Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-10-22

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 22
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,609 head
1,827 vs last sale 1,782 1,264 vs year ago 2,345 · +53.9%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A lower undertone was noted on steers up to 900 lbs. Steers 900-950 lbs. were 6.00 lower. Steers over 950 lbs, had a lower undertone also. A lower undertone was noted on heifers up to 850 lbs. Heifers 850-900 were 4.00 lower. A steady to lower undertone was noted on heifers over 900 lbs. Many load lots in todays offering. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle sale will be Oct.29th, expecting 5500 head of yearlings and spring calves, From now on auctions will start at 9:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.74/cwt on 1,969 head.
Average price
$131.74
1,969 head · 953 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,255
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$121
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$8.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.76
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1910134.601,2251,177
Medium and Large 1-2743133.12989119
Large 11,064126.491,346673
One grade step is worth $8.11/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale1,969 hd
131.74
SD average12 barns · 27,198 hd
148.50
−16.76
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

46 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 1Fleshy1,034101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0444
HeifersLarge 11,040115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,196141
SteersLarge 11,040128.52/cwt127.00–129.501,337134
SteersLarge 11,069126.17/cwt122.75–127.601,349530
SteersLarge 11,137115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3089
HeifersLarge 11,178110.10/cwt110.10–110.101,297111
SteersMedium and Large 1726140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,0208
SteersMedium and Large 1429162.50/cwt162.50–162.506976
SteersMedium and Large 1758142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,08013
HeifersMedium and Large 1979120.54/cwt119.75–121.001,18030
SteersMedium and Large 1519151.98/cwt149.50–153.0078946
SteersMedium and Large 1396188.00/cwt188.00–188.0074411
SteersMedium and Large 1486162.00/cwt162.00–162.007875
SteersMedium and Large 1879137.42/cwt134.00–138.001,208168
SteersMedium and Large 1640144.73/cwt141.00–148.0092613
SteersMedium and Large 1980132.18/cwt128.75–134.601,295524
HeifersMedium and Large 1721134.83/cwt129.85–139.25972191
HeifersMedium and Large 1870126.15/cwt122.50–134.001,098245
SteersMedium and Large 1832142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,18439
SteersMedium and Large 1-2931127.26/cwt120.00–128.001,18543
SteersMedium and Large 1939130.78/cwt130.10–133.751,228236
HeifersMedium and Large 1929122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,138120
HeifersMedium and Large 1771133.74/cwt130.75–135.251,03145
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673130.50/cwt130.50–130.5087818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2687131.00/cwt131.00–131.009009
HeifersMedium and Large 1469146.00/cwt146.00–146.0068516
HeifersMedium and Large 1562138.00/cwt138.00–138.007768
HeifersMedium and Large 1385175.00/cwt175.00–175.006744
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy898129.85/cwt129.85–129.851,16646
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485147.00/cwt147.00–147.007138
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2807125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,01315
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy929128.85/cwt128.85–128.851,19762
HeifersLarge 11,081109.25/cwt109.25–109.251,1814
HeifersMedium and Large 1819129.46/cwt128.00–133.751,060333
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585139.75/cwt139.00–142.0081830
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525132.00/cwt132.00–132.0069311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2829129.68/cwt128.00–132.001,07512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2606137.00/cwt137.00–137.008308
HeifersMedium and Large 1631135.64/cwt135.50–136.0085618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2714131.48/cwt130.00–132.0093939
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2623128.00/cwt128.00–128.007973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2584132.39/cwt132.00–132.5077338
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2792130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,03013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440144.50/cwt144.50–144.5063626
HeifersMedium and Large 1680135.30/cwt135.00–136.0092088

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.