Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2023-09-21

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 21
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
2,299 head
327 vs last sale 2,626 2 vs year ago 2,301 · 0.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks so an accurate price trend can not be established. Good to very good demand for this yearling offering featuring just a handful of loads and many, many packages, with all of the cattle coming off grass. Mostly light flesh today but some fill at times. Lots of home raised cattle, many of these were tested open heifers. Quality varied, but there were many attractive quality cattle to choose from and fill out loads. Market activity mostly active, a few less buyers and farmer feeders attending the sale as they are busy with harvest and other fall work. Rain is expected for the next few days which has many scrambling to get as much work done as possible before it becomes too wet. 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 $239.63/cwt on 1,348 head.
Average price
$239.63
1,348 head · 868 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,080
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$258
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$13.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.79
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1864240.422,0781,240
Medium and Large 1-2732235.951,72843
Large 11,030226.872,33765
One grade step is worth $13.55/cwt here — about −$258 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 sale1,348 hd
239.63
SD average8 barns · 11,935 hd
241.41
−1.79
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

23 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
HeifersLarge 11,030226.87/cwt220.50–228.002,33765
HeifersMedium and Large 1927234.95/cwt227.00–238.752,178296
HeifersMedium and Large 1822243.86/cwt237.00–249.502,005314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2792232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,83723
HeifersMedium and Large 1619263.56/cwt255.00–270.501,63134
HeifersMedium and Large 1686252.27/cwt243.00–255.001,73141
SteersMedium and Large 1636290.99/cwt290.00–291.751,85145
SteersMedium and Large 1728275.84/cwt271.50–281.002,00858
SteersMedium and Large 1-2595294.95/cwt293.50–295.501,75529
SteersMedium and Large 1-2745250.25/cwt250.25–250.251,86440
SteersMedium and Large 1766267.75/cwt263.00–270.002,051197
SteersMedium and Large 1834266.23/cwt263.00–268.002,220157
SteersMedium and Large 1998234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,33516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2653275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,79613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2858241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,06863
HeifersMedium and Large 1728249.80/cwt242.00–252.501,819107
SteersMedium and Large 1914253.50/cwt253.50–253.502,31716
HeifersMedium and Large 1880240.70/cwt238.00–246.002,118208
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2677236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,59811
HeifersMedium and Large 1976231.26/cwt223.00–234.752,257216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2647246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5929
HeifersMedium and Large 1770248.11/cwt247.00–250.001,91024
SteersMedium and Large 1872248.09/cwt246.50–260.002,16370

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.