Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-01-12

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 12
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
8,434 head
▲ 4,625 vs last sale 3,809▲ 208 vs year ago 8,226 · +2.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 lower, except 600 lbs - 650lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 1.00 to 4.00 lower, except under 750 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Demand for this very large attractive offering was good to very good. Yearlings were in high demand along with lighter calves. Most of the eye appealing offering was hauled in overnight or very early in the morning. Cattle condition was grass fed to moderate background. Rounds of shot given along with the amount of time the calves had been weaned were big factors for buyers. The winter weather has played a big factor in how green cattle are and the amount of tag they were carrying.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $180.70/cwt on 3,585 head.
Average price
$180.70
3,585 head · 811 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,466
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.46
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1765185.361,4182,819
Medium and Large 1-2776170.981,327171
Large 11,046165.071,727432
Large 1-21,027152.221,563156
Medium and Large 2832143.001,1907thin
One grade step is worth $42.36/cwt here — about $228 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 sale3,585 hd
180.70
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SD average9 barns · 26,948 hd
194.16
−13.46
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

51 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—642190.60/cwt185.50–192.001,22418
SteersLarge 1—1,059165.76/cwt159.00–168.751,755213
SteersLarge 1—1,011166.74/cwt165.35–169.001,686182
SteersLarge 1—1,147152.85/cwt152.85–152.851,75337
SteersLarge 1-2—1,085155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,68710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—527213.02/cwt209.00–217.001,1238
SteersLarge 1-2—1,015152.71/cwt144.00–159.751,550134
SteersMedium and Large 1—527226.43/cwt213.50–233.501,19343
SteersMedium and Large 1—434234.28/cwt233.00–235.001,01711
SteersMedium and Large 1—588210.14/cwt207.00–214.501,236236
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—846169.45/cwt167.00–170.501,43443
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—900159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,43112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—985138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,35911
SteersMedium and Large 1—737183.25/cwt177.75–192.001,351367
SteersMedium and Large 2—832143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1907
SteersMedium and Large 1—955169.52/cwt169.00–171.751,619234
SteersLarge 1-2—1,107144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,59412
SteersMedium and Large 1—617208.01/cwt206.00–209.501,283117
SteersMedium and Large 1—827177.19/cwt172.00–182.251,465551
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530188.73/cwt183.50–194.001,00027
HeifersMedium and Large 1—717172.44/cwt167.50–177.001,236526
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—914139.88/cwt139.00–140.001,27952
HeifersMedium and Large 1—916164.67/cwt164.25–165.251,508392
HeifersLarge 1—1,064157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,67640
HeifersLarge 1—1,028143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,4759
HeifersMedium and Large 2—767149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,14715
HeifersMedium and Large 1—440210.92/cwt207.00–214.009289
HeifersMedium and Large 1—885164.33/cwt160.00–165.601,454497
HeifersMedium and Large 1—628174.32/cwt168.50–181.001,095302
HeifersMedium and Large 1—769169.81/cwt163.00–172.501,306300
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578179.09/cwt172.00–185.001,035160
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—528179.00/cwt179.00–179.0094518
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—622166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0335
HeifersMedium and Large 2—927124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1498
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—861151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,30425
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—725166.39/cwt155.00–177.501,20619
HeifersMedium and Large 1—952163.67/cwt158.00–164.501,55872
SteersMedium and Large 1—913173.14/cwt167.50–175.501,581202
SteersMedium and Large 1—874173.82/cwt166.75–175.751,519130
SteersMedium and Large 1—780179.77/cwt174.50–182.751,402403
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—775161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,25214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—554173.50/cwt173.50–173.509617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—967149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,4416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—764166.54/cwt163.00–178.001,27254
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—890146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2996
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—676181.14/cwt180.50–182.001,22514
HeifersMedium and Large 1—816168.84/cwt167.00–172.001,378342
HeifersMedium and Large 1—676172.29/cwt163.00–176.501,165304
HeifersMedium and Large 2—732151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,10561
SteersMedium and Large 1—679193.72/cwt185.00–200.501,315525
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—566197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,1155

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.