Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-09-17

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 17
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,593 head
638 vs last sale 1,955 940 vs year ago 1,653 · +56.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A higher undertone was noted on steers up to 850 lbs. Steers 850-900 lbs were steady, a higher under tone was noted on steers 900-1000 lbs. a steady undertone was noted on steers over 1000 lbs. Heifers 800-1000 lbs. were steady to 2.00 higher, a higher under tone was noted on heifers over 1000 lbs. The sale barn had one consignment of 260 head of spring calves with shots and weaned for 6 weeks.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.98/cwt on 1,441 head.
Average price
$132.98
1,441 head · 800 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,065
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$24.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.31
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1803133.981,0761,259
Medium and Large 1-2699130.83914142
Large 11,087109.041,18540
One grade step is worth $24.95/cwt here — about −$109 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 sale1,441 hd
132.98
SD average9 barns · 9,967 hd
133.29
−0.31
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

44 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 11,109104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,15929
HeifersMedium and Large 1985127.73/cwt124.50–129.501,25834
HeifersMedium and Large 1825129.94/cwt122.00–134.601,072351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2872115.94/cwt100.00–121.001,01138
HeifersLarge 11,013120.25/cwt120.00–120.501,2188
HeifersMedium and Large 1341188.00/cwt188.00–188.0064126
HeifersMedium and Large 1878126.28/cwt124.25–128.501,109286
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2768130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,00221
HeifersLarge 11,068123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,3143
HeifersMedium and Large 1725135.77/cwt135.50–136.5098423
HeifersMedium and Large 1929127.59/cwt121.00–129.751,185225
SteersMedium and Large 1545171.00/cwt171.00–171.009328
SteersMedium and Large 1921138.23/cwt133.00–140.251,27390
SteersMedium and Large 1-2999116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1596
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy944132.25/cwt132.25–132.251,24834
SteersMedium and Large 1480191.50/cwt191.50–191.5091968
SteersMedium and Large 1-2659150.00/cwt150.00–150.009894
SteersLarge 11,057128.47/cwt125.00–129.501,358176
SteersMedium and Large 1770147.65/cwt146.00–149.501,13738
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed901145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,31161
SteersLarge 11,029128.56/cwt128.35–132.001,323103
SteersMedium and Large 1394198.00/cwt198.00–198.0078027
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2670133.44/cwt131.00–135.5089418
HeifersMedium and Large 1523150.00/cwt150.00–150.0078520
HeifersMedium and Large 1622146.53/cwt144.25–146.7591190
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2604133.00/cwt133.00–133.008034
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy934117.82/cwt112.00–120.501,10016
HeifersMedium and Large 1434165.50/cwt165.50–165.5071890
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2998101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0083
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy898100.00/cwt100.00–100.008983
HeifersMedium and Large 1789132.86/cwt130.75–141.001,04867
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed932133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,24228
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560141.29/cwt140.50–143.0079158
BullsMedium and Large 1832116.00/cwt116.00–116.009657
BullsMedium and Large 1712118.00/cwt118.00–118.008405
BullsMedium and Large 1875110.00/cwt110.00–110.009633
SteersMedium and Large 1877138.47/cwt135.00–144.501,214107
SteersLarge 11,111121.96/cwt121.75–122.251,35517
SteersMedium and Large 1590169.00/cwt169.00–169.0099714
SteersMedium and Large 1821147.16/cwt144.25–149.101,208101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2811136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,10714
SteersMedium and Large 1416185.00/cwt185.00–185.0077013
SteersMedium and Large 1961133.05/cwt132.50–134.001,279100
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629141.00/cwt141.00–141.008877

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.