Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-05-11

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 11
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,864 head
431 vs last sale 1,433 2,451 vs year ago 4,315 · 56.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 600 lbs. and up sold on a higher undertone . Numbers made for trend not applicable. Demand was good, Quality was really good. Had some load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 18th, expecting 2500 head of feeders, starting at 9:00-9:30 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $192.60/cwt on 1,327 head.
Average price
$192.60
1,327 head · 791 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,523
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$636
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$46.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.89
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2557212.791,18576
Medium and Large 1803191.721,5391,234
Medium and Large 2763168.001,2826thin
Large 11,097166.001,82111thin
One grade step is worth $46.79/cwt here — about −$636 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 sale1,327 hd
192.60
SD average6 barns · 6,627 hd
207.50
−14.89
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

40 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 1-2579231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,33728
SteersLarge 1-21,051177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,8604
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy888173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,5366
HeifersLarge 11,097166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,82111
HeifersMedium and Large 1515246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2479229.52/cwt227.00–234.001,09943
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,1013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2363237.50/cwt237.50–237.508623
SteersMedium and Large 1918187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,7213
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,04592.00/cwt92.00–92.009616
SteersMedium and Large 1721226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,62919
SteersMedium and Large 1627253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,5866
SteersMedium and Large 1-2642187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,2045
SteersMedium and Large 1524265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3899
SteersMedium and Large 1772224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,72918
SteersMedium and Large 1436299.14/cwt296.00–301.001,30419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,5485
SteersMedium and Large 1-2466248.88/cwt248.00–250.001,16019
HeifersMedium and Large 1591228.60/cwt228.00–233.001,35167
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy885185.24/cwt182.00–189.501,6397
SteersMedium and Large 1590255.02/cwt252.00–261.001,50535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2681210.23/cwt200.00–217.001,43220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2739215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5896
SteersMedium and Large 1-2764202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5434
HeifersMedium and Large 1969175.49/cwt171.85–179.001,700147
HeifersMedium and Large 1732198.78/cwt194.50–203.501,455231
SteersMedium and Large 1676242.42/cwt234.50–244.001,63943
SteersMedium and Large 1977192.92/cwt192.10–193.751,885120
HeifersMedium and Large 1621221.17/cwt214.00–225.501,37358
HeifersMedium and Large 1862185.40/cwt181.00–187.751,598215
HeifersMedium and Large 1909184.04/cwt182.00–184.251,67398
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2677189.19/cwt184.00–195.001,28121
SteersLarge 11,057183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,94038
SteersMedium and Large 1807212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,7117
HeifersMedium and Large 2763168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,2826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2810164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,3286
HeifersMedium and Large 1685202.71/cwt195.00–213.001,38961
HeifersMedium and Large 1818183.69/cwt174.00–189.101,503309
HeifersMedium and Large 1467251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,1729
HeifersMedium and Large 1772188.79/cwt188.00–189.501,45730

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.