Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-05-21

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 21
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,383 head
34 vs last sale 3,417 965 vs year ago 2,418 · +39.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, an unevenly steady undertone was noted on light steers up to 700 lbs. Steers over 700 lbs. sold 1.00-4.00 higher. A higher under tone was noted on heifers up to 700 lbs. Heifers over 700 lbs. sold steady to 1.00 higher. Demand was good. Many load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 28th, expecting 2000-2500 head of feeders, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.64/cwt on 1,931 head.
Average price
$115.64
1,931 head · 852 lb average
Value per head Derived
$985
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$252
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$32.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.06
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2586132.9978024
Medium and Large 1849115.959841,842
Large 11,027100.401,03165
One grade step is worth $32.59/cwt here — about −$252 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 sale1,931 hd
115.64
SD average5 barns · 7,732 hd
123.71
−8.06
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

44 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
SteersLarge 1Value Added1,005117.23/cwt117.00–117.351,178189
SteersMedium and Large 1836130.65/cwt127.75–131.001,09247
SteersMedium and Large 1919120.14/cwt114.75–124.001,104230
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522149.62/cwt145.50–157.5078115
SteersLarge 11,016110.44/cwt109.00–111.001,122103
SteersMedium and Large 1521169.23/cwt160.00–173.5088244
SteersMedium and Large 1773135.94/cwt130.00–138.001,051150
SteersMedium and Large 1-2603143.50/cwt143.50–143.5086514
SteersLarge 11,082110.06/cwt108.00–110.751,19176
SteersMedium and Large 1685144.45/cwt144.00–145.0098925
SteersMedium and Large 1745140.55/cwt140.50–141.001,047106
HeifersMedium and Large 1653137.27/cwt133.50–139.0089616
HeifersMedium and Large 1823116.07/cwt110.00–117.50955262
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2464151.00/cwt151.00–151.007017
HeifersMedium and Large 1493157.00/cwt157.00–157.0077414
HeifersMedium and Large 1729126.06/cwt121.00–128.25919150
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement853122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,04114
HeifersMedium and Large 1960104.00/cwt104.00–104.0099812
HeifersMedium and Large 1766120.09/cwt114.00–125.00920141
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement806127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0288
HeifersMedium and Large 1408173.00/cwt173.00–173.007064
HeifersMedium and Large 1577145.02/cwt143.50–146.7583734
SteersMedium and Large 1-2599146.50/cwt146.50–146.508788
SteersLarge 11,128106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,19649
SteersMedium and Large 1554158.99/cwt153.00–165.008816
SteersMedium and Large 1867129.40/cwt125.50–130.501,122102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2371185.00/cwt185.00–185.006868
SteersMedium and Large 1418184.00/cwt184.00–184.007694
SteersMedium and Large 1637149.74/cwt146.25–153.0095455
SteersMedium and Large 1-2822111.50/cwt111.50–111.509174
SteersMedium and Large 1-2734137.18/cwt137.00–137.501,00722
SteersMedium and Large 1473179.50/cwt179.50–179.508493
SteersMedium and Large 1989111.52/cwt111.25–112.001,10350
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement749136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0198
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy879108.75/cwt108.75–108.7595615
HeifersMedium and Large 1637142.94/cwt137.50–145.0091126
HeifersMedium and Large 1924110.00/cwt107.25–112.251,016768
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2588135.00/cwt135.00–135.007949
HeifersLarge 11,027100.40/cwt98.75–101.501,03165
HeifersMedium and Large 1509154.75/cwt154.75–154.7578817
HeifersMedium and Large 1873112.74/cwt110.75–115.85984353
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2691114.97/cwt111.00–119.007948
SteersMedium and Large 1-2798112.50/cwt112.50–112.508983
SteersMedium and Large 1-2683135.00/cwt135.00–135.0092215

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.