Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2023-04-27

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 27
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
2,548 head
1,056 vs last sale 1,492 1,112 vs year ago 3,660 · 30.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: best test on steers 800 to 849 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 900 to 949 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Another string of backgrounded steers today from the same family outfit as last week were included in today's offering and met with very good demand. A couple other loads offered and met with good to very good demand, moderate to good demand seen for packages, quite a few of these were fall calves, both weaned and unweaned. Similar to last week, loads were mostly attractive in quality and packages varied, from plain to attractive. Flesh ranged from light to moderate plus. Less tag today as pens are starting to dry out. A moderate to active market for this offering. 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 $213.61/cwt on 1,524 head.
Average price
$213.61
1,524 head · 825 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,763
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$428
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$31.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.80
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552243.701,34651
Medium and Large 1835212.571,7741,473
One grade step is worth $31.13/cwt here — about −$428 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 sale1,524 hd
213.61
SD average7 barns · 11,831 hd
212.81
+0.80
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

38 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 1445254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,13053
HeifersMedium and Large 1489244.77/cwt238.00–250.001,19764
HeifersMedium and Large 1582234.60/cwt228.00–236.501,36557
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2412227.28/cwt223.00–230.0093610
HeifersMedium and Large 1745209.75/cwt209.75–209.751,56382
HeifersMedium and Large 1770194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,4949
SteersMedium and Large 1929196.44/cwt195.25–198.001,825621
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned519250.06/cwt245.00–254.001,29821
SteersMedium and Large 1841205.59/cwt196.75–208.751,729176
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0314
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned463267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,2369
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned425268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,1396
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed490311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,5246
SteersMedium and Large 1859207.75/cwt206.75–208.001,785333
SteersMedium and Large 1659246.22/cwt245.00–247.001,62338
SteersMedium and Large 1575260.55/cwt252.00–274.001,49844
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed420276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,1599
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned595239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,42223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2645228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,47419
SteersMedium and Large 1965193.75/cwt193.75–193.751,87061
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement650231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,50560
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned504227.02/cwt226.00–228.001,14450
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,32719
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed505328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,65610
SteersMedium and Large 1639249.61/cwt241.00–255.001,59522
SteersMedium and Large 1735220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,61735
HeifersMedium and Large 1615217.85/cwt216.00–220.001,34068
HeifersMedium and Large 1870184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,60168
SteersMedium and Large 1465294.67/cwt287.00–297.501,37046
SteersMedium and Large 1545277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,5124
HeifersMedium and Large 1805186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,50140
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement770208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,60216
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned555222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,23522
HeifersMedium and Large 1335256.00/cwt256.00–256.0085813
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned426236.19/cwt233.00–239.001,00611
SteersMedium and Large 1365297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,08618
HeifersMedium and Large 1530246.68/cwt236.00–248.001,30746
HeifersMedium and Large 1674200.07/cwt193.00–206.001,34849

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.