Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-12-10

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 10
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
6,547 head
1,458 vs last sale 5,089 413 vs year ago 6,134 · +6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: An unevenly steady undertone was noted on steers up to 750 lbs. steers 750 -1000 lbs. were2.00-7.00 lower, a much lower undertone was noted on steers over 1000 lbs. An unevenly steady undertone was noted on heifers up to 800 lbs., heifers 800lbs. and up were 1.00-6.00 lower. Demand was good. Many load lots in todays offering on the yearlings, The next auction will be Dec. 17th, expecting 5000 plus feeders ,starting at 8:30 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.43/cwt on 3,596 head.
Average price
$138.43
3,596 head · 856 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,185
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$17.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.11
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1840140.141,1773,085
Medium and Large 1-2794134.211,065235
Large 11,088122.811,336276
One grade step is worth $17.33/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 sale3,596 hd
138.43
SD average8 barns · 23,537 hd
152.54
−14.11
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

61 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 1-21,032105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0848
HeifersLarge 11,116114.35/cwt114.35–114.351,27626
HeifersLarge 11,025121.96/cwt120.10–124.251,250192
SteersMedium and Large 1616155.50/cwt150.75–160.5095879
SteersMedium and Large 1-2732130.56/cwt125.50–134.0095610
SteersMedium and Large 1722140.82/cwt135.50–144.251,017103
HeifersMedium and Large 1777132.55/cwt124.00–134.501,030194
SteersMedium and Large 1385183.00/cwt183.00–183.0070512
SteersMedium and Large 1877136.00/cwt134.00–139.351,193834
SteersMedium and Large 1841136.94/cwt130.75–138.101,152120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2780125.50/cwt125.50–125.5097910
SteersMedium and Large 1774137.00/cwt131.00–140.001,060276
HeifersMedium and Large 1686136.46/cwt132.00–138.50936109
SteersMedium and Large 1981135.25/cwt128.35–137.851,327893
SteersMedium and Large 1687142.72/cwt139.50–146.75980220
SteersMedium and Large 1573159.77/cwt153.00–166.0091575
SteersMedium and Large 1530168.41/cwt163.00–175.00893125
SteersMedium and Large 1429183.74/cwt180.00–187.0078826
SteersMedium and Large 1480176.59/cwt172.50–181.5084863
HeifersMedium and Large 1820132.01/cwt129.00–134.501,082281
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2683124.12/cwt115.00–132.5084817
HeifersMedium and Large 1631140.15/cwt138.25–146.50884131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2271170.93/cwt169.00–172.504637
HeifersMedium and Large 1473155.92/cwt153.00–159.0073830
HeifersMedium and Large 1425158.39/cwt154.00–166.0067382
HeifersMedium and Large 1982125.23/cwt124.20–126.751,230268
SteersMedium and Large 1928133.60/cwt130.50–135.001,240256
HeifersLarge 11,258105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,32744
SteersLarge 11,151112.75/cwt112.75–112.751,2989
HeifersLarge 11,090109.24/cwt108.75–110.501,19121
SteersLarge 11,020124.43/cwt123.60–126.001,26943
SteersLarge 11,073124.99/cwt122.85–126.851,341181
SteersLarge 11,264111.25/cwt111.25–111.251,40627
SteersLarge 11,104119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,31416
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2978110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0769
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy845126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0653
HeifersMedium and Large 1934124.41/cwt122.00–135.751,162297
HeifersMedium and Large 1527148.71/cwt144.00–150.50784126
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy835127.09/cwt121.50–129.251,061124
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy904121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,09464
SteersMedium and Large 1-2547147.50/cwt147.50–147.5080719
HeifersLarge 1-21,078105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1328
SteersMedium and Large 1-2263180.00/cwt180.00–180.004733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495167.00/cwt167.00–167.008274
SteersMedium and Large 1-2887126.28/cwt123.75–128.001,12027
SteersMedium and Large 1-2661137.68/cwt123.00–140.0091022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580148.00/cwt148.00–148.008585
HeifersMedium and Large 1727131.16/cwt128.25–136.25954145
SteersMedium and Large 1-2753125.00/cwt125.00–125.009415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2917115.25/cwt115.25–115.251,05712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2728120.00/cwt120.00–120.008744
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2533134.64/cwt134.00–137.0071818
SteersMedium and Large 1-2909128.44/cwt121.00–128.751,168103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635150.50/cwt150.50–150.509565
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2638125.63/cwt116.00–128.5080228
HeifersMedium and Large 1572147.72/cwt146.00–148.7584546
HeifersMedium and Large 1878128.03/cwt125.75–130.351,124358
SteersMedium and Large 1-2359176.00/cwt176.00–176.006326
HeifersMedium and Large 1302170.00/cwt170.00–170.005136
SteersMedium and Large 1-2843130.07/cwt128.00–131.001,09626
HeifersMedium and Large 1377168.05/cwt164.00–171.006347

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.