Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2023-11-30

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 30
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025
Receipts
2,889 head
2,217 vs last sale 5,106 2,958 vs year ago 5,847 · 50.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder cattle last week due to Thanksgiving, compared to two weeks ago: steers 450 to 499 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 higher, 500 to 599 lbs mostly steady. Heifers 450 to 549 lbs mostly steady, 550 to 599 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Good to very good demand for today's calf offering with light fleshed, black hided calves selling in loads seeing the best demand. One consignment of weaned calves, weaned 60 days, with the rest of the offering coming off the cow, most with full preconditioning. Flesh varied a bit, but mostly light to moderate with some moderate plus. Colored cattle continue to see discounts at times, causing wider price spreads. An active market despite a day of losses on both live and feeder cattle futures. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, December 7.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $297.85/cwt on 1,551 head.
Average price
$297.85
1,551 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$176
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+39.62
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556299.811,6671,349
Medium and Large 1-2523284.771,491202
One grade step is worth $15.04/cwt here — about $176 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 sale1,551 hd
297.85
SD average6 barns · 8,093 hd
258.23
+39.62
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
HeifersMedium and Large 1332318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,0569
HeifersMedium and Large 1656224.39/cwt211.00–229.001,47249
HeifersMedium and Large 1375317.16/cwt310.00–325.001,18953
HeifersMedium and Large 1433297.89/cwt285.00–300.001,290170
HeifersMedium and Large 1474281.29/cwt271.00–286.001,333226
HeifersMedium and Large 1614226.50/cwt224.00–228.001,39168
SteersMedium and Large 1624262.88/cwt253.00–270.501,640111
SteersMedium and Large 1713255.24/cwt254.75–255.751,820165
SteersMedium and Large 1-2547269.59/cwt262.00–271.001,47538
SteersMedium and Large 1469324.91/cwt317.00–336.001,524186
SteersMedium and Large 1684258.71/cwt255.00–260.001,77080
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485307.23/cwt305.00–312.001,49078
SteersMedium and Large 1524313.47/cwt296.00–317.501,643242
SteersMedium and Large 1572287.79/cwt275.25–299.001,646347
SteersMedium and Large 1-2403315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,26910
HeifersMedium and Large 1565247.52/cwt243.00–251.001,39890
SteersMedium and Large 1422343.33/cwt320.00–350.001,44972
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535241.88/cwt237.50–246.001,29437
HeifersMedium and Large 1523266.22/cwt249.00–274.251,392263
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed562267.02/cwt261.00–269.001,501108
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy455354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,611130
SteersMedium and Large 1386347.31/cwt345.00–355.001,34116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567265.33/cwt259.00–270.001,50476

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.