Sale reports / South Dakota / Mobridge Livestock Exchange / 2020-04-02

Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 2

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Mar 19Apr 2Apr 23 →

Receipts

2,315 head

▲ 1,951 vs last sale 364▲ 2,315 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few cattle two weeks ago to compare to today and develop an accurate price trend, lower undertones noted. Moderate demand for this offering of loads and packages with best demand seen for several loads and packages of replacement quality heifers from reputation outfits and some green cattle that could fit grass programs. Quality mostly average to attractive today and flesh varied but mostly moderate to moderate plus overall. Moderate market activity today with a smaller crowd of order buyers and a few producers bidding on cattle. The area is receiving some winter weather today which has made travel difficult in some areas. The last few days have been brutal on the live and feeder cattle futures. Today was another day of large losses with live cattle now well below 1.00 for the rest of 2020. Feeders are very reluctant to procure more cattle in these uncertain times. This auction plans on having a feeder cattle sale next Thursday, April 9, but watch local listings to be certain.

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 $133.24/cwt on 1,027 head.

Average price

$133.24

1,027 head · 761 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,013

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$102

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$36.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.42

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	704	139.36	982	813
Medium and Large 1-2	687	135.50	931	46
Large 1	1,053	103.00	1,084	168

One grade step is worth $36.36/cwt here — about −$102 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 sale1,027 hd

133.24

—

SD average7 barns · 12,910 hd

128.82

+4.42

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

Every lot

25 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	753	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	165.28/cwt	160.00–167.50	793	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	156.06/cwt	154.50–157.00	821	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	592	144.04/cwt	140.00–150.50	853	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	597	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	952	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	138.57/cwt	134.00–140.00	859	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	148.30/cwt	142.50–151.00	1,008	203
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	931	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	908	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	133.29/cwt	128.50–138.25	1,044	150
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	790	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	916	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	942	106.67/cwt	105.50–106.75	1,005	136
Steers	—	Large 1	1,047	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,078	113
Steers	—	Large 1	1,064	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,096	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	650	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	610	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	136.79/cwt	132.00–138.00	707	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	137.18/cwt	130.00–140.50	785	131
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	756	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	132.14/cwt	128.75–135.25	835	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	656	130.57/cwt	126.00–132.50	857	249
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	718	128.16/cwt	127.00–129.00	920	112
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	765	126.09/cwt	119.50–127.50	965	126
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	109.82/cwt	109.00–114.00	857	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	880	19

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 Apr 2, 2020

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

Receipts 2,315Last week 364Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	517	132.00–138.00	136.79
131	—	572	130.00–140.50	137.18
19	—	822	107.00	107.00
94	—	780	109.00–114.00	109.82
6	—	461	141.00	141.00
63	—	632	128.75–135.25	132.14
249	—	656	126.00–132.50	130.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	765	119.50–127.50	126.09
112	—	718	127.00–129.00	128.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	622	121.50	121.50
5	—	466	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,064	103.00	103.00
113	—	1,047	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	726	125.00	125.00
43	—	480	160.00–167.50	165.28
136	—	942	105.50–106.75	106.67
40	—	526	154.50–157.00	156.06
82	—	592	140.00–150.50	144.04
203	—	680	142.50–151.00	148.30
9	—	435	173.00	173.00
44	—	620	134.00–140.00	138.57
150	—	783	128.50–138.25	133.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	597	159.50	159.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	790	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	687	135.50	135.50

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.