Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-07-16

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jul 16
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,209 head
2,746 vs last sale 4,955 662 vs year ago 2,871 · 23.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On steers up to 950 lbs., a unevenly steady under tone was noted. Steers 950 lbs. and up were 1.00-2.00 higher. A higher under tone was noted on heifers up to 800 lbs. Heifers 800-1000 lbs. were 2.00-6.00 higher, heifers over 1000 lbs. were steady. Demand was good. Some load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be July 23rd, expecting 5000 head of feeders. Starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.55/cwt on 1,086 head.
Average price
$131.55
1,086 head · 958 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,261
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$339
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$27.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.41
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2646151.0597636
Medium and Large 1870138.621,206521
Large 11,066123.261,314529
One grade step is worth $27.79/cwt here — about −$339 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 sale1,086 hd
131.55
SD average6 barns · 4,848 hd
132.96
−1.41
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

33 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
SteersMedium and Large 1527172.00/cwt172.00–172.0090611
HeifersMedium and Large 1587152.64/cwt150.50–155.7589624
HeifersMedium and Large 1880124.56/cwt121.00–128.751,096246
HeifersMedium and Large 1718130.75/cwt130.75–130.759396
HeifersMedium and Large 1923121.26/cwt110.00–123.851,119140
HeifersLarge 11,091107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,16799
HeifersMedium and Large 1785133.45/cwt131.50–134.101,048114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2784125.12/cwt124.75–126.0098123
HeifersLarge 11,027110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,13564
HeifersMedium and Large 1659142.81/cwt142.75–144.0094191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730126.34/cwt125.00–127.0092221
HeifersMedium and Large 1631142.32/cwt138.00–147.0089858
BullsMedium and Large 1933117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,09617
BullsMedium and Large 1817126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,0347
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2879107.25/cwt107.25–107.259437
HeifersMedium and Large 1953119.75/cwt119.75–119.751,14156
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed768142.75/cwt142.75–142.751,09619
SteersLarge 11,144115.66/cwt113.00–116.101,32361
SteersMedium and Large 1-2681146.00/cwt146.00–146.009945
SteersLarge 11,168115.48/cwt114.00–115.601,34955
SteersMedium and Large 1938134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,2629
SteersMedium and Large 1981129.30/cwt127.00–130.751,268237
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy873130.25/cwt130.25–130.251,13738
SteersMedium and Large 1755149.16/cwt145.00–149.501,12670
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy941118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1104
SteersMedium and Large 1658164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,07966
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635153.27/cwt150.00–157.0097318
SteersLarge 11,055124.53/cwt120.00–125.351,314264
SteersMedium and Large 1825138.26/cwt138.00–141.501,14154
SteersMedium and Large 1-2589155.50/cwt155.50–155.509168
SteersLarge 11,017127.01/cwt125.75–129.001,292149
SteersMedium and Large 1899135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,21432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2742141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0465

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.