Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-06-01

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jun 1
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,756 head
1,397 vs last sale 3,153 379 vs year ago 1,377 · +27.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough steers for trend, trend not applicable. Steers 1000-1100 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers 850-950 lbs. sold 4.00-5.00 higher. Demand was good, many large load lots in heavy heifers. The next feeder cattle auction will be June 8th, this will be their SUMMER TIME BBQ, expecting 6000 head of feeders, starting at 8:00 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.54/cwt on 1,100 head.
Average price
$193.54
1,100 head · 867 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,679
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$736
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.77
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1876194.451,7021,008
Medium and Large 1-2787184.931,45587
Medium and Large 2604160.009665thin
One grade step is worth $34.45/cwt here — about $736 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 sale1,100 hd
193.54
SD average2 barns · 1,252 hd
192.77
+0.77
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

30 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 1-2917187.66/cwt182.00–189.751,72130
SteersMedium and Large 1870208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,81022
SteersMedium and Large 1989191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,88949
SteersMedium and Large 1918208.14/cwt205.50–210.001,91154
HeifersMedium and Large 1478261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,24827
HeifersMedium and Large 1950184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,74827
HeifersMedium and Large 1572243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,39028
HeifersMedium and Large 1845188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,58953
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2775196.28/cwt189.00–204.001,52118
HeifersMedium and Large 2604160.00/cwt160.00–160.009665
SteersLarge 1-21,021171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,7466
SteersMedium and Large 1608272.25/cwt272.25–272.251,65567
SteersMedium and Large 1-2634223.64/cwt222.00–225.001,4189
SteersMedium and Large 1-2510252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,28812
SteersMedium and Large 1783220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7238
SteersMedium and Large 1740220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6289
SteersLarge 1-21,268149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,8966
SteersLarge 1-21,148175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,0094
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy730211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5406
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy947186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,7669
SteersLarge 11,020198.00/cwt198.00–198.002,02057
SteersLarge 11,072191.14/cwt186.00–198.002,049141
SteersLarge 21,078171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,84352
SteersMedium and Large 2997164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,6359
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2801177.29/cwt165.00–188.251,42034
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730180.40/cwt175.00–183.001,3179
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2671196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,31511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2887183.22/cwt180.00–184.001,62515
HeifersMedium and Large 1872192.56/cwt191.00–193.351,679351
HeifersMedium and Large 1914190.87/cwt189.00–194.101,745522

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.