Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2020-03-05

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-05

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

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Feb 20Mar 5Mar 19 →

Receipts

3,311 head

▼ 623 vs last sale 3,934▲ 3,311 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: best test on steers 600 to 650 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 651 to 750 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Best test on heifers 550 to 600 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 601 to 700 lbs mostly steady.

Moderate to good for today's offering of many packages and a handful of loads. Varied quality today, from plain to attractive, with many packages of plain to average cattle on offer as producers empty out lots to prepare for calving. Varied flesh, mostly light to moderate plus. Some tag on the cattle as warm temps are thawing lots and making things sloppy. A moderate to active market with a more limited crowd of buyers today. A day of losses on both live and feeder cattle futures. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, March 19.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.45/cwt on 1,784 head.

Average price

$142.45

1,784 head · 632 lb average

Value per head Derived

$901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$3.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.03

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	633	142.49	902	1,767
Medium and Large 1-2	529	138.82	735	17thin

One grade step is worth $3.66/cwt here — about $168 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 sale1,784 hd

142.45

—

SD average8 barns · 10,932 hd

137.42

+5.03

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

Every lot

30 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	694	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	178.13/cwt	175.00–182.00	771	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	175.24/cwt	174.00–179.00	855	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	795	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	177.71/cwt	171.00–185.00	924	107
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	162.90/cwt	160.50–166.00	950	191
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	161.56/cwt	153.00–167.50	995	271
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	954	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	640	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	947	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	976	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	154.14/cwt	151.50–158.50	1,025	158
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	144.56/cwt	140.00–149.75	1,036	180
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	134.25/cwt	133.00–135.50	1,036	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	131.64/cwt	129.25–133.00	1,083	91
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	883	128.39/cwt	127.75–129.75	1,134	92
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	574	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	154.18/cwt	147.00–157.50	660	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	155.19/cwt	152.00–158.00	743	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	155.38/cwt	147.00–159.50	800	178
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	729	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	743	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	150.00/cwt	144.00–156.00	875	417
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	590	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	820	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	143.96/cwt	136.00–148.50	880	278
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	140.35/cwt	135.25–147.50	935	430
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	686	127.68/cwt	126.50–131.50	876	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	126.48/cwt	125.00–128.00	921	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	125.20/cwt	123.75–130.50	975	134
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	812	123.54/cwt	122.50–123.75	1,003	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	855	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,077	69

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 Mar 5, 2020

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

Receipts 3,311Last week 3,934Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	155.00	155.00
55	—	428	147.00–157.50	154.18
134	—	779	123.75–130.50	125.20
417	—	583	144.00–156.00	150.00
34	—	479	152.00–158.00	155.19
73	—	812	122.50–123.75	123.54
278	—	611	136.00–148.50	143.96
22	—	728	125.00–128.00	126.48
69	—	855	126.00	126.00
178	—	515	147.00–159.50	155.38
430	—	666	135.25–147.50	140.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	515	141.50	141.50
7	—	550	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	590	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	686	126.50–131.50	127.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	433	175.00–182.00	178.13
91	—	823	129.25–133.00	131.64
158	—	665	151.50–158.50	154.14
271	—	616	153.00–167.50	161.56
10	—	390	178.00	178.00
72	—	772	133.00–135.50	134.25
107	—	520	171.00–185.00	177.71
191	—	583	160.50–166.00	162.90
47	—	488	174.00–179.00	175.24
92	—	883	127.75–129.75	128.39
180	—	717	140.00–149.75	144.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	655	149.00	149.00
21	—	640	149.00	149.00
4	—	500	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	640	148.00	148.00

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.