Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-10-12

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 12
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,332 head
315 vs last sale 1,017 1,740 vs year ago 3,072 · 56.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light feeder steers and heifers sold on a higher undertone. Heifers 900-950 lbs. sold steady. Majority of todays feeders were heifers. Demand was good. MLM is starting to get spring calves into the offering, next week 700 light calves on list for next week already. The next feeder cattle auction will be Oct. 19th, expecting 3000 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 $216.70/cwt on 1,068 head.
Average price
$216.70
1,068 head · 913 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,978
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$47.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
37.98
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1864226.221,955639
Medium and Large 1-2879210.211,848160
Large 11,044203.252,123201
Large 1-21,028191.001,96319thin
Large 21,072179.001,91949
One grade step is worth $47.22/cwt here — about $36 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 sale1,068 hd
216.70
SD average9 barns · 8,624 hd
254.68
−37.98
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

29 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 1Fleshy1,068184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,97018
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy925201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,8593
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy950210.50/cwt210.50–210.502,00027
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy680197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,34011
HeifersLarge 11,070202.42/cwt201.10–207.002,16676
HeifersMedium and Large 1720249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,79682
SteersMedium and Large 1961222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,13328
SteersMedium and Large 1848249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,1129
SteersMedium and Large 1935242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,26330
SteersMedium and Large 1872239.32/cwt234.75–241.252,08792
HeifersMedium and Large 1491278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,3658
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2374267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,0006
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy984216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,12526
SteersLarge 11,022204.00/cwt204.00–204.002,0854
SteersMedium and Large 1478297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,4224
HeifersMedium and Large 1429273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,1718
SteersMedium and Large 1512290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4855
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2707226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,6016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2935191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,78634
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2784222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,74037
HeifersMedium and Large 1856219.21/cwt219.00–219.251,876114
HeifersMedium and Large 1936215.28/cwt214.75–217.252,015122
HeifersLarge 1-21,028191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,96319
HeifersMedium and Large 1957217.48/cwt217.35–217.752,081193
HeifersLarge 21,072179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,91949
HeifersMedium and Large 1380275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0454
HeifersMedium and Large 1761244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,86178
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2999209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,08866
HeifersLarge 11,022207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,116107

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.