Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-05-04

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 4
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,433 head
2,785 vs last sale 4,218 2,166 vs year ago 3,599 · 60.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trend not applicable due to many farmers in the fields making for lower number of feeder. A steady to lower undertone was noted. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 11th, expecting 2500 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 $192.20/cwt on 938 head.
Average price
$192.20
938 head · 936 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,799
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$399
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$40.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
21.72
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2741205.401,52248
Medium and Large 1839202.811,702508
Large 11,089176.551,923378
Large 1-21,164165.001,9214thin
One grade step is worth $40.40/cwt here — about −$399 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 sale938 hd
192.20
SD average5 barns · 4,377 hd
213.92
−21.72
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

46 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 11,213170.85/cwt170.85–170.852,07221
SteersLarge 11,088177.63/cwt176.50–179.251,933205
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2543214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,1629
HeifersLarge 11,100157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,72712
SteersMedium and Large 1973178.28/cwt178.00–178.851,73584
SteersMedium and Large 1-2960173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,66120
SteersMedium and Large 1482288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,3888
SteersMedium and Large 1835199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,66613
SteersMedium and Large 1872192.40/cwt191.25–194.501,678132
SteersMedium and Large 1405302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,2259
SteersMedium and Large 1713220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,56918
SteersMedium and Large 1947176.75/cwt176.75–176.751,67462
SteersMedium and Large 1682240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,63736
SteersMedium and Large 1514270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3887
SteersLarge 1-21,164165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,9214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2626233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,4627
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,2994
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed554283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,56818
SteersMedium and Large 1589261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,53720
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2576
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,29219
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2865160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3843
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2762181.28/cwt177.00–182.001,38129
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2592202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,1967
BullsMedium and Large 1948161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,5269
SteersMedium and Large 1624243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,51620
HeifersMedium and Large 1619216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,33721
HeifersMedium and Large 1573227.41/cwt221.00–232.001,30337
SteersMedium and Large 1-2482257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,2413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2558230.60/cwt220.00–235.001,28714
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy833191.75/cwt191.75–191.751,59713
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy979174.60/cwt174.60–174.601,70965
HeifersMedium and Large 1429265.63/cwt256.00–276.001,14012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2829154.89/cwt148.00–165.001,28415
SteersLarge 11,112176.73/cwt176.00–177.101,96575
SteersLarge 11,036175.03/cwt171.00–175.501,81377
HeifersMedium and Large 1825185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,52631
HeifersLarge 11,044164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,71711
HeifersMedium and Large 1874181.77/cwt179.00–184.001,58976
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy875190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,6673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2653170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1105
HeifersMedium and Large 1931173.75/cwt173.75–173.751,61830
HeifersMedium and Large 1534236.30/cwt232.00–242.501,26225
HeifersMedium and Large 1458246.20/cwt246.20–246.201,12810
HeifersMedium and Large 1391280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0954
HeifersMedium and Large 1775189.99/cwt189.50–190.501,47233

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.