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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-21

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 21

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Jan 14Jan 21Jan 28 →

Receipts

4,558 head

▲ 999 vs last sale 3,559▲ 374 vs year ago 4,184 · +8.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 550 to 600 lbs and 651 to 700 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 601 to 650 lbs mostly steady, 701 to 750 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers 550 to 700 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher with instances up to 6.00 higher on 550 to 600 lbs. Good to very good demand for today's large offering of many packages and loads with best demand seen for replacement quality heifers from reputation outfits, most of these selling in load lots. Flesh varied today, but mostly moderate to moderate plus, more flesh overall on the calves than seen last week. Quality mostly attractive today. An active market with buyers, farmer feeders, bull breeders, and producers in the seats and bidding was very aggressive on replacement heifers. Next feeder cattle sale is Thursday, January 28.

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 $147.85/cwt on 2,107 head.

Average price

$147.85

2,107 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$944

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$365

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

$4.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.52

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	382	152.18	581	13thin
Medium and Large 1	640	147.82	947	2,094

One grade step is worth $4.36/cwt here — about −$365 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 sale2,107 hd

147.85

—

SD average8 barns · 12,769 hd

137.32

+10.52

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

Every lot

27 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 1-2	390	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	655	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	176.13/cwt	171.00–181.00	757	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	173.94/cwt	168.00–183.50	837	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	490	165.36/cwt	165.00–166.00	810	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	171.36/cwt	162.00–176.00	886	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	164.26/cwt	160.50–168.00	953	178
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	152.69/cwt	149.50–158.25	968	300
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	660	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	865	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	153.03/cwt	149.75–155.25	1,030	394
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	144.05/cwt	142.50–146.00	1,044	485
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	142.58/cwt	138.50–146.00	1,108	290
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	795	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	1,047	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	136.70/cwt	126.00–137.50	1,144	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	885	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,195	65
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	152.18/cwt	148.00–156.00	581	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	407	158.69/cwt	151.00–160.00	646	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	151.78/cwt	150.00–152.50	730	99
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	147.46/cwt	142.00–150.00	796	152
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	147.63/cwt	144.00–153.50	844	183
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	614	154.69/cwt	150.00–156.00	950	140
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	141.34/cwt	135.50–147.25	888	516
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	662	168.94/cwt	150.00–179.00	1,118	180
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	137.87/cwt	132.00–141.00	915	202
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	133.19/cwt	130.50–139.00	958	168
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	720	160.16/cwt	141.00–172.00	1,153	248
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	129.53/cwt	122.00–132.25	982	98
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	775	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,263	70

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 Jan 21, 2021

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

Receipts 4,558Last week 3,559Year ago 4,184

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	795	131.75	131.75
7	—	660	131.00	131.00
22	—	490	165.00–166.00	165.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	517	162.00–176.00	171.36
394	—	673	149.75–155.25	153.03
485	—	725	142.50–146.00	144.05
178	—	580	160.50–168.00	164.26
65	—	885	135.00	135.00
69	—	837	126.00–137.50	136.70
28	—	430	171.00–181.00	176.13
43	—	481	168.00–183.50	173.94
290	—	777	138.50–146.00	142.58
300	—	634	149.50–158.25	152.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	390	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	407	151.00–160.00	158.69
98	—	758	122.00–132.25	129.53
99	—	481	150.00–152.50	151.78
202	—	664	132.00–141.00	137.87
516	—	628	135.50–147.25	141.34
152	—	540	142.00–150.00	147.46
168	—	719	130.50–139.00	133.19
183	—	572	144.00–153.50	147.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	775	163.00	163.00
140	—	614	150.00–156.00	154.69
180	—	662	150.00–179.00	168.94
248	—	720	141.00–172.00	160.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	382	148.00–156.00	152.18

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.