Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-01-02

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 2
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,703 head
671 vs last sale 5,374 4,703 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Resending report to include price trends

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers under 700 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher, over 700 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for this large offering of feeder steers and heifers. Next week expecting 6,500 feeder cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.38/cwt on 2,518 head.
Average price
$148.38
2,518 head · 794 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,178
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$312
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$10.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1786148.921,1712,332
Medium and Large 1-2621146.5991175
Large 11,074138.101,483111
One grade step is worth $10.82/cwt here — about −$312 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 sale2,518 hd
148.38
SD average1 barns · 2,518 hd
148.38
+0.00
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
HeifersLarge 11,018127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,29829
HeifersLarge 1-21,045120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,25914
HeifersMedium and Large 1377164.00/cwt164.00–164.006187
HeifersMedium and Large 1433166.77/cwt165.00–168.0072228
HeifersMedium and Large 1482156.57/cwt154.00–159.0075528
HeifersMedium and Large 1886134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,19245
SteersMedium and Large 1588163.59/cwt159.50–166.00962146
SteersMedium and Large 1727148.65/cwt146.00–152.001,081235
SteersMedium and Large 1815143.18/cwt141.50–145.751,167320
SteersLarge 11,074138.10/cwt138.10–138.101,483111
SteersMedium and Large 1366190.96/cwt190.00–192.0069914
SteersMedium and Large 1617158.94/cwt150.00–162.5098165
SteersMedium and Large 1469179.40/cwt173.00–182.5084175
SteersMedium and Large 1-2683138.50/cwt138.50–138.5094612
SteersMedium and Large 1533167.90/cwt165.50–171.5089595
SteersMedium and Large 1-2627144.11/cwt140.00–149.5090419
SteersMedium and Large 1675153.37/cwt147.25–158.251,035178
SteersMedium and Large 1767145.72/cwt142.25–148.501,118181
SteersMedium and Large 1981140.94/cwt140.00–141.251,383227
SteersMedium and Large 1-2760137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,04112
SteersMedium and Large 1924142.33/cwt140.85–144.251,315268
SteersMedium and Large 1-2595144.27/cwt140.50–154.5085822
SteersMedium and Large 1864144.75/cwt142.50–147.751,251528
SteersMedium and Large 1-2498171.00/cwt171.00–171.008524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2382182.00/cwt182.00–182.006956
HeifersMedium and Large 1791138.66/cwt137.75–138.751,097166
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2566142.94/cwt140.25–144.0080955
HeifersMedium and Large 1621142.05/cwt140.00–145.0088277
HeifersMedium and Large 1518153.60/cwt151.50–157.0079695
HeifersMedium and Large 1740138.40/cwt136.50–140.501,02499
HeifersMedium and Large 1574149.21/cwt143.25–156.75856115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2538143.75/cwt143.00–145.0077344
HeifersMedium and Large 1958134.35/cwt131.25–135.101,287156
HeifersMedium and Large 1832136.24/cwt135.75–137.751,134205
HeifersMedium and Large 1674139.91/cwt135.25–142.00943310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310156.00/cwt156.00–156.004846
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2630139.75/cwt139.75–139.7588023

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.