Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-04-02

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 2
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,700 head
1,105 vs last sale 3,805 2,700 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 18.00-23.00 lower. Feeder heifers up to 600 lbs. sold 7.00-9.00 lower, heifers 600-900 sold 12.00-16.00 lower. Demand was good. A fair amount of load lots in todays offering. The next special feeder cattle auction will be April 9th, expecting 3000 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 $117.97/cwt on 1,392 head.
Average price
$117.97
1,392 head · 741 lb average
Value per head Derived
$874
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$253
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$25.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.72
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2618119.7374017thin
Medium and Large 1737118.308721,355
Large 11,05494.2599320
One grade step is worth $25.48/cwt here — about −$253 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 sale1,392 hd
117.97
SD average7 barns · 7,313 hd
124.69
−6.72
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

32 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 1525146.00/cwt146.00–146.0076717
SteersMedium and Large 1915106.56/cwt102.00–109.0097596
SteersMedium and Large 1659135.29/cwt126.50–142.00892162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2679110.00/cwt110.00–110.0074715
SteersLarge 11,047102.65/cwt102.50–102.751,075178
SteersMedium and Large 1523161.50/cwt161.50–161.5084518
SteersMedium and Large 1979102.06/cwt101.75–102.2599989
SteersLarge 11,061102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0825
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy644128.00/cwt128.00–128.008244
SteersMedium and Large 1629134.68/cwt134.00–137.0084734
SteersMedium and Large 1833114.30/cwt110.25–119.75952125
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485148.00/cwt148.00–148.007189
SteersMedium and Large 1-2792110.00/cwt110.00–110.0087145
HeifersMedium and Large 1780110.75/cwt110.75–110.7586422
HeifersMedium and Large 1642123.65/cwt122.00–125.0079483
HeifersMedium and Large 1726115.18/cwt107.75–117.25836172
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement795130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,03479
HeifersMedium and Large 1945100.96/cwt98.50–102.0095447
HeifersMedium and Large 1872104.16/cwt100.00–105.25908160
HeifersMedium and Large 1819106.57/cwt105.50–107.50873368
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581127.00/cwt127.00–127.0073810
HeifersLarge 11,05494.25/cwt94.25–94.2599320
HeifersMedium and Large 1471154.69/cwt150.00–159.0072923
HeifersMedium and Large 1682124.09/cwt115.50–127.00846123
HeifersMedium and Large 1583136.33/cwt131.00–140.00795261
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2672109.34/cwt108.50–110.007357
SteersLarge 11,108100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,10823
SteersMedium and Large 1564155.00/cwt155.00–155.008747
SteersMedium and Large 1722120.11/cwt115.00–122.2586778
SteersMedium and Large 1893107.89/cwt107.25–108.50963100
SteersMedium and Large 1773120.30/cwt116.25–124.25930191
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578136.08/cwt125.00–142.0078736

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.