Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-08-27

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 27
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,072 head
2,096 vs last sale 3,168 193 vs year ago 1,265 · 15.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A lower undertone was noted on feeder steers. Feeder heifers 700-750 lbs. sold 4.00 lower, the rest of the heifers sold on an unevenly steady undertone. Some load lots in todays offering. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Sept. 3rd, expecting 2500 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 $136.38/cwt on 635 head.
Average price
$136.38
635 head · 929 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,267
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$14.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.18
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1887139.371,236480
Medium and Large 1-2783136.091,06627
Large 11,118125.251,400128
One grade step is worth $14.12/cwt here — about −$164 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 sale635 hd
136.38
SD average6 barns · 4,346 hd
136.20
+0.18
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

27 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 1628151.25/cwt151.25–151.2595037
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2511148.00/cwt148.00–148.007565
HeifersMedium and Large 1861126.24/cwt125.00–129.501,08718
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2366156.00/cwt156.00–156.005715
HeifersMedium and Large 1506156.50/cwt156.50–156.5079218
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2941118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1104
HeifersMedium and Large 1755142.62/cwt140.00–143.501,07716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625131.00/cwt131.00–131.008193
HeifersLarge 11,130110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,24324
HeifersMedium and Large 1728143.67/cwt141.00–146.351,046160
HeifersLarge 11,019111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,1314
HeifersMedium and Large 1828137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,14172
SteersMedium and Large 1426174.00/cwt174.00–174.007418
SteersMedium and Large 1961134.12/cwt131.25–135.001,289255
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy880125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,1043
SteersMedium and Large 1822142.78/cwt138.50–143.001,174101
SteersLarge 11,120125.85/cwt124.75–126.501,410120
SteersMedium and Large 1919138.10/cwt138.10–138.101,26965
SteersLarge 11,152112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2904
SteersMedium and Large 1642156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,00524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2833131.08/cwt121.00–135.001,09219
SteersLarge 11,014120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,2224
SteersMedium and Large 1796147.75/cwt147.75–147.751,17615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2784138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0824
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2745125.38/cwt124.00–126.5093418
SteersMedium and Large 1502173.00/cwt173.00–173.008689
SteersMedium and Large 1-2544158.00/cwt158.00–158.008604

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.