Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2023-03-30

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 30
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
1,200 head
455 vs last sale 1,655 816 vs year ago 2,016 · 40.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too light an offering today with different weight classes than the light offering two weeks ago so an accurate price trend can not be established. A light offering today with mostly packages and just a couple loads on offer which were met with moderate to good demand. A couple consignments of black hided, light fleshed grass type cattle saw very good demand. Quality varied quite a bit today, lots of plain to average cattle in the mix. Flesh mostly light to moderate plus. A moderate market for this offering with less buyers and farmers attending the sale today. Weather continues to be a big challenge in the area with a blizzard warning in effect for tomorrow and more of the same next week. Temps remain much lower than normal for this time of year. 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 $204.43/cwt on 675 head.
Average price
$204.43
675 head · 626 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,280
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$250
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.89
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1635204.901,301620
Medium and Large 1-2528199.081,05155
One grade step is worth $5.82/cwt here — about $250 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 sale675 hd
204.43
SD average8 barns · 11,626 hd
190.54
+13.89
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

27 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 1484221.55/cwt216.00–226.001,07258
HeifersMedium and Large 1675198.87/cwt197.00–201.001,34275
HeifersMedium and Large 1818179.22/cwt171.00–180.001,46679
HeifersMedium and Large 1726190.27/cwt178.00–197.001,381110
HeifersMedium and Large 1531215.51/cwt208.00–226.001,14457
HeifersMedium and Large 1420227.00/cwt227.00–227.009539
SteersMedium and Large 1614232.31/cwt220.00–243.501,426127
SteersMedium and Large 1800193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,5447
SteersMedium and Large 1-2516231.49/cwt227.00–235.001,19432
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2602178.56/cwt174.00–182.001,07514
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy665211.50/cwt211.50–211.501,40633
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy730192.99/cwt191.50–199.001,40954
SteersMedium and Large 1-2645203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,31321
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural620245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,52230
SteersMedium and Large 1760192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4595
HeifersMedium and Large 1573221.31/cwt212.50–228.001,268184
HeifersMedium and Large 1618194.04/cwt186.00–200.001,19940
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581200.91/cwt200.00–202.001,16715
SteersMedium and Large 1671228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,53012
SteersMedium and Large 1512248.65/cwt244.00–251.001,27339
SteersMedium and Large 1-2765180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,37718
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440215.40/cwt214.00–218.0094820
HeifersMedium and Large 1780172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,3428
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515188.00/cwt188.00–188.009686
SteersMedium and Large 1725225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,63526
SteersMedium and Large 1465254.14/cwt244.00–260.001,18249
SteersMedium and Large 1550244.30/cwt236.00–245.001,34465

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.