Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-04-06

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 6
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,457 head
2,556 vs last sale 5,013 1,404 vs year ago 3,861 · 36.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 900-1150 lbs. sold 5.00-9.00 higher. Heifers 700-900 lbs. sold 6.00-13.00 higher. We had a consignment of 300 head of certified Red Angus steers witch put them in value added class, bringing top dollar. Demand was good . Had a few load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 20th, expecting 3500 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $199.52/cwt on 1,183 head.
Average price
$199.52
1,183 head · 895 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,787
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$309
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$23.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.11
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1841204.411,720917
Medium and Large 1-2724196.411,42225
Large 11,120181.222,029241
One grade step is worth $23.19/cwt here — about −$309 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 sale1,183 hd
199.52
SD average4 barns · 5,075 hd
201.63
−2.11
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

27 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy734183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,34318
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy776180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,39745
HeifersLarge 11,026177.94/cwt170.75–184.601,826267
HeifersMedium and Large 1560214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,19821
HeifersMedium and Large 1834185.80/cwt172.00–187.501,550104
HeifersMedium and Large 1736196.63/cwt191.00–199.001,447107
SteersMedium and Large 1-2727201.75/cwt201.00–202.001,46712
SteersMedium and Large 1986188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,85460
SteersMedium and Large 1525237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,24410
SteersMedium and Large 1656222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,46053
SteersMedium and Large 1744208.62/cwt205.00–209.001,55253
SteersMedium and Large 1827208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,72047
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added876200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,75625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2829173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,4344
SteersMedium and Large 1-2674199.70/cwt186.00–210.001,3469
HeifersMedium and Large 1764199.62/cwt188.50–200.501,525190
HeifersMedium and Large 1668192.29/cwt189.00–197.001,28422
HeifersMedium and Large 1635211.61/cwt209.00–214.001,34482
SteersMedium and Large 1850192.25/cwt192.25–192.251,63436
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added727220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,599101
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added832209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,739152
HeifersMedium and Large 1874181.48/cwt176.50–182.501,586306
SteersLarge 11,049174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,83111
SteersLarge 11,123181.54/cwt177.75–182.602,039230
SteersMedium and Large 1594235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3966
SteersMedium and Large 1783204.36/cwt203.00–207.001,60073
SteersMedium and Large 1933195.75/cwt187.00–196.501,826301

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.