Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-12-17

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 17
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
5,036 head
1,511 vs last sale 6,547 338 vs year ago 5,374 · 6.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A higher undertone was noted on steers up to 650 lbs. steers 650-900 lbs. were 2.00-8.00 higher, steers 950-1100 were steady to 7.00 higher. On heifers a higher undertone was noted on calves up to 650 lbs. heifers 650-800 lbs. were steady to 4.00 higher, 800-850 were 2.00 lower. Heifers 850 lbs. and up were steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good. Some load lots in the yearlings today. The first feeder cattle auction in 2021 will be on , Sat. Jan. 2nd, expecting 4000 head plus, starting at 9:00 am. Then on Jan. 7th we will start our Thursday auctions. "Merry Christmas" and Happy New Year!

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.63/cwt on 2,466 head.
Average price
$137.63
2,466 head · 727 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,001
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$337
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$35.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.27
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542141.36766127
Medium and Large 1734137.761,0112,313
Large 11,081112.001,2117thin
Large 1-21,044105.631,10319thin
One grade step is worth $35.73/cwt here — about −$337 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 sale2,466 hd
137.63
SD average8 barns · 11,520 hd
141.90
−4.27
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

60 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
SteersLarge 11,228123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,51784
SteersLarge 11,061132.10/cwt132.10–132.101,402107
SteersLarge 11,105128.64/cwt113.50–130.751,421152
HeifersLarge 11,081112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2117
SteersLarge 1-21,23691.00/cwt91.00–91.001,12527
SteersLarge 1-21,56190.50/cwt90.50–90.501,41328
SteersMedium and Large 1879138.82/cwt135.25–142.001,220254
SteersMedium and Large 1578165.55/cwt157.00–173.00957275
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement606155.00/cwt155.00–155.0093910
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed554171.00/cwt171.00–171.009478
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed462192.00/cwt190.00–192.5088736
SteersMedium and Large 1525175.10/cwt170.50–184.25919114
SteersMedium and Large 1625155.79/cwt149.00–158.75974132
SteersMedium and Large 1337190.56/cwt189.00–195.0064225
SteersMedium and Large 1676149.49/cwt145.50–155.001,011188
HeifersMedium and Large 1371167.42/cwt162.00–169.0062172
HeifersMedium and Large 1484158.68/cwt153.00–163.50768117
SteersMedium and Large 1382192.23/cwt185.00–197.5073437
SteersMedium and Large 1976133.94/cwt133.10–135.251,30782
SteersMedium and Large 1465183.72/cwt178.00–188.00854112
HeifersMedium and Large 1257179.00/cwt179.00–179.004605
HeifersMedium and Large 1922126.79/cwt125.10–128.751,169176
HeifersMedium and Large 1768133.94/cwt127.50–135.501,029199
SteersMedium and Large 1828142.25/cwt136.50–144.501,178169
SteersMedium and Large 1772145.40/cwt140.00–152.251,122173
SteersMedium and Large 1711147.08/cwt142.00–149.751,046174
HeifersMedium and Large 1827129.06/cwt127.50–130.101,067238
HeifersMedium and Large 1330172.46/cwt170.00–176.0056931
HeifersMedium and Large 1431159.81/cwt155.00–165.0068965
HeifersMedium and Large 1637141.43/cwt136.25–146.0090169
HeifersMedium and Large 1969124.58/cwt119.50–127.001,207138
HeifersMedium and Large 1533153.74/cwt147.50–157.00819138
HeifersMedium and Large 1876127.14/cwt125.10–129.751,114501
HeifersMedium and Large 1676140.67/cwt135.00–144.00951267
BullsMedium and Large 1758127.00/cwt127.00–127.009636
HeifersLarge 1-21,044105.63/cwt105.00–108.001,10319
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2637135.00/cwt135.00–135.008605
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2231170.00/cwt170.00–170.003934
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2817125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,02513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2663129.53/cwt120.00–135.0085911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2274184.00/cwt184.00–184.005047
HeifersMedium and Large 1579150.73/cwt146.00–155.00873163
SteersMedium and Large 1-2621148.17/cwt147.00–150.509209
SteersMedium and Large 1-2426174.34/cwt164.00–183.0074344
SteersMedium and Large 1-2564154.65/cwt150.00–161.5087227
SteersMedium and Large 1-2538153.78/cwt145.50–167.0082714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2928120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1146
SteersMedium and Large 1-2684138.00/cwt138.00–138.009444
SteersMedium and Large 1-2467158.00/cwt158.00–158.007383
SteersMedium and Large 1-2343185.00/cwt185.00–185.0063513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2278183.86/cwt171.00–197.0051112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2712134.17/cwt133.50–135.509559
SteersMedium and Large 1-2783131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,0307
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585138.33/cwt135.50–143.5080916
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432149.79/cwt147.00–155.0064711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2735125.50/cwt125.50–125.509227
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2391161.00/cwt161.00–161.006307
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528135.87/cwt121.00–143.5071726
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2456142.73/cwt138.00–144.0065120
HeifersMedium and Large 1734130.38/cwt127.75–136.50957124

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.