Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2019-05-30

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 30
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,392 head
26 vs last sale 2,418 2,392 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower, with the full decline on cattle over 1000 lbs. A lower feeder cattle market was further hampered by limited down CME Feeder Cattle board. In addition a wet spring and consistent rains has lead to muddy pen conditions, as most feeder steers and heifers were carrying a good amount of mud. Despite the wet weather, there were many attractive load lots coming from reputations producers that commanded the attention of buyers and spectators alike. Next week estimating 2,000 feeder cattle starting at 9:00am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.53/cwt on 1,130 head.
Average price
$122.53
1,130 head · 832 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,019
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$314
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$26.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.56
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2603136.6682475
Medium and Large 1836122.281,022989
Large 11,032110.331,13866
One grade step is worth $26.33/cwt here — about −$314 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 sale1,130 hd
122.53
SD average5 barns · 4,311 hd
130.09
−7.56
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

49 lots · USDA AMS · Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2991105.75/cwt105.75–105.751,0485
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614135.53/cwt132.00–141.5083211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2511149.00/cwt149.00–149.007619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2382156.83/cwt156.00–157.505997
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2787121.46/cwt117.00–126.009566
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2692131.50/cwt131.50–131.509103
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed529155.00/cwt155.00–155.0082024
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed644147.50/cwt147.50–147.5095022
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed441158.00/cwt158.00–158.006979
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed562141.00/cwt141.00–141.007926
HeifersMedium and Large 1879116.74/cwt113.25–119.501,026340
HeifersMedium and Large 1730132.58/cwt129.75–136.50968132
HeifersMedium and Large 1928115.18/cwt112.00–116.001,069126
HeifersMedium and Large 1992112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,111108
HeifersMedium and Large 1771128.08/cwt126.50–131.5098799
HeifersMedium and Large 1804123.54/cwt115.50–124.5099391
HeifersMedium and Large 1643134.50/cwt134.50–134.5086512
HeifersMedium and Large 1671130.50/cwt130.50–130.508765
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy831114.00/cwt114.00–114.0094715
HeifersLarge 11,025110.85/cwt110.85–110.851,13654
HeifersLarge 1Fleshy1,062108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,14712
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed573161.50/cwt161.50–161.5092529
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed667149.00/cwt149.00–149.0099413
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed484168.50/cwt168.50–168.508169
SteersMedium and Large 1-2764133.66/cwt129.00–135.001,02118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2736127.50/cwt127.50–127.5093815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2960119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,14212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2638158.59/cwt150.00–161.001,0129
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531162.50/cwt162.50–162.508636
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655146.00/cwt146.00–146.009565
SteersMedium and Large 1-2589150.00/cwt150.00–150.008845
SteersMedium and Large 1-2862116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0004
SteersMedium and Large 1-2392182.00/cwt182.00–182.007133
SteersMedium and Large 1844134.57/cwt124.00–135.601,136166
SteersMedium and Large 1945121.75/cwt121.75–121.751,15177
SteersMedium and Large 1982119.57/cwt117.50–120.501,17441
SteersMedium and Large 1769132.31/cwt131.00–133.501,01719
SteersMedium and Large 1627160.62/cwt158.00–163.001,00713
SteersMedium and Large 1854127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0899
SteersMedium and Large 1684148.18/cwt147.50–150.001,0147
SteersMedium and Large 1715137.00/cwt137.00–137.009806
SteersMedium and Large 1575161.00/cwt161.00–161.009263
SteersLarge 11,067113.79/cwt110.75–116.001,214239
SteersLarge 11,045114.71/cwt113.10–117.751,199165
SteersLarge 11,122110.93/cwt110.60–111.001,245149
SteersLarge 11,162111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,29698
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed334166.00/cwt166.00–166.005548
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2712118.20/cwt113.00–120.5084213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579138.72/cwt136.00–142.0080313

How this sale compares

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.