Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2019-09-05

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 5
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,663 head
3,398 vs last sale 1,265 4,663 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 up to 1000 lbs. sold 2.00-4.00 lower, steers over 1000 lbs. sold 7.00-8.00 lower. Heifers over 1000 lbs. sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Last week we only had 1265 head of cattle so it makes it hard to compare. Many good load lots in todays offering, demand was good. Next week expecting 2000 head of feeder cattle, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.86/cwt on 2,905 head.
Average price
$128.86
2,905 head · 967 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,246
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$81
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$34.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.97
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2722138.1299793
Medium and Large 1893134.911,2051,574
Large 11,080120.881,3061,208
Large 1-21,039103.781,07830
One grade step is worth $34.34/cwt here — about −$81 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 sale2,905 hd
128.86
SD average4 barns · 4,539 hd
127.88
+0.97
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

48 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 1648145.25/cwt145.25–145.2594180
HeifersMedium and Large 1777132.69/cwt129.25–134.501,031197
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568138.55/cwt132.50–142.5078730
SteersLarge 1-21,05998.17/cwt94.50–100.251,04014
SteersMedium and Large 1690150.37/cwt146.50–152.251,03866
SteersMedium and Large 1-2837122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,0255
SteersMedium and Large 1-2740134.97/cwt133.50–143.0099919
Dairy SteersLarge 396674.10/cwt74.10–74.1071662
HeifersLarge 11,110110.82/cwt109.10–115.501,23087
HeifersMedium and Large 1924122.24/cwt120.25–128.001,129155
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2676134.50/cwt132.50–135.5090921
SteersLarge 11,075121.65/cwt119.00–124.501,308959
SteersMedium and Large 1588166.00/cwt166.00–166.0097631
SteersMedium and Large 1980128.21/cwt122.00–130.851,256722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577144.61/cwt140.50–148.0083416
Dairy SteersLarge 31,13571.50/cwt71.50–71.5081260
HeifersLarge 11,013109.60/cwt108.25–110.001,11027
HeifersMedium and Large 1980121.11/cwt120.00–124.501,187133
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2733128.24/cwt124.50–130.0094012
SteersLarge 11,136113.46/cwt108.00–120.001,28977
SteersMedium and Large 1776140.74/cwt140.00–144.001,09220
SteersMedium and Large 1841138.35/cwt136.00–139.501,164335
SteersMedium and Large 1-2761137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,04312
Dairy SteersLarge 377674.73/cwt72.50–80.0058024
HeifersLarge 11,062122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,3019
HeifersMedium and Large 1731135.48/cwt135.00–136.00990116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2648139.00/cwt139.00–139.009019
SteersLarge 11,248106.75/cwt106.75–106.751,33262
SteersMedium and Large 1716146.43/cwt146.00–147.001,04816
SteersMedium and Large 1929130.97/cwt129.00–133.501,217218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629146.50/cwt146.50–146.509217
Dairy SteersLarge 362574.10/cwt73.00–75.5046318
BullsLarge 11,017106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,08311
HeifersMedium and Large 1674142.10/cwt142.00–142.2595894
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2888118.25/cwt118.25–118.251,0506
SteersLarge 1953129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,23462
SteersMedium and Large 1506179.00/cwt179.00–179.009067
SteersMedium and Large 1625158.40/cwt152.50–162.0099080
SteersMedium and Large 1-2471162.00/cwt162.00–162.007637
Dairy SteersLarge 381369.00/cwt69.00–69.0056110
BullsLarge 1815114.00/cwt114.00–114.009295
HeifersMedium and Large 1885121.78/cwt120.00–122.251,07885
HeifersMedium and Large 1831130.22/cwt129.00–132.251,082248
SteersLarge 11,049124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,30648
SteersLarge 1-21,021108.69/cwt101.00–115.001,11016
SteersMedium and Large 1885135.81/cwt133.00–136.001,20279
SteersMedium and Large 1-2441171.00/cwt171.00–171.007547
SteersMedium and Large 1-2986117.70/cwt117.00–118.001,16120

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.