Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-08-20

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 20
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,168 head
▲ 1,552 vs last sale 1,616▲ 3,168 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A steady to higher undertone was noted on feeder steers. Heifers 600-850 lbs. were steady to 4.00 higher. Today was the first spring calves coming to the auction. They were straight off the cow. Fair amount of load lots in todays offering. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Aug.27th, expecting 2000 head of cattle, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.86/cwt on 1,841 head.
Average price
$145.86
1,841 head · 735 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,072
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$32.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.68
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1738147.371,0871,537
Medium and Large 1-2657142.71937254
Large 11,056115.321,21850
One grade step is worth $32.05/cwt here — about −$131 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 sale1,841 hd
145.86
—
SD average6 barns · 5,096 hd
138.18
+7.68
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

38 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
HeifersLarge 1—1,079111.38/cwt111.25–111.501,20212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—324217.00/cwt217.00–217.0070334
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—438153.50/cwt153.50–153.506726
HeifersLarge 1—1,144100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,1505
HeifersMedium and Large 1—282225.00/cwt225.00–225.0063532
HeifersMedium and Large 1—825137.45/cwt133.10–144.101,134589
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—613145.03/cwt144.00–146.0088988
HeifersMedium and Large 1—219252.50/cwt252.50–252.5055319
HeifersMedium and Large 1—781140.90/cwt138.50–145.001,100281
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—733140.40/cwt136.75–142.501,02975
HeifersMedium and Large 1—888129.25/cwt129.25–129.251,1489
SteersLarge 1—1,070119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,2793
SteersMedium and Large 1—645159.86/cwt158.10–162.251,03178
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—765129.83/cwt111.00–139.009939
SteersMedium and Large 1—718148.25/cwt148.25–148.251,06443
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—586152.00/cwt152.00–152.008919
SteersMedium and Large 1—835146.75/cwt146.75–146.751,22512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—952114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0853
SteersMedium and Large 1—462177.00/cwt177.00–177.008189
SteersMedium and Large 1—866143.09/cwt136.50–145.851,239384
SteersMedium and Large 1—903130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1747
SteersMedium and Large 1—774148.86/cwt146.00–152.601,152364
BullsMedium and Large 1—357208.47/cwt199.00–210.0074444
BullsMedium and Large 1—294230.00/cwt230.00–230.0067626
BullsMedium and Large 1—229250.00/cwt250.00–250.0057319
BullsMedium and Large 1—550145.00/cwt145.00–145.007983
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—543161.16/cwt160.50–162.0087531
SteersLarge 1—1,019118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,2084
SteersMedium and Large 1—682155.04/cwt150.00–156.501,057169
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—736130.95/cwt117.00–139.5096413
HeifersMedium and Large 1—717147.91/cwt143.00–154.501,061220
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—577147.30/cwt144.00–150.0085051
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—897133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,19549
HeifersMedium and Large 1—616153.94/cwt147.75–156.75948193
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—786130.50/cwt115.00–135.001,02625
HeifersLarge 1—1,035119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,23233
HeifersMedium and Large 1—680149.94/cwt148.75–152.001,020111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—687140.00/cwt140.00–140.009629

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.