Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-07-23

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jul 23
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,017 head
▲ 1,808 vs last sale 2,209▼ 1,155 vs year ago 5,172 · −22.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 800-950 lbs. sold 1.00-2.00 higher, feeder steers 950 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers up to 750 lbs sold on a steady to higher undertone, heifers 750 lbs. and up sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good. Many load lots in todays offering. We sold ring full after ring full. The next feeder cattle auction will be July 30th, expecting 3500 head of cattle. Starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.70/cwt on 2,534 head.
Average price
$135.70
2,534 head · 913 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,239
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$20.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.49
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1903136.661,2342,406
Medium and Large 1-2770127.9298513thin
Large 11,133116.541,321115
One grade step is worth $20.11/cwt here — about −$86 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 sale2,534 hd
135.70
—
SD average3 barns · 3,448 hd
129.21
+6.49
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

29 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 1—822130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,06924
HeifersMedium and Large 1—914122.35/cwt114.75–124.501,118351
HeifersMedium and Large 1—542158.00/cwt158.00–158.008569
HeifersMedium and Large 1—662143.01/cwt141.50–144.00947302
HeifersMedium and Large 1—557146.00/cwt146.00–146.008137
HeifersMedium and Large 1—771135.17/cwt131.00–135.751,042218
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—855118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0093
HeifersMedium and Large 1—879124.52/cwt123.00–126.001,095157
HeifersLarge 1—1,055109.73/cwt104.00–111.001,158117
HeifersMedium and Large 1—966120.99/cwt115.50–122.001,16974
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—620134.31/cwt134.00–135.0083313
SteersMedium and Large 1—689149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,02719
SteersMedium and Large 1—842140.35/cwt140.35–140.351,182152
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—954122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,16915
SteersMedium and Large 1—880136.58/cwt136.50–136.751,202136
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—802119.00/cwt119.00–119.009545
SteersLarge 1—1,153115.75/cwt115.75–115.751,33589
SteersMedium and Large 1—787142.51/cwt140.75–142.851,12281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—754136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0254
SteersLarge 1—1,065119.25/cwt119.25–119.251,27026
SteersMedium and Large 1—541177.31/cwt174.00–178.0095929
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—745131.00/cwt131.00–131.009764
HeifersLarge 1—1,006116.75/cwt116.75–116.751,17573
HeifersMedium and Large 1—735132.89/cwt131.50–133.7597752
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—724124.91/cwt124.00–127.0090410
SteersMedium and Large 1—615163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,00228
SteersMedium and Large 1—917136.94/cwt135.50–137.751,2561,552
SteersMedium and Large 1—724146.09/cwt141.00–150.001,05827
SteersMedium and Large 1—978126.68/cwt125.25–132.001,239367

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.