Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-10-05

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 5
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,017 head
2,317 vs last sale 3,334 1,340 vs year ago 2,357 · 56.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold on a lower undertone, feeder heifers sold on a lower undertone, heifers 900-950 lbs. sold 2.00 lower. Demand was fair. Quality and flesh were determining factors in todays prices. The next feeder cattle auction will be Oct. 12th, expecting 2500 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 $216.37/cwt on 643 head.
Average price
$216.37
643 head · 823 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,781
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$74.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
23.99
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2604238.481,43975
Medium and Large 1855221.111,891447
Large 11,031213.502,2017thin
Large 2843191.001,61082
Large 1-21,098165.001,8123thin
Medium and Large 2765163.931,25529
One grade step is worth $74.55/cwt here — about $185 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 sale643 hd
216.37
SD average8 barns · 7,405 hd
240.37
−23.99
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

31 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 11,004204.00/cwt204.00–204.002,0487
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy950213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,02412
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy939214.45/cwt212.75–215.252,014131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy699183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,2795
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy799221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,76653
HeifersLarge 11,031213.50/cwt213.50–213.502,2017
HeifersMedium and Large 1786227.75/cwt225.50–234.001,79055
SteersMedium and Large 1-2540269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,4535
SteersMedium and Large 2526249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,31014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2806230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,85410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,6286
SteersMedium and Large 1-2854218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,8625
SteersLarge 11,113209.10/cwt209.10–209.102,327123
HeifersLarge 1-21,098165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,8123
SteersLarge 2891157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,39916
HeifersMedium and Large 1904216.25/cwt216.25–216.251,955117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,35726
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2719227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,63612
SteersLarge 11,179195.50/cwt195.50–195.502,3056
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2462253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,1696
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,53025
HeifersLarge 2843191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,61082
HeifersMedium and Large 1627238.09/cwt237.50–243.001,49346
HeifersMedium and Large 2830159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,32016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4405
HeifersMedium and Large 2686170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,16613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2660225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,48810
HeifersMedium and Large 1650235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,52813
HeifersMedium and Large 1958232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,22320
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2382263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,0054
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2805212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,7077

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.