Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2019-09-26

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 26
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,797 head
144 vs last sale 1,653 1,797 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers 700-850 lbs. sold 1.00-4.00 higher, heifers 851-1000 lbs. sold steady. Demand was good. Next feeder cattle auction will be Oct. 3rd, expecting 2500 head of feeder cattle, starting at 9:00 AM.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.77/cwt on 1,096 head.
Average price
$133.77
1,096 head · 805 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,076
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$382
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$20.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.98
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2646135.4887577
Medium and Large 1806134.371,083981
Large 11,096114.691,25738
One grade step is worth $20.78/cwt here — about −$382 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 sale1,096 hd
133.77
SD average8 barns · 8,695 hd
131.79
+1.98
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

41 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 1-2582140.50/cwt140.50–140.5081826
SteersLarge 2-31,24083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,0294
SteersMedium and Large 1635153.55/cwt153.00–154.0097511
SteersMedium and Large 1955134.69/cwt128.00–136.001,28687
Dairy SteersLarge 31,15874.05/cwt72.00–81.5085714
HeifersMedium and Large 1434156.00/cwt156.00–156.006776
HeifersMedium and Large 1790135.72/cwt134.75–137.001,072129
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2685138.31/cwt135.00–140.009479
SteersLarge 11,051113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,19325
SteersLarge 2-31,08887.10/cwt84.00–97.0094821
SteersMedium and Large 1932133.27/cwt132.50–134.501,24271
Dairy SteersLarge 396274.50/cwt74.50–74.507178
HeifersLarge 11,138106.70/cwt105.25–108.501,21420
HeifersMedium and Large 1874130.21/cwt128.75–131.501,138121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700124.50/cwt124.50–124.508727
SteersLarge 11,004129.25/cwt129.25–129.251,2988
SteersLarge 2-3719120.00/cwt120.00–120.0086310
SteersMedium and Large 1776149.67/cwt146.00–152.501,16158
SteersMedium and Large 1-2412168.12/cwt165.00–173.0069310
HeifersLarge 11,037124.02/cwt121.00–124.501,28614
HeifersMedium and Large 1530150.26/cwt146.00–152.0079645
HeifersMedium and Large 1673146.46/cwt143.75–148.00986181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2616136.72/cwt136.00–141.0084229
SteersLarge 2-31,17780.00/cwt80.00–80.009427
SteersMedium and Large 1512178.00/cwt178.00–178.0091112
SteersMedium and Large 1853142.90/cwt141.75–144.001,219125
HeifersMedium and Large 1606145.34/cwt143.00–146.0088132
HeifersMedium and Large 1922123.76/cwt120.00–127.251,141133
HeifersMedium and Large 1811135.55/cwt134.00–135.751,09978
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2944116.25/cwt116.25–116.251,0976
SteersLarge 11,178101.75/cwt101.75–101.751,1996
SteersLarge 2-31,14880.00/cwt80.00–80.009188
SteersMedium and Large 1834142.88/cwt142.50–143.001,19245
SteersMedium and Large 1-2834133.50/cwt131.00–136.001,1138
HeifersLarge 11,089122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3294
HeifersMedium and Large 1734142.21/cwt139.00–143.501,04466
HeifersMedium and Large 1952122.52/cwt122.00–123.501,166190
SteersLarge 11,225101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,2374
SteersLarge 2-3837122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0218
SteersMedium and Large 1572164.75/cwt160.00–167.0094231
SteersMedium and Large 1-2736143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,0565

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.