Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-03-12

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 12
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,744 head
2,408 vs last sale 6,152 3,744 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers up to 800 lbs. sold 14.00-17.00 lower, steers over 800 lbs. sold 8.00-11.00 lower. Feeder heifers up to 750 lbs. sold 7.00-15.00 lower, heifers over 750 lbs. sold 6.00-10.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Many load lots in todays offering. The auction was slow to get going this morning due to CME Feeder Cattle futures down the limit. The next special feeder cattle auction will be March 19th, expecting 4000 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 $127.59/cwt on 1,810 head.
Average price
$127.59
1,810 head · 789 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,006
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$242
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$17.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.10
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2534144.0977056
Medium and Large 1797127.061,0121,754
One grade step is worth $17.03/cwt here — about −$242 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 sale1,810 hd
127.59
SD average7 barns · 11,473 hd
137.69
−10.10
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

30 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 1727117.70/cwt116.00–119.0085683
HeifersMedium and Large 1677127.71/cwt123.00–133.00865207
HeifersMedium and Large 1824113.06/cwt109.10–115.85932406
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2584123.58/cwt120.00–128.007229
HeifersMedium and Large 1522136.80/cwt136.00–138.0071451
HeifersMedium and Large 1568135.92/cwt129.25–139.50772178
HeifersMedium and Large 1781116.20/cwt115.00–118.00908294
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2611121.00/cwt121.00–121.007396
HeifersMedium and Large 1427138.50/cwt138.50–138.505917
HeifersMedium and Large 1635130.26/cwt127.50–131.60827102
SteersMedium and Large 1440175.00/cwt175.00–175.007705
SteersMedium and Large 1534159.54/cwt154.00–161.0085233
SteersMedium and Large 1608146.41/cwt138.00–148.50890158
SteersMedium and Large 1932113.71/cwt112.50–117.251,060347
SteersMedium and Large 1-2445155.00/cwt155.00–155.006906
SteersMedium and Large 1-2517148.00/cwt148.00–148.0076531
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy895111.00/cwt111.00–111.009935
SteersMedium and Large 1474167.50/cwt167.50–167.5079432
SteersMedium and Large 1774123.28/cwt120.85–129.00954140
SteersMedium and Large 1728131.23/cwt125.00–133.50955238
HeifersMedium and Large 1862112.84/cwt108.00–115.00973241
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement814120.07/cwt119.25–120.25977161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2427129.06/cwt127.00–131.0055110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2733122.00/cwt122.00–122.008943
SteersMedium and Large 1-2614131.50/cwt131.50–131.5080710
SteersMedium and Large 1586162.00/cwt162.00–162.0094916
SteersMedium and Large 1667139.62/cwt136.25–143.50931113
SteersMedium and Large 1825121.63/cwt120.00–123.251,003179
SteersMedium and Large 1870122.11/cwt115.25–125.001,062488
SteersMedium and Large 1-2481145.00/cwt145.00–145.006976

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.