Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-08-24

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 24
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
697 head
601 vs last sale 1,298 3,165 vs year ago 3,862 · 82.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: We had some thin fleshed off grass steers under 1000 lbs. that were dollars higher. Steers 1050-1150 lbs. were 5.00 higher. We also had some light heifers that were dollars higher. Demand was very good . There will be NO AUCTION next week, due to SD state Fair. Next auction will be Sept 7th. Follow web site for time and number of feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $234.57/cwt on 492 head.
Average price
$234.57
492 head · 1,005 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,357
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$36.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.60
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1921246.542,270230
Large 11,079224.452,421255
Large 1-21,096210.002,3027thin
One grade step is worth $36.54/cwt here — about −$32 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 sale492 hd
234.57
SD average6 barns · 5,458 hd
250.18
−15.60
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

15 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
HeifersLarge 11,018220.50/cwt220.50–220.502,24514
HeifersMedium and Large 1852224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,9083
HeifersMedium and Large 1698238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,66119
HeifersMedium and Large 1789235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,85428
HeifersMedium and Large 1816235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,91868
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2714231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6496
HeifersMedium and Large 1951219.85/cwt219.85–219.852,09161
SteersLarge 11,116223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,48960
SteersLarge 11,067224.90/cwt211.00–228.102,400195
SteersMedium and Large 1970236.75/cwt236.75–236.752,29666
SteersMedium and Large 1920225.50/cwt225.50–225.502,07514
SteersLarge 1-21,096210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,3027
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed935253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,36663
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed871254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,21264
SteersMedium and Large 1879249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,18923

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.