Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-05-07

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 7
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,569 head
101 vs last sale 3,468 2,259 vs year ago 1,310 · +172.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; On a light test of steers up to 750 lbs. a higher undertone was noted. Steers over 750 lbs. sold 1.00-5.00 higher. On a light test of heifers up to 800 lbs. an unevenly steady undertone was noted .

Heifers over 800 lbs. were steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good. Many load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 14th, expecting 2000-2500 head of feeders, starting at 10: am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.15/cwt on 1,988 head.
Average price
$125.15
1,988 head · 890 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,114
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$268
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$30.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.06
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2643142.39915107
Medium and Large 1856128.021,0951,431
Large 11,057111.931,183450
One grade step is worth $30.46/cwt here — about −$268 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 sale1,988 hd
125.15
SD average6 barns · 7,449 hd
128.21
−3.06
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

46 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 1781116.61/cwt110.00–120.5091161
HeifersMedium and Large 1727122.02/cwt121.00–123.0088729
HeifersMedium and Large 1485152.00/cwt152.00–152.007375
HeifersLarge 11,05798.00/cwt98.00–98.001,0367
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2529135.87/cwt135.00–137.0071916
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2278153.00/cwt153.00–153.004255
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement801116.77/cwt116.25–117.0093552
HeifersMedium and Large 1910106.60/cwt104.75–108.75970397
HeifersMedium and Large 1835111.41/cwt109.75–114.5093080
HeifersMedium and Large 1583146.00/cwt146.00–146.0085134
HeifersMedium and Large 1620130.23/cwt129.50–131.008076
HeifersLarge 11,10696.00/cwt96.00–96.001,0628
SteersMedium and Large 1586172.95/cwt161.00–176.001,01355
SteersLarge 11,020115.44/cwt112.00–116.901,177227
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578146.43/cwt145.00–164.0084638
SteersMedium and Large 1-2739133.50/cwt133.50–133.5098712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2952109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,0425
SteersMedium and Large 1839129.16/cwt126.00–130.501,084239
SteersMedium and Large 1677147.73/cwt142.00–154.501,00059
SteersMedium and Large 1732139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,02110
SteersLarge 11,135106.18/cwt104.75–106.751,20557
Dairy SteersLarge 391164.00/cwt64.00–64.005835
SteersMedium and Large 1-2880119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,04716
HeifersMedium and Large 1968103.85/cwt96.50–107.001,005281
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement856116.50/cwt116.50–116.5099714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-285896.00/cwt96.00–96.008244
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680120.88/cwt119.00–126.0082211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2409151.03/cwt145.00–154.5061831
HeifersLarge 11,01195.00/cwt95.00–95.009607
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy864105.25/cwt105.25–105.2590920
HeifersMedium and Large 1538144.00/cwt144.00–144.0077519
HeifersMedium and Large 1666129.23/cwt128.00–130.5086137
HeifersMedium and Large 1877109.10/cwt107.10–115.75957251
SteersMedium and Large 1771136.39/cwt127.50–139.001,052183
SteersMedium and Large 1967114.59/cwt107.25–117.601,108356
SteersMedium and Large 1-2766106.00/cwt106.00–106.008126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465175.09/cwt170.00–181.0081418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2622145.00/cwt145.00–145.009026
SteersLarge 11,081109.11/cwt107.50–109.251,179166
SteersMedium and Large 1508183.70/cwt175.00–185.2593350
SteersMedium and Large 1863126.44/cwt123.00–128.501,091159
SteersMedium and Large 1926117.70/cwt112.50–120.751,090320
SteersMedium and Large 1-2401160.00/cwt160.00–160.006426
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2624126.50/cwt126.50–126.507894
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345153.00/cwt153.00–153.005289
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2597132.09/cwt131.50–133.0078918

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.