Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2019-08-01

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 1
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,531 head
▼ 2,641 vs last sale 5,172▲ 2,531 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 800-1000 lbs. sold 2.00-6.00 lower. Feeder heifers 700-800 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 lower, heifers 800-1000 lbs. sold steady to 3.00 higher. Many load lots in the offering today. Demand was good. Next feeder cattle auction will be Aug. 8th 2019, expecting 5000 head of cattle, starting at 8:30 am

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $136.97/cwt on 1,607 head.
Average price
$136.97
1,607 head · 939 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,286
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$19.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.33
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1844147.471,245624
Medium and Large 1-2833141.511,178182
Medium and Large 2534136.007265thin
Large 11,040127.711,328796
One grade step is worth $19.76/cwt here — about −$83 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 sale1,607 hd
136.97
—
SD average5 barns · 8,232 hd
144.29
−7.33
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

34 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—786135.37/cwt133.75–136.001,06488
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—915110.25/cwt110.25–110.251,0097
SteersLarge 1—1,068125.17/cwt122.00–131.351,337267
SteersMedium and Large 1—871148.31/cwt145.35–151.501,292192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—835136.91/cwt134.50–142.501,14316
HeifersMedium and Large 1—823133.10/cwt129.00–135.251,09536
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—955118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,1325
SteersLarge 1—953132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,25847
SteersMedium and Large 1—724156.09/cwt148.00–158.251,13092
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—758153.75/cwt153.75–153.751,16511
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578149.95/cwt146.50–153.5086730
HeifersMedium and Large 1—728141.71/cwt136.00–144.501,032251
SteersLarge 1—1,164116.75/cwt116.75–116.751,35911
SteersMedium and Large 1—933137.90/cwt134.00–141.251,28746
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—960126.75/cwt126.75–126.751,2176
SteersMedium and Large 2—534136.00/cwt136.00–136.007265
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,046114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,19223
HeifersMedium and Large 1—964124.19/cwt123.50–124.751,197120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—800125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,00025
SteersMedium and Large 1—979129.04/cwt128.85–130.001,26336
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—731155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1335
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—928132.17/cwt132.00–132.501,22763
HeifersMedium and Large 1—662142.00/cwt142.00–142.0094018
HeifersMedium and Large 1—935124.19/cwt123.00–124.501,161103
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—655127.25/cwt126.00–128.5083320
SteersMedium and Large 1—776158.75/cwt158.75–158.751,23228
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—495170.00/cwt170.00–170.008424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—888133.76/cwt133.50–135.501,18846
HeifersLarge 1—1,038117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,22024
HeifersMedium and Large 1—858130.66/cwt128.50–131.501,121100
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—727131.00/cwt131.00–131.0095210
SteersLarge 1—1,030128.97/cwt123.00–131.851,328471
SteersMedium and Large 1—839146.74/cwt142.25–149.001,231230
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—618167.05/cwt167.00–167.101,03231

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.