Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2023-02-09

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 9
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
3,816 head
1,616 vs last sale 2,200 2,531 vs year ago 6,347 · 39.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week and different weight classes from two weeks ago to develop an accurate price trend. Good to very good demand for today's large offering featuring many packages and loads, as well as a couple strings of both backgrounded and home raised cattle. Green cattle which can fit grass programs continue to see very good demand, especially for black cattle. A few packages and loads of replacement quality heifers also met with very good demand. Varied flesh condition, from light to some heavy at times, some fill on the cattle as well. More tag on the cattle this week as the weather has been mild and pens are thawing and getting muddy. An active market with a variety of bidders today. Mostly bred cattle and few if any feeders expected next week, watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $196.48/cwt on 2,810 head.
Average price
$196.48
2,810 head · 735 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,444
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$377
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$19.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.42
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2496216.101,07351
Medium and Large 1740196.111,4502,759
One grade step is worth $19.98/cwt here — about −$377 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 sale2,810 hd
196.48
SD average7 barns · 15,769 hd
193.06
+3.42
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

35 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 1880163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,43925
HeifersMedium and Large 1474207.12/cwt206.00–208.0098251
HeifersMedium and Large 1528196.48/cwt193.00–205.001,03771
HeifersMedium and Large 1673184.29/cwt177.00–192.501,240115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,0375
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525184.00/cwt184.00–184.009669
SteersMedium and Large 1445247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,09916
SteersMedium and Large 1577231.93/cwt220.00–237.001,338130
SteersMedium and Large 1724191.53/cwt184.00–199.001,387292
SteersMedium and Large 1455237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,0786
SteersMedium and Large 1682200.12/cwt195.00–210.751,365385
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475205.00/cwt205.00–205.009746
SteersMedium and Large 1910177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,61525
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420221.00/cwt221.00–221.009287
SteersMedium and Large 1623213.94/cwt207.00–221.001,333276
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy470230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,08110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385249.00/cwt249.00–249.0095910
SteersMedium and Large 1524232.26/cwt223.00–239.501,217122
SteersMedium and Large 1868184.49/cwt180.00–186.001,601587
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560205.50/cwt205.50–205.501,15128
SteersMedium and Large 1811183.38/cwt177.00–184.501,487218
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement810202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,64061
SteersMedium and Large 1776187.87/cwt183.50–195.001,458588
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed575205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,17959
HeifersMedium and Large 1715177.44/cwt177.00–178.001,26925
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy640196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,2548
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy570213.62/cwt213.00–217.001,21826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365209.00/cwt209.00–209.007636
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy795180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,43170
HeifersMedium and Large 1621182.10/cwt171.00–186.751,13158
HeifersMedium and Large 1571191.91/cwt185.00–200.001,096146
HeifersMedium and Large 1770170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,31314
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement710194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,37717
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement685206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,41143
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement630201.11/cwt200.00–201.501,267117

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.