Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-09-24

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 24
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,888 head
705 vs last sale 2,593 91 vs year ago 1,797 · +5.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A steady undertone was noted on steers up to 1000 lbs. Steers 1000-1150 lbs. sold 5.00-6.00 higher. The sale barn had one consignment of 600 head of 1000 lbs. plus steers. Buyers could fill pens with one mans uniform cattle. A steady to higher undertone was noted on heifers up to 850 lbs. Heifers 850-900 lbs. sold steady. Heifers over 900 lbs. were on a week test. The next feeder cattle sale will be Oct. 1st, expecting 2000 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 $131.72/cwt on 1,009 head.
Average price
$131.72
1,009 head · 1,025 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,350
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$43
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$34.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.08
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1824143.431,182270
Medium and Large 1-2811132.981,07821
Large 11,106127.631,412704
Large 1-21,121109.311,22514thin
One grade step is worth $34.12/cwt here — about −$43 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 sale1,009 hd
131.72
SD average6 barns · 8,227 hd
136.80
−5.08
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

35 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 1Fleshy884122.67/cwt122.25–123.001,084196
HeifersMedium and Large 1614146.25/cwt146.25–146.2589882
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2740134.00/cwt134.00–134.0099212
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy965111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0715
HeifersMedium and Large 1805139.39/cwt138.00–139.501,12268
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2685132.00/cwt132.00–132.0090411
HeifersLarge 1-21,060104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,1083
HeifersMedium and Large 1937126.57/cwt122.00–129.001,18622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2608136.00/cwt136.00–136.0082711
HeifersLarge 11,102106.75/cwt106.75–106.751,17621
SteersLarge 11,011134.07/cwt114.00–134.501,355194
SteersMedium and Large 1940133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,25048
SteersLarge 11,226111.81/cwt102.00–113.001,37146
SteersMedium and Large 1754148.47/cwt146.75–149.251,11929
SteersMedium and Large 1-2815135.39/cwt134.00–139.501,10312
SteersLarge 11,194111.25/cwt111.25–111.251,32820
SteersMedium and Large 1813147.20/cwt142.75–148.751,19728
SteersMedium and Large 1-2918120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1025
SteersLarge 11,073124.56/cwt124.25–125.501,33720
SteersLarge 1-21,068111.04/cwt110.00–111.501,18610
HeifersMedium and Large 1524149.00/cwt149.00–149.0078110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2794136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,0844
HeifersLarge 11,242103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,27915
HeifersMedium and Large 1699144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0077
HeifersMedium and Large 1871126.07/cwt123.25–129.251,098181
HeifersLarge 11,032116.72/cwt103.00–124.251,20515
HeifersMedium and Large 1979127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,2486
HeifersMedium and Large 1781137.91/cwt136.75–139.001,077147
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2882122.75/cwt122.75–122.751,08328
SteersMedium and Large 1-2664142.00/cwt142.00–142.009434
SteersLarge 11,359105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,42719
SteersLarge 1-21,252105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,3154
SteersMedium and Large 1860138.20/cwt132.50–139.751,18997
SteersLarge 11,124128.37/cwt122.75–128.851,443405
SteersMedium and Large 1725154.56/cwt145.00–155.851,12168

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.