Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2023-03-02

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 2
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
2,034 head
1,782 vs last sale 3,816 97 vs year ago 2,131 · 4.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last feeder cattle sale was three weeks ago so an accurate price trend can not be establish, higher undertones noted on both steers and heifers. Good to very good demand for this offering of many packages and a handful of loads. Several consignments of replacement quality heifers included in the offering and met with very good demand. Mostly light to moderate plus flesh condition today with some of the cattle showing a little fill. Quality varied, from plain to attractive. An active market seen for this offering. Winter is just hanging around this area with snow and wind again yesterday and chances of snow next week as well. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $200.72/cwt on 1,149 head.
Average price
$200.72
1,149 head · 628 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,260
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$253
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.32
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1635201.341,2781,070
Medium and Large 1-2533192.371,02479
One grade step is worth $8.97/cwt here — about $253 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 sale1,149 hd
200.72
SD average7 barns · 11,267 hd
186.40
+14.32
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

25 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 1766182.68/cwt175.00–192.001,39939
HeifersMedium and Large 1585209.70/cwt202.00–212.001,22764
HeifersMedium and Large 1665195.39/cwt180.00–200.001,299108
HeifersMedium and Large 1614194.03/cwt185.00–203.001,191166
HeifersMedium and Large 1525215.80/cwt208.00–218.001,133181
HeifersMedium and Large 1720183.83/cwt174.00–189.001,324186
SteersMedium and Large 1714212.30/cwt205.50–214.001,516182
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full560167.50/cwt167.50–167.509386
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,12613
SteersMedium and Large 1593230.93/cwt221.00–233.001,369136
SteersMedium and Large 1515242.83/cwt240.50–247.501,25154
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673202.76/cwt202.00–203.501,36518
SteersMedium and Large 1770196.40/cwt195.50–197.251,51266
HeifersMedium and Large 1390226.00/cwt226.00–226.008814
SteersMedium and Large 1661221.99/cwt217.00–224.251,467228
HeifersMedium and Large 1414220.57/cwt217.00–229.0091320
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement755198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,49972
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement617215.07/cwt210.00–216.501,327115
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement745208.50/cwt208.50–208.501,55351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300212.50/cwt212.50–212.506386
SteersMedium and Large 1614223.79/cwt213.00–229.001,374121
HeifersMedium and Large 1464214.84/cwt214.00–215.0099731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2588190.47/cwt189.50–192.001,12034
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement655202.75/cwt202.75–202.751,32833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520190.92/cwt190.00–196.0099339

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.