
SteersMedium and Large 1424258.58/cwt254.50–266.001,096152
SteersMedium and Large 1627203.96/cwt193.00–210.501,279617
HeifersMedium and Large 1468203.17/cwt194.00–208.50951501
HeifersMedium and Large 1609182.74/cwt175.50–186.751,11388
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375234.71/cwt225.00–240.0088027
SteersMedium and Large 1-2538201.82/cwt200.00–209.501,086133
HeifersMedium and Large 1574184.75/cwt180.50–189.001,060238
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2358204.48/cwt203.50–206.0073215
HeifersMedium and Large 1519197.30/cwt182.00–205.501,024904
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement569210.45/cwt205.00–216.001,197193
SteersMedium and Large 1369249.55/cwt244.00–266.0092162
SteersMedium and Large 1657203.88/cwt198.00–206.501,339122

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.