Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-03-09

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 9
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
5,446 head
2,738 vs last sale 8,184 477 vs year ago 5,923 · 8.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers 650-750 lbs. sold 8.00-15.00 higher, 750 lbs. and up were steady to 5.00 lower, with instances 10.00 lower on 850-900 lbs. Heifers 600-750 lbs. sold 2.00-9.00 higher, 750-900 lbs. sold 1.00-6.00 lower, 900-1000 lbs. sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Demand was good, Many large load lots for todays auction. The next feeder cattle auction will be Mar.16th, expecting 4500 head of feeders, starting at 8:30 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $181.94/cwt on 2,625 head.
Average price
$181.94
2,625 head · 765 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,392
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$466
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$32.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.95
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2598186.211,113237
Medium and Large 1778181.861,4162,358
Large 11,026153.921,57930
One grade step is worth $32.30/cwt here — about −$466 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 sale2,625 hd
181.94
SD average7 barns · 12,115 hd
189.89
−7.95
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

58 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 11,172164.75/cwt164.75–164.751,93121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2744166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,23514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2334255.00/cwt255.00–255.008527
SteersLarge 11,018172.52/cwt170.00–175.351,756115
SteersLarge 11,222166.25/cwt166.25–166.252,03227
SteersMedium and Large 1827184.27/cwt181.00–188.001,524131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2514226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,16418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2393226.00/cwt226.00–226.0088818
SteersMedium and Large 1-2909160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,45414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2675200.49/cwt199.00–202.001,35328
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,2376
SteersMedium and Large 1722205.32/cwt192.50–213.501,482254
SteersMedium and Large 1-2889170.04/cwt162.00–173.751,51252
SteersMedium and Large 1667217.59/cwt208.00–220.251,451135
SteersMedium and Large 1882178.37/cwt177.00–182.501,57390
SteersMedium and Large 1530241.06/cwt229.00–249.001,27853
SteersMedium and Large 1561240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3469
SteersMedium and Large 1613214.57/cwt211.00–221.501,31583
SteersMedium and Large 1465252.87/cwt252.00–254.001,1769
SteersMedium and Large 1978174.57/cwt172.00–179.851,707644
SteersMedium and Large 1778197.68/cwt188.50–205.001,538354
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed607232.58/cwt232.00–234.001,41274
SteersMedium and Large 1921175.61/cwt174.50–177.501,617106
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471208.35/cwt195.00–211.0098143
HeifersLarge 11,018153.75/cwt153.75–153.751,56526
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy989157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,5534
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy670183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,22929
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy806165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3309
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned499219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,0938
HeifersMedium and Large 1722184.40/cwt176.50–186.251,331471
HeifersMedium and Large 1456219.00/cwt219.00–219.009999
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2539192.50/cwt185.00–202.001,03840
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2790172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,35912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2685173.60/cwt160.00–179.001,18956
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2342207.00/cwt207.00–207.007089
HeifersMedium and Large 1391221.00/cwt221.00–221.008649
HeifersMedium and Large 1878169.99/cwt168.50–171.501,49364
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635178.79/cwt174.00–185.001,13539
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,05522
HeifersMedium and Large 1768176.66/cwt176.25–178.001,357143
HeifersMedium and Large 1918172.82/cwt165.00–175.351,586607
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy992163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,61746
HeifersMedium and Large 1520211.03/cwt210.00–213.001,09717
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2408201.00/cwt201.00–201.008204
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2826165.76/cwt165.00–168.001,36912
HeifersMedium and Large 1951168.75/cwt168.75–168.751,605128
HeifersMedium and Large 1563201.55/cwt199.00–206.001,13567
SteersLarge 11,050166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,7436
SteersLarge 11,135163.21/cwt159.60–165.751,852147
HeifersMedium and Large 1820174.62/cwt170.50–176.501,432265
HeifersMedium and Large 1665196.36/cwt192.25–197.251,306251
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy878178.64/cwt175.00–179.501,56826
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy777189.10/cwt188.50–189.501,46923
SteersMedium and Large 1-2634204.98/cwt182.00–221.001,30055
SteersMedium and Large 1-2784177.97/cwt165.00–186.251,39530
HeifersMedium and Large 1637194.01/cwt185.00–197.751,236285
HeifersLarge 11,076155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,6684
SteersMedium and Large 1-2970167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,6204

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.