Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2023-01-12

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 12
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
2,990 head
1,590 vs last sale 1,400 612 vs year ago 3,602 · 17.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: best test on 600 to 650 lbs steady. Best test on heifers 400 to 450 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Other weight classes of steers and heifers not well compared today. Good demand for this offering of many packages and quite a few loads. A few consignments of calves still coming off the cow, however, most of the offering was long time weaned. Flesh ranged from light to moderate plus, calves still on the cow and competing for feed are staying green. Quality varied, especially on packages, from plain to attractive. A moderate to active market with the normal crowd of buyers and farmer feeders in attendance this week. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, January 19, featuring Red Angus cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $213.11/cwt on 1,865 head.
Average price
$213.11
1,865 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,263
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$310
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.94
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2455214.98978152
Medium and Large 1605212.941,2881,713
One grade step is worth $2.04/cwt here — about −$310 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 sale1,865 hd
213.11
SD average9 barns · 26,948 hd
194.16
+18.94
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

31 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 1Full530171.25/cwt171.25–171.2590819
HeifersMedium and Large 1475191.00/cwt191.00–191.0090710
HeifersMedium and Large 1640174.64/cwt173.00–175.001,11827
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2489176.48/cwt176.00–177.0086323
HeifersMedium and Large 1429205.55/cwt201.00–209.00882269
HeifersMedium and Large 1710172.82/cwt165.00–173.501,22787
SteersMedium and Large 1813172.47/cwt171.00–174.001,402133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2479205.76/cwt201.00–207.5098626
SteersMedium and Large 1370250.81/cwt250.00–253.0092859
SteersMedium and Large 1719188.39/cwt179.50–191.501,35532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613185.60/cwt185.00–186.001,13820
SteersMedium and Large 1632209.85/cwt196.50–215.001,326287
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525206.71/cwt204.00–210.001,08531
SteersMedium and Large 1426231.26/cwt229.00–236.00985108
SteersMedium and Large 1465233.14/cwt225.00–241.501,084229
SteersMedium and Large 1535230.81/cwt217.00–239.001,235134
SteersMedium and Large 1324254.02/cwt249.00–260.0082327
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320242.50/cwt242.50–242.507766
SteersMedium and Large 1995174.25/cwt174.25–174.251,73458
HeifersMedium and Large 1360228.00/cwt228.00–228.008218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380228.29/cwt215.00–233.0086869
HeifersMedium and Large 1760171.25/cwt171.25–171.251,30266
HeifersMedium and Large 1663172.29/cwt172.00–173.001,14248
SteersMedium and Large 1Full560204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,14212
SteersMedium and Large 1676200.80/cwt190.75–210.501,357398
HeifersMedium and Large 1340223.00/cwt223.00–223.007586
SteersMedium and Large 1572220.99/cwt208.00–225.501,264236
HeifersMedium and Large 1509192.90/cwt183.00–200.50982155
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330201.46/cwt199.00–204.0066528
HeifersMedium and Large 1587179.63/cwt172.50–185.501,054142
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2357202.09/cwt192.00–207.0072121

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.