Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2023-11-16

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 16
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
5,106 head
225 vs last sale 5,331 2,028 vs year ago 7,134 · 28.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 400 to 499 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower, 500 to 649 lbs mostly steady. Heifers 400 to 449 and 500 to 549 lbs mostly steady, 450 to 499 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for calves today. All calves off the cow again this week, quite a few loads and many packages available. Flesh similar to last week, mostly light to moderate. More colored cattle featured this week and these continue to see discounts at times. More calves with complete preconditioning today. A moderate to active market seen for this offering. The futures looked to be rebounding at the start of the week only to lose over 3.00 today. With so much uncertainty in the market, buyers are more choosy then ever when selecting calves to put on feed. Harvest is still in progress but many will finish up this week. No feeder cattle sale next week due to Thanksgiving, next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, November 30. Happy Thanksgiving!!

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $298.35/cwt on 2,859 head.
Average price
$298.35
2,859 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,574
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$259
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+28.10
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2446300.331,339275
Medium and Large 1536298.141,5982,584
One grade step is worth $2.20/cwt here — about −$259 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 sale2,859 hd
298.35
SD average9 barns · 25,414 hd
270.25
+28.10
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

28 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 1Fancy367310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,13832
HeifersMedium and Large 1376274.84/cwt260.00–284.501,03374
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2398235.00/cwt235.00–235.0093510
HeifersMedium and Large 1323298.00/cwt298.00–298.0096326
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2343278.68/cwt275.00–280.0095615
HeifersMedium and Large 1564240.33/cwt232.00–243.001,355192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2413311.06/cwt301.00–315.001,28566
SteersMedium and Large 1-2393312.75/cwt272.50–320.001,22960
SteersMedium and Large 1574284.73/cwt277.00–299.001,634756
SteersMedium and Large 1420334.82/cwt323.00–345.001,406112
SteersMedium and Large 1663255.54/cwt251.00–261.001,69481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2340327.86/cwt327.50–330.001,11532
HeifersMedium and Large 1431292.12/cwt278.00–295.501,259225
HeifersMedium and Large 1618231.49/cwt224.00–236.501,43166
SteersMedium and Large 1-2492294.77/cwt293.00–298.001,45051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2538270.78/cwt266.00–274.001,45762
SteersMedium and Large 1475312.82/cwt306.00–320.001,486583
SteersMedium and Large 1524301.58/cwt283.00–307.501,580638
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2401271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,0877
HeifersMedium and Large 1525265.77/cwt255.00–279.001,395429
SteersMedium and Large 1384342.36/cwt329.00–354.001,31546
SteersMedium and Large 1-2619246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5234
HeifersMedium and Large 1474272.48/cwt266.50–283.501,292558
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469253.12/cwt249.00–260.001,18777
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528240.08/cwt236.00–248.001,268121
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement571272.75/cwt272.75–272.751,55751
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy507320.11/cwt317.50–322.001,62359
SteersMedium and Large 1621283.21/cwt269.00–290.001,759309

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.