Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-04-23

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 23
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,303 head
1,854 vs last sale 1,449 3,303 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A lower under tone was noted on a light test of light steers up to 700 lbs. Steers 700 lbs. and up were steady to 2.00 higher, except for 750-800 lbs. weight, they were 10.00 lower. Heifers up to 650 lbs. sold unevenly steady. Heifers 650-750 lbs. sold 6.00-9.00 higher , heifers over 750 lbs. sold 1.00-4.00 lower. Demand was good. A large amount of load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 30th, expecting 2000-2500 head of cattle, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.47/cwt on 1,598 head.
Average price
$117.47
1,598 head · 782 lb average
Value per head Derived
$919
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$241
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$46.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.19
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540134.3272627
Medium and Large 1782117.639201,548
Large 11,10687.3996723
One grade step is worth $46.92/cwt here — about −$241 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 sale1,598 hd
117.47
SD average7 barns · 6,305 hd
121.66
−4.19
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

39 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 11,05895.50/cwt95.50–95.501,0104
HeifersLarge 11,03992.00/cwt92.00–92.009569
HeifersLarge 11,18680.00/cwt80.00–80.0094910
HeifersMedium and Large 1509152.00/cwt152.00–152.007748
HeifersMedium and Large 1979102.00/cwt102.00–102.0099923
HeifersMedium and Large 1476154.29/cwt153.00–158.0073432
SteersMedium and Large 1717137.56/cwt133.00–143.75986317
SteersMedium and Large 1836124.83/cwt118.50–127.351,044399
SteersMedium and Large 1561153.98/cwt150.00–156.0086431
SteersMedium and Large 1604147.58/cwt146.00–150.0089134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475155.65/cwt152.00–159.007396
SteersMedium and Large 1-2947101.00/cwt101.00–101.0095620
SteersMedium and Large 1-2789121.31/cwt119.50–121.5095764
SteersMedium and Large 1869121.56/cwt118.35–123.251,056185
SteersLarge 11,020100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,0255
SteersLarge 11,19391.25/cwt91.25–91.251,0899
SteersMedium and Large 1-2285190.00/cwt190.00–190.005423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2630135.00/cwt135.00–135.008513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2434163.50/cwt163.50–163.507104
SteersMedium and Large 1684140.75/cwt139.00–144.0096317
SteersLarge 11,067100.96/cwt95.50–102.501,07756
SteersMedium and Large 1315187.00/cwt187.00–187.005893
SteersMedium and Large 1462173.50/cwt173.50–173.508027
SteersMedium and Large 1927108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,00134
SteersMedium and Large 1953110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,053102
SteersMedium and Large 1795126.03/cwt121.50–128.001,002143
HeifersMedium and Large 1779115.07/cwt112.75–120.5089682
HeifersMedium and Large 1639133.89/cwt130.00–136.7585686
HeifersMedium and Large 1588136.48/cwt136.00–141.00803147
HeifersMedium and Large 1832110.34/cwt105.50–114.50918263
HeifersMedium and Large 1920104.87/cwt102.50–106.00965297
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2499138.09/cwt137.00–141.0068911
HeifersMedium and Large 1661128.48/cwt125.00–132.00849149
HeifersMedium and Large 1880107.49/cwt105.00–111.60946208
HeifersMedium and Large 1737123.04/cwt117.00–128.00907233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430147.00/cwt147.00–147.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2334165.00/cwt165.00–165.005515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2767105.19/cwt100.00–110.508078
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement886112.00/cwt112.00–112.0099220

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.