Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2019-12-05

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 5

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Nov 21Dec 5Dec 12 →

Receipts

6,140 head

▲ 188 vs last sale 5,952▲ 6,140 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder cattle last week due to Thanksgiving. Compared to two weeks ago: steer calves 400 to 500 lbs mostly steady , 501 to 650 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 651 to 700 lbs mostly steady. Heifer calves 450 to 600 lbs mostly steady with instances 3.00 higher on 450 to 500 lbs, 601 to 650 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for today's large calf offering with best demand seen for reputation steers and heifers selling in load lots. Several packages of weaned calves available, weaned from 21 to 50 days, but the majority of the calves still coming off the cow. Flesh varied more than two weeks ago, from light to moderate plus. Some tag on some of the calves as the ground has not yet frozen and the recent snow and warm weather has made lot conditions sloppy again. A moderate to active market for the offering with order buyers and some farmer feeders in the seats. Heavy snowfall over the weekend has made the ongoing corn harvest even more difficult. Next feeder cattle sale is next Thursday, December 12. This will be the last feeder cattle sale of 2019.

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 $159.92/cwt on 3,591 head.

Average price

$159.92

3,591 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$946

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$15.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.48

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	592	160.17	949	3,534
Medium and Large 1-2	555	144.62	803	57

One grade step is worth $15.55/cwt here — about $146 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 sale3,591 hd

159.92

—

SD average6 barns · 12,579 hd

151.44

+8.48

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

Every lot

33 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	345	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	649	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	350	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	655	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	375	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	786	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	189.38/cwt	180.50–195.00	826	217
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	736	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	172.51/cwt	165.00–181.00	823	196
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	489	187.73/cwt	185.00–188.00	918	122
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	509	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	916	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	165.80/cwt	159.00–172.50	865	215
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	565	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	961	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	157.07/cwt	148.00–165.50	903	790
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	140.07/cwt	134.00–145.00	817	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	595	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	869	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	155.09/cwt	144.00–163.25	965	707
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	146.88/cwt	141.50–154.25	980	533
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	688	159.25/cwt	159.25–159.25	1,096	170
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	140.12/cwt	137.00–144.50	1,009	223
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	1,168	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,080	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	486	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	555	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	153.11/cwt	149.50–160.00	658	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	152.75/cwt	145.00–158.00	727	210
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	143.35/cwt	135.00–150.00	753	382
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	688	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	718	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	142.38/cwt	134.00–145.75	826	433
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	615	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	787	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	138.82/cwt	132.00–144.50	868	485
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	656	142.26/cwt	126.00–144.00	933	102
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	703	129.65/cwt	125.00–130.50	911	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	920	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,293	21
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,095	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	1,437	17

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 Dec 5, 2019

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

Receipts 6,140Last week 5,952Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	750	155.75	155.75
100	—	565	170.00	170.00
122	—	489	185.00–188.00	187.73
170	—	688	159.25	159.25
78	—	509	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	595	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	583	134.00–145.00	140.07
13	—	460	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
790	—	575	148.00–165.50	157.07
215	—	522	159.00–172.50	165.80
217	—	436	180.50–195.00	189.38
223	—	720	137.00–144.50	140.12
6	—	350	187.00	187.00
15	—	345	188.00	188.00
23	—	750	144.00	144.00
196	—	477	165.00–181.00	172.51
533	—	667	141.50–154.25	146.88
707	—	622	144.00–163.25	155.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	375	209.50	209.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	615	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,095	131.25	131.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	920	140.50	140.50
26	—	365	152.00	152.00
33	—	703	125.00–130.50	129.65
100	—	430	149.50–160.00	153.11
102	—	656	126.00–144.00	142.26
210	—	476	145.00–158.00	152.75
382	—	525	135.00–150.00	143.35
433	—	580	134.00–145.75	142.38
485	—	625	132.00–144.50	138.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	525	131.00	131.00
7	—	360	135.00	135.00
10	—	570	126.00	126.00

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.