Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-06-18

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jun 18
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,473 head
7,242 vs last sale 8,715 658 vs year ago 2,131 · 30.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; With light numbers today trend not applicable, on steers up to 1000 lbs. a unevenly steady under tone was noted. Steers over 1000 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers sold on a steady to lower under tone on heifers up to 850 lbs. Heifers over 850 lbs. sold 1.00-5.00 higher. Demand was good. Some load lots in todays offering. Some very nice replacement heifers were sold today. The next auction will be June 25th,starting at 10:00 am, expecting 2500 head of cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.02/cwt on 803 head.
Average price
$122.02
803 head · 799 lb average
Value per head Derived
$974
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$150
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$40.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.22
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2639130.2283356
Medium and Large 1803122.27982727
Large 11,09389.9098320
One grade step is worth $40.32/cwt here — about −$150 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 sale803 hd
122.02
SD average5 barns · 4,976 hd
121.80
+0.22
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

40 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 2-3492111.00/cwt111.00–111.0054610
SteersMedium and Large 1880126.22/cwt126.00–126.251,11124
SteersLarge 2603131.00/cwt131.00–131.0079032
SteersMedium and Large 1806129.96/cwt129.25–131.501,04722
SteersLarge 2716131.00/cwt131.00–131.0093828
SteersMedium and Large 1569158.17/cwt156.00–161.0090019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390173.00/cwt173.00–173.006757
SteersLarge 11,087108.41/cwt107.00–109.351,178165
SteersMedium and Large 1746141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,05214
SteersMedium and Large 1926122.72/cwt118.00–125.501,13677
HeifersMedium and Large 1799118.50/cwt118.50–118.5094710
HeifersMedium and Large 1922112.72/cwt110.10–115.601,039145
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2877105.00/cwt105.00–105.009213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2793113.00/cwt113.00–113.008969
HeifersMedium and Large 1472164.00/cwt164.00–164.007747
HeifersMedium and Large 1607133.65/cwt133.50–134.25811117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2493154.00/cwt154.00–154.007593
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2444154.00/cwt154.00–154.006848
HeifersMedium and Large 1326167.00/cwt167.00–167.005445
HeifersMedium and Large 1821118.47/cwt117.00–121.7597343
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement795123.63/cwt123.00–123.7598374
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2673128.50/cwt128.50–128.508657
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy832112.00/cwt112.00–112.009326
HeifersMedium and Large 1681129.38/cwt129.25–130.2588131
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement871123.75/cwt123.75–123.751,07862
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2592133.50/cwt133.50–133.507906
HeifersLarge 11,13681.00/cwt81.00–81.0092012
HeifersMedium and Large 1721129.70/cwt124.75–134.0093527
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement901117.75/cwt117.75–117.751,0619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2537140.00/cwt140.00–140.007525
SteersLarge 11,018110.13/cwt109.00–110.501,12112
SteersMedium and Large 1539161.00/cwt161.00–161.008688
SteersMedium and Large 1988113.46/cwt111.85–121.751,12167
SteersMedium and Large 1611151.97/cwt149.50–154.509296
SteersMedium and Large 1678149.56/cwt141.25–153.251,01450
HeifersLarge 11,029103.25/cwt103.25–103.251,0628
HeifersMedium and Large 1430157.00/cwt157.00–157.0067511
HeifersMedium and Large 1886115.85/cwt112.25–117.751,026180
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2825113.00/cwt113.00–113.009324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614128.55/cwt126.00–129.5078911

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.