Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-04-27

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 27
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,218 head
266 vs last sale 3,952 371 vs year ago 4,589 · 8.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers up to 750 lbs. sold on a steady to higher undertone, 750-1000 lbs. sold 1.00-4.00 lower, 1000-1100 lbs. sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Heifers up to 850 lbs. had a unevenly steady undertone, 850-950 lbs. were 1.00-2.00 higher. Many large load lots in todays offering buyers could fill large pens with one mans cattle. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 4th, expecting 3000 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 $185.18/cwt on 2,411 head.
Average price
$185.18
2,411 head · 830 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,537
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$32.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.01
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2657200.801,320178
Medium and Large 1845184.061,5552,215
Medium and Large 2655168.381,10318thin
One grade step is worth $32.42/cwt here — about $216 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 sale2,411 hd
185.18
SD average7 barns · 9,320 hd
202.18
−17.01
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

59 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 1-2368283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,0417
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned640205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,31210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2513240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,23111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2782197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,54120
SteersMedium and Large 1-2657218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4329
SteersLarge 21,182153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,8146
SteersMedium and Large 1624242.89/cwt234.00–244.001,51684
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy633209.56/cwt202.50–215.001,3277
SteersMedium and Large 1-2642211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3553
SteersMedium and Large 1929190.37/cwt186.75–191.501,769133
SteersMedium and Large 1588243.01/cwt242.00–244.001,42912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2448255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,14213
SteersMedium and Large 1986186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,834247
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473237.93/cwt230.00–243.001,12515
SteersMedium and Large 1775214.38/cwt211.50–217.251,661114
SteersMedium and Large 1691237.25/cwt237.25–237.251,63956
SteersMedium and Large 1820211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,73049
SteersMedium and Large 1713234.88/cwt233.50–237.501,67535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2576227.28/cwt223.00–232.001,30918
SteersMedium and Large 1880194.39/cwt194.00–194.501,71146
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned639225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,43825
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed511269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,37533
SteersMedium and Large 1544251.99/cwt247.50–257.501,37142
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy778180.09/cwt177.50–181.001,401129
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy878177.85/cwt177.85–177.851,56299
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy679203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,37822
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy638204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,30211
BullsMedium and Large 1543234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,2719
BullsMedium and Large 1434246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,0689
HeifersMedium and Large 1818180.61/cwt179.50–200.001,477462
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2946168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,5894
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2569199.89/cwt194.00–206.001,13720
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2803177.25/cwt177.25–177.251,42334
HeifersMedium and Large 2732155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1354
HeifersMedium and Large 2675168.24/cwt166.00–172.001,1368
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2331267.00/cwt267.00–267.008847
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy821177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,45710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2883173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,53234
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376265.56/cwt252.50–275.0099910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,02812
HeifersMedium and Large 1709210.69/cwt210.00–212.001,49456
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2661194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,2826
HeifersMedium and Large 1561217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,21727
HeifersMedium and Large 1788188.26/cwt182.00–195.001,48356
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2492230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,13214
HeifersMedium and Large 1864184.46/cwt178.75–189.101,594726
HeifersMedium and Large 2578177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,0266
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy884189.25/cwt189.25–189.251,67346
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2642192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,23325
HeifersMedium and Large 1602216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,30022
HeifersMedium and Large 1969177.05/cwt174.75–179.601,716126
HeifersMedium and Large 1524230.65/cwt225.00–238.001,20936
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2537210.23/cwt209.00–214.001,12912
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy704215.38/cwt213.50–217.501,51617
HeifersMedium and Large 1921178.22/cwt177.75–179.101,641423
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy990180.47/cwt179.25–181.601,78796
SteersLarge 11,008184.66/cwt180.75–186.251,861329
SteersLarge 11,076179.08/cwt170.00–180.601,927145
SteersLarge 11,174173.85/cwt173.85–173.852,04157

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.