Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-05-25

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 25
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,153 head
227 vs last sale 3,380 582 vs year ago 2,571 · +22.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 850-1100 lbs. sold 8.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers up to 800 lbs. sold on a higher undertone, heifers 800-1000 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 higher Demand was good, wth many large load lots for buyers to fill large pens. The next feeder cattle auction will be June 1st, expecting 2000 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.02/cwt on 1,501 head.
Average price
$193.02
1,501 head · 849 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$202
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2
$57.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.41
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2659209.681,382137
Medium and Large 1867191.521,6611,358
Large 21,042152.001,5846thin
One grade step is worth $57.68/cwt here — about −$202 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 sale1,501 hd
193.02
SD average5 barns · 5,491 hd
207.43
−14.41
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

47 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
BullsMedium and Large 1845176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,4875
BullsMedium and Large 1767189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,4506
BullsMedium and Large 1919170.93/cwt165.00–174.001,5719
BullsMedium and Large 1561250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4039
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy978165.75/cwt165.75–165.751,62140
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy899181.66/cwt176.00–182.501,63362
SteersMedium and Large 1887211.98/cwt204.50–214.101,880101
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed752251.75/cwt251.75–251.751,89379
SteersMedium and Large 1565258.76/cwt256.00–261.501,46228
SteersMedium and Large 1927207.53/cwt195.00–212.101,924289
SteersMedium and Large 1512260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,33111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2619232.35/cwt228.00–240.501,43816
SteersLarge 1-21,077169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,8203
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715207.54/cwt194.00–215.001,48424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2968178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,7233
SteersMedium and Large 1770240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,84862
SteersMedium and Large 1621265.17/cwt257.50–268.501,64740
SteersMedium and Large 1-2679216.39/cwt202.00–230.001,46922
SteersMedium and Large 1-2533253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,3483
SteersMedium and Large 1-2822203.17/cwt200.00–208.501,6708
SteersMedium and Large 1-2376277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,0437
SteersLarge 11,037196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,033152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2764218.76/cwt215.00–222.001,67113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2602214.02/cwt200.00–230.001,28815
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2830182.72/cwt181.00–194.001,51723
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2514230.94/cwt221.00–236.001,1879
HeifersLarge 21,042152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,5846
HeifersMedium and Large 1510249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,27010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2592233.14/cwt232.00–233.501,38037
HeifersMedium and Large 1837189.82/cwt189.50–191.001,58995
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy917172.10/cwt172.10–172.101,57872
HeifersMedium and Large 1966182.26/cwt175.00–183.601,761138
HeifersMedium and Large 1650234.25/cwt234.25–234.251,523119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2472234.39/cwt230.00–238.001,10613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2737189.04/cwt181.00–215.001,39340
SteersMedium and Large 1-2553250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3833
HeifersMedium and Large 1924186.16/cwt184.10–187.501,720414
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy855201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,7193
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy960187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,80015
HeifersMedium and Large 1705217.69/cwt212.50–218.001,53592
HeifersMedium and Large 1870186.70/cwt184.25–190.001,624305
SteersMedium and Large 1-2881185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,63014
HeifersMedium and Large 1780201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,56811
SteersMedium and Large 1980192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,88712
SteersLarge 11,171185.15/cwt184.50–185.852,168106
SteersLarge 11,148185.75/cwt185.75–185.752,13255
SteersLarge 11,074190.37/cwt185.00–193.352,045209

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.