Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2023-01-19

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 19
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
4,341 head
1,351 vs last sale 2,990 921 vs year ago 5,262 · 17.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 550 to 600 lbs 8.00 to 12.00 lower, 601 to 700 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Best test on heifers 500 to 600 lbs mostly steady. Moderate to good demand for today's large offering with replacement quality heifers from reputation outfits seeing very good demand. More flesh on the cattle than last week, the majority of the calves this week were long time weaned and had seen some feed. Quality varied, but overall quality more attractive than last week. More loads on offer, including loads of replacement quality heifers, many of these were Red Angus. A moderate to active market seen for this offering. Winter weather in the southern part of the state and in to neighboring states today which could limit shipping options. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, January 26.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $189.66/cwt on 2,226 head.
Average price
$189.66
2,226 head · 678 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,287
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$297
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$23.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.21
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2468212.3999442
Medium and Large 1682189.221,2912,184
One grade step is worth $23.17/cwt here — about −$297 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 sale2,226 hd
189.66
SD average7 barns · 16,160 hd
191.87
−2.21
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 1780160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,2526
HeifersMedium and Large 1700166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,16211
HeifersMedium and Large 1624177.32/cwt172.00–183.001,106191
HeifersMedium and Large 1673174.95/cwt163.50–180.001,177304
HeifersMedium and Large 1574184.63/cwt174.00–190.001,060529
HeifersMedium and Large 1533193.97/cwt187.00–199.501,034118
SteersMedium and Large 1413229.38/cwt228.00–230.0094729
SteersMedium and Large 1822177.50/cwt177.00–177.751,459217
SteersMedium and Large 1490219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,0739
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385228.00/cwt228.00–228.0087813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525198.76/cwt193.00–207.001,04310
SteersMedium and Large 1631201.59/cwt192.00–212.001,272280
SteersMedium and Large 1754179.38/cwt170.00–183.751,353229
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy564187.22/cwt185.00–193.001,05622
SteersMedium and Large 1675190.28/cwt183.50–203.501,284360
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy760168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,28178
SteersMedium and Large 1590205.21/cwt198.50–211.001,211281
SteersMedium and Large 1525221.46/cwt213.00–229.001,16377
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495208.89/cwt200.00–213.001,03419
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385199.00/cwt199.00–199.007668
SteersMedium and Large 1724179.87/cwt174.00–188.001,302460
HeifersMedium and Large 1431196.96/cwt194.00–199.0084915
HeifersMedium and Large 1479198.98/cwt195.00–201.50953154
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement720190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,36843
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy624185.55/cwt185.00–186.001,15836
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement645214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,38065
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy660176.37/cwt176.00–176.501,164106
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500175.00/cwt175.00–175.0087510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473176.48/cwt172.00–181.0083512
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement673198.20/cwt190.00–207.001,334310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430188.00/cwt188.00–188.008087

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.