Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-05-28

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 28
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,253 head
130 vs last sale 3,383 861 vs year ago 2,392 · +36.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; A higher undertone was noted on steers up to 700 lbs. Steers 700 - 1000 lbs. were 3.00-9.00 higher, steers over 1000 lbs. were 3.00 higher. An unevenly steady undertone was noted on heifers up to 700 lbs. heifers 700 lbs and up were 1.00-3.00 higher. Demand was good. Many load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be June 4th, expecting 2000 head of feeders, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.96/cwt on 1,578 head.
Average price
$129.96
1,578 head · 892 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,159
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$247
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$27.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.69
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2688140.7796860
Medium and Large 1802138.821,113974
Large 11,075112.921,214544
One grade step is worth $27.85/cwt here — about −$247 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 sale1,578 hd
129.96
SD average4 barns · 7,016 hd
131.65
−1.69
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

49 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 11,034113.87/cwt111.25–115.101,177226
HeifersLarge 11,000106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,06522
SteersLarge 11,110106.10/cwt106.10–106.101,17828
SteersMedium and Large 1-2873111.75/cwt111.00–112.509768
HeifersLarge 11,128101.75/cwt101.75–101.751,1486
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2374160.74/cwt150.00–164.0060117
SteersMedium and Large 1619158.69/cwt148.00–164.0098253
SteersMedium and Large 1877123.09/cwt119.25–134.251,07919
SteersMedium and Large 1521178.90/cwt173.00–184.5093258
SteersMedium and Large 1571169.99/cwt165.50–175.5097130
SteersLarge 11,084113.74/cwt111.85–116.501,233251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585161.19/cwt157.50–163.0094317
SteersMedium and Large 1736149.80/cwt143.50–152.251,103107
SteersMedium and Large 1933116.69/cwt114.85–117.501,08943
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy931110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,0295
HeifersMedium and Large 1925112.10/cwt111.75–113.501,037369
HeifersMedium and Large 1830118.27/cwt114.00–123.00982101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2767113.77/cwt106.00–115.5087318
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement819128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,04825
HeifersMedium and Large 1725127.18/cwt122.50–133.25922122
HeifersLarge 11,051103.75/cwt103.75–103.751,09030
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2689124.50/cwt124.50–124.5085821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2744119.00/cwt119.00–119.008854
HeifersMedium and Large 1636142.21/cwt137.25–145.50904127
HeifersMedium and Large 1442161.00/cwt161.00–161.007123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2726132.97/cwt131.00–139.0096527
SteersMedium and Large 1840135.45/cwt129.50–136.251,138142
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2439152.50/cwt152.50–152.506695
BullsMedium and Large 1756124.50/cwt124.50–124.509419
BullsMedium and Large 1876109.25/cwt109.25–109.259579
SteersMedium and Large 1782139.56/cwt139.50–140.001,09144
SteersMedium and Large 1348190.00/cwt190.00–190.006613
SteersMedium and Large 1969117.62/cwt114.25–120.101,140355
SteersMedium and Large 1475179.62/cwt175.00–182.0085346
SteersMedium and Large 1278217.50/cwt217.50–217.506054
SteersMedium and Large 1-2432179.00/cwt179.00–179.007733
SteersMedium and Large 1670152.74/cwt146.00–155.001,02346
SteersMedium and Large 1426185.53/cwt184.00–188.0079019
SteersLarge 11,236107.10/cwt107.10–107.101,32439
SteersMedium and Large 1-2685137.00/cwt137.00–137.009385
HeifersMedium and Large 1877113.76/cwt109.00–115.75998134
HeifersMedium and Large 1482155.07/cwt154.00–155.5074721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2611131.27/cwt128.50–131.5080242
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2321171.00/cwt171.00–171.005496
HeifersMedium and Large 1680132.55/cwt127.35–140.00901143
HeifersMedium and Large 1533150.78/cwt148.50–155.0080448
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2489147.50/cwt147.50–147.507216
HeifersMedium and Large 1769123.78/cwt119.25–127.00952222
HeifersMedium and Large 1561151.29/cwt145.50–155.5084980

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.