Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-10-08

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 8
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,362 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 2,402▼ 90 vs year ago 2,452 · −3.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On steers up to 700 lbs. a lower undertone was noted. Steers 700-900 lbs. a higher undertone was noted. Steers 900-1000 lbs. were 4.00-5.00 higher. Heifers 800-900 lbs. sold steady to 3.00 higher. Many load lots in todays offering. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle sale will be Oct.15th, expecting 2000 head, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.07/cwt on 1,323 head.
Average price
$145.07
1,323 head · 852 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,237
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$11.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.70
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1832146.841,2221,081
Medium and Large 1-2659145.0695652
Large 11,022134.991,380190
One grade step is worth $11.85/cwt here — about −$159 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 sale1,323 hd
145.07
—
SD average8 barns · 11,075 hd
145.77
−0.70
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

39 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—1,136101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,1474
HeifersLarge 1—1,056123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,2996
SteersLarge 1—1,063121.75/cwt121.75–121.751,29426
SteersLarge 1—1,016137.09/cwt127.00–138.351,393164
SteersMedium and Large 1—538165.50/cwt165.50–165.5089022
SteersMedium and Large 1—750149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,12163
SteersMedium and Large 1—983137.14/cwt133.75–138.851,34879
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—970115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1167
SteersMedium and Large 1—929142.16/cwt137.85–143.751,321344
SteersMedium and Large 1—378187.00/cwt187.00–187.007079
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—897127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,1443
HeifersLarge 1—1,023120.41/cwt112.00–124.751,23272
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—881112.50/cwt112.50–112.509914
SteersMedium and Large 1—470173.50/cwt173.50–173.5081510
SteersMedium and Large 1—868139.98/cwt135.00–143.001,215148
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—579144.33/cwt143.00–145.0083615
HeifersMedium and Large 1—546146.00/cwt146.00–146.007977
SteersMedium and Large 1—711154.33/cwt153.35–157.001,097187
SteersMedium and Large 1—679154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,04610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—834132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,1055
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—857127.86/cwt127.00–129.001,0967
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—560140.00/cwt140.00–140.0078410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—833136.33/cwt134.00–139.501,136355
HeifersMedium and Large 1—448150.00/cwt150.00–150.006728
HeifersMedium and Large 1—629145.71/cwt141.50–146.2591789
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—493143.50/cwt141.00–144.5070745
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—518138.00/cwt138.00–138.007155
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—840131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1003
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—823125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,0339
BullsMedium and Large 1—878123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,08016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—480167.54/cwt167.00–168.0080418
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471148.00/cwt148.00–148.006975
HeifersMedium and Large 1—935125.59/cwt121.00–126.501,174118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—721130.46/cwt125.00–132.5094118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—637135.33/cwt134.00–135.5086226
SteersMedium and Large 1—570153.45/cwt151.00–156.0087516
SteersMedium and Large 1—835146.81/cwt143.25–148.001,22661
HeifersMedium and Large 1—858132.51/cwt130.75–133.001,137198
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—804154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,238120

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.