Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2021-11-04

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-04

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 4

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Oct 28Nov 4Nov 11 →

Receipts

7,960 head

▲ 1,919 vs last sale 6,041▼ 216 vs year ago 8,176 · −2.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher with instances of 1.00 to 2.00 lower on 400 to 550 lb steers. There was no comparison on steers over 800 lbs. Heifers 400 to 650 lb sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. There was no comparison on heifers over 650 lb. Buyer demand was moderate to good for feeding type cattle with the best demand seen for steers from reputation ranches selling in load lots. The next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, November 11, 2021.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $179.91/cwt on 4,571 head.

Average price

$179.91

4,571 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,026

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$22.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.80

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	182.09	1,034	3,839
Medium and Large 1-2	584	168.90	986	698
Large 1	563	159.70	899	34

One grade step is worth $22.39/cwt here — about $135 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 sale4,571 hd

179.91

—

SD average10 barns · 32,581 hd

175.11

+4.80

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	207.05/cwt	200.00–218.00	694	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	366	209.78/cwt	206.00–216.00	768	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	194.00/cwt	185.00–200.00	737	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	192.86/cwt	185.00–196.00	810	296
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	173.44/cwt	171.00–180.00	810	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	191.28/cwt	187.00–199.00	909	335
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	516	194.76/cwt	192.00–198.00	1,005	219
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	180.73/cwt	176.00–185.50	938	526
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	170.05/cwt	163.00–174.50	898	78
Steers	—	Large 1	563	159.70/cwt	153.00–162.00	899	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	170.94/cwt	165.00–173.50	976	248
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	182.36/cwt	176.50–186.00	1,047	985
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	177.78/cwt	170.00–180.75	1,088	793
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	165.58/cwt	161.00–167.00	1,027	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	172.24/cwt	170.75–172.50	1,142	482
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	158.14/cwt	155.00–158.50	1,061	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	759	154.76/cwt	152.00–159.25	1,175	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	1,429	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	905	163.75/cwt	163.75–163.75	1,482	66
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	334	156.19/cwt	152.00–159.00	522	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	363	166.88/cwt	160.00–171.00	606	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	152.14/cwt	151.00–153.00	555	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	167.51/cwt	157.00–173.50	702	167
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	161.89/cwt	157.00–167.00	761	446
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	152.39/cwt	146.00–155.00	722	126
Heifers	—	Large 1	520	143.19/cwt	140.00–145.00	745	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	521	178.81/cwt	176.00–187.50	932	166
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	161.58/cwt	157.00–166.50	853	397
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	150.84/cwt	147.00–152.50	801	149
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	153.70/cwt	150.00–156.50	862	335
Heifers	—	Large 1	563	141.30/cwt	134.00–144.00	796	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	568	172.29/cwt	168.00–176.00	979	358
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	600	166.25/cwt	166.25–166.25	998	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	153.76/cwt	151.50–154.00	930	191
Heifers	—	Large 1	640	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	922	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	148.87/cwt	146.25–152.00	1,002	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	905	137.43/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,244	14

This sale against other markets

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mobridge Livestock Exchange (Thursday) - Mobridge, SD

Thu Nov 4, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 7,960Last week 6,041Year ago 8,176

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	905	163.75	163.75
985	—	574	176.50–186.00	182.36
33	—	366	206.00–216.00	209.78
482	—	663	170.75–172.50	172.24
793	—	612	170.00–180.75	177.78
335	—	475	187.00–199.00	191.28
526	—	519	176.00–185.50	180.73
296	—	420	185.00–196.00	192.86
39	—	335	200.00–218.00	207.05
65	—	865	165.25	165.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	467	171.00–180.00	173.44
248	—	571	165.00–173.50	170.94
53	—	759	152.00–159.25	154.76
78	—	528	163.00–174.50	170.05
66	—	380	185.00–200.00	194.00
111	—	671	155.00–158.50	158.14
121	—	620	161.00–167.00	165.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
219	—	516	192.00–198.00	194.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	563	153.00–162.00	159.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	521	176.00–187.50	178.81
358	—	568	168.00–176.00	172.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
335	—	561	150.00–156.50	153.70
23	—	334	152.00–159.00	156.19
78	—	673	146.25–152.00	148.87
14	—	905	136.00–140.00	137.43
191	—	605	151.50–154.00	153.76
7	—	365	151.00–153.00	152.14
149	—	531	147.00–152.50	150.84
126	—	474	146.00–155.00	152.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
167	—	419	157.00–173.50	167.51
397	—	528	157.00–166.50	161.58
84	—	600	166.25	166.25
446	—	470	157.00–167.00	161.89
42	—	363	160.00–171.00	166.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	563	134.00–144.00	141.30
7	—	640	144.00	144.00
11	—	520	140.00–145.00	143.19

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.