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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-20

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, May 20

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

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Receipts

1,900 head

▼ 1,158 vs last sale 3,058▲ 1,900 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not reported in recent weeks so an accurate trend can not be established. Today's offering consisted of one long string of steers and a handful of packages. Good to very good demand seen for the attractive string of steers, moderate to good demand for packages. Varied quality on packages, from plain to attractive, most of these were in light to moderate flesh. Quite a few of these were fall calves. Flesh on the string was mostly moderate to moderate plus. A moderate to active market for the offering with a more limited crowd of buyers attending the sale today. Some rain last night with Mobridge getting about half an inch, some areas seeing a bit more. Watch local listings for the next feeder cattle sale.

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 $125.08/cwt on 1,169 head.

Average price

$125.08

1,169 head · 1,015 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,269

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$553

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

$42.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.23

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	460	163.24	751	15thin
Medium and Large 1	809	139.38	1,128	261
Large 1	1,084	120.26	1,304	893

One grade step is worth $42.98/cwt here — about −$553 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 sale1,169 hd

125.08

—

SD average6 barns · 10,627 hd

134.31

−9.23

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

Every lot

23 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	163.24/cwt	162.00–165.00	751	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	169.96/cwt	167.00–173.00	889	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	959	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	157.89/cwt	156.00–160.00	992	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	152.49/cwt	150.50–153.00	1,017	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	703	148.11/cwt	148.00–148.50	1,041	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	136.10/cwt	136.10–136.10	1,157	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	127.65/cwt	123.25–128.50	1,181	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	970	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,193	32
Steers	—	Large 1	1,017	122.22/cwt	121.00–123.50	1,243	300
Steers	—	Large 1	1,074	120.86/cwt	120.75–121.00	1,298	169
Steers	—	Large 1	1,124	118.85/cwt	118.25–119.00	1,336	265
Steers	—	Large 1	1,155	118.25/cwt	118.25–118.25	1,366	159
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	681	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	788	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	749	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	149.38/cwt	146.00–152.25	845	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	140.63/cwt	139.50–142.50	880	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	832	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	136.94/cwt	136.00–139.00	901	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	130.87/cwt	130.00–131.50	932	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	129.14/cwt	125.00–131.50	1,001	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	935	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,169	13

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.

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Mobridge Livestock Exchange (Thursday) - Mobridge, SD

Thu May 20, 2021

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

Receipts 1,900Last week 3,058Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
300	—	1,017	121.00–123.50	122.22
265	—	1,124	118.25–119.00	118.85
159	—	1,155	118.25	118.25
169	—	1,074	120.75–121.00	120.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	585	164.00	164.00
51	—	850	136.10	136.10
12	—	523	167.00–173.00	169.96
27	—	628	156.00–160.00	157.89
35	—	667	150.50–153.00	152.49
80	—	925	123.25–128.50	127.65
18	—	703	148.00–148.50	148.11
32	—	970	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	460	162.00–165.00	163.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	525	150.00	150.00
17	—	775	125.00–131.50	129.14
29	—	566	146.00–152.25	149.38
34	—	712	130.00–131.50	130.87
39	—	658	136.00–139.00	136.94
41	—	626	139.50–142.50	140.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	935	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	645	129.00	129.00
6	—	535	140.00	140.00
12	—	445	153.00	153.00

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.