Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-11-05

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 5
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,969 head
4,266 vs last sale 7,235 593 vs year ago 3,562 · 16.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On steers up to 500 lbs. a higher undertone was noted. On steers 500-800 lbs. an unevenly steady undertone was noted. Steers 800-850 lbs. were 9.00 higher. Heifers up to 800 lbs. were unevenly steady, heifers 800 - 1000 lbs. were steady to 3.00 higher. A higher undertone was noted on heifers over 1000 lbs. Demand was good. Many load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle sale will be Nov. 12th, starting at 10:00 am, expecting 3000 head of feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.94/cwt on 1,905 head.
Average price
$130.94
1,905 head · 832 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,090
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$482
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$18.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.70
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2591133.5378970
Medium and Large 1827131.721,0891,739
Large 11,106114.921,27196
One grade step is worth $18.61/cwt here — about −$482 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 sale1,905 hd
130.94
SD average11 barns · 16,362 hd
142.64
−11.70
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

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 11,139111.75/cwt111.75–111.751,27344
HeifersLarge 11,078117.60/cwt117.60–117.601,26852
SteersLarge 11,144118.60/cwt118.60–118.601,35748
SteersLarge 11,162114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,33057
SteersLarge 11,035130.89/cwt128.35–134.001,355230
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy853112.50/cwt112.50–112.509603
HeifersMedium and Large 1417150.89/cwt150.00–152.0062927
SteersMedium and Large 1811144.46/cwt142.85–146.501,172182
SteersMedium and Large 1917135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,24516
SteersMedium and Large 1423179.53/cwt178.00–181.0075919
SteersMedium and Large 1358194.00/cwt194.00–194.0069522
HeifersMedium and Large 1838131.11/cwt129.25–133.251,099441
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed761143.10/cwt143.10–143.101,08988
SteersMedium and Large 1466174.35/cwt169.00–176.5081224
SteersMedium and Large 1708148.82/cwt144.50–149.001,05480
SteersMedium and Large 1789145.98/cwt145.25–150.001,15295
HeifersMedium and Large 1643137.25/cwt137.25–137.2588331
SteersMedium and Large 1538157.00/cwt157.00–157.0084513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2284165.10/cwt161.00–172.504698
HeifersMedium and Large 1735131.75/cwt131.75–131.7596861
SteersMedium and Large 1880141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,24321
HeifersMedium and Large 1940124.77/cwt124.25–126.001,173319
HeifersMedium and Large 1879128.38/cwt127.00–130.751,128248
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed665146.00/cwt146.00–146.0097167
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2814110.00/cwt110.00–110.008955
HeifersMedium and Large 1367169.50/cwt161.00–183.0062236
SteersMedium and Large 1986127.50/cwt126.75–127.751,25737
HeifersMedium and Large 1520148.77/cwt147.50–150.2577429
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy702115.00/cwt115.00–115.0080711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2619122.00/cwt122.00–122.007557
SteersMedium and Large 1-2582150.00/cwt150.00–150.008733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2391173.00/cwt173.00–173.006767
HeifersMedium and Large 1791134.09/cwt127.25–135.851,06187
SteersMedium and Large 1-2790121.44/cwt120.00–126.7595938
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2961113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,0918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2834121.63/cwt112.50–130.501,01455
HeifersMedium and Large 1464150.75/cwt149.00–153.006997
HeifersMedium and Large 1255183.51/cwt182.50–184.0046819
HeifersMedium and Large 1671133.00/cwt133.00–133.0089236
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2852121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0315
HeifersMedium and Large 1964121.30/cwt117.00–125.251,169240
SteersMedium and Large 1676150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,0179
SteersMedium and Large 1272192.95/cwt188.00–195.0052517
SteersMedium and Large 1-2547148.00/cwt148.00–148.008103
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380151.63/cwt140.00–158.5057623
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2752119.00/cwt119.00–119.008953

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.