Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2019-10-03

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 3
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,084 head
1,287 vs last sale 1,797 3,084 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 600-850 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 higher, steers 900-1200 lbs. sold 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-1000 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 higher, heifers 1000 lbs. and up sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Many load lots in todays offering. Demand was very good. The price of feeder cattle kept getting a little higher as the sale went on. The next feeder cattle sale will be Oct. 10th, expecting 1500-2000 head of feeder cattle, starting at 10:00 AM.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.62/cwt on 1,961 head.
Average price
$135.62
1,961 head · 817 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,109
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$299
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$32.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.51
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2611139.27851252
Medium and Large 1830136.661,1351,578
Large 11,055118.701,252103
Large 1-21,075107.001,15028
One grade step is worth $32.27/cwt here — about −$299 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 sale1,961 hd
135.62
SD average9 barns · 11,626 hd
135.11
+0.51
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

37 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 1-2735134.75/cwt134.75–134.7599019
HeifersLarge 1-21,075107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,15028
HeifersMedium and Large 1986128.31/cwt122.25–132.001,265251
SteersLarge 11,036133.57/cwt130.75–136.501,38491
SteersMedium and Large 1915141.08/cwt135.50–145.501,291221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2721139.03/cwt136.00–141.001,00213
HeifersLarge 11,041118.65/cwt112.50–119.001,23553
HeifersMedium and Large 1826135.71/cwt133.25–142.001,121194
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2613134.60/cwt134.00–136.5082513
SteersLarge 11,152114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,31928
SteersMedium and Large 1779148.97/cwt143.00–149.251,16068
SteersMedium and Large 1-2592150.01/cwt147.00–153.0088810
HeifersLarge 11,070118.75/cwt118.75–118.751,27150
HeifersMedium and Large 1881130.76/cwt127.00–139.501,152181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2961117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,12411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585144.03/cwt141.00–144.5084379
SteersMedium and Large 1746152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,13836
SteersMedium and Large 1-2682144.04/cwt142.00–145.009829
BullsMedium and Large 1364170.34/cwt167.00–171.0062032
HeifersMedium and Large 1647146.91/cwt139.00–147.5095196
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed895145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,298131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2918118.72/cwt111.50–121.751,09050
SteersMedium and Large 1625159.00/cwt159.00–159.0099420
SteersMedium and Large 1-2631135.00/cwt135.00–135.008526
BullsMedium and Large 1439150.13/cwt150.00–151.0065929
HeifersMedium and Large 1763140.79/cwt136.50–141.501,07487
HeifersMedium and Large 1687146.63/cwt145.35–149.001,007369
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2405149.69/cwt149.50–151.0060644
SteersMedium and Large 1801145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,1659
SteersMedium and Large 1-2893133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,1923
BullsMedium and Large 1286172.50/cwt172.50–172.5049318
HeifersMedium and Large 1546150.00/cwt150.00–150.008196
HeifersMedium and Large 1914125.81/cwt125.00–126.251,150263
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2322155.50/cwt155.50–155.5050136
SteersLarge 11,062130.04/cwt129.00–131.101,381113
SteersMedium and Large 1967137.23/cwt135.10–138.001,327258
SteersMedium and Large 1-2824139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,14516

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.