Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-11-02

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 2
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,186 head
2,141 vs last sale 5,327 318 vs year ago 2,868 · +11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers up to 700 lbs . sold on a lower undertone, 800-1000 lbs . steers sold on a higher undertone. Steers over 1000 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, except 1100-1200 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers had a steady to higher undertone. Heifers 900-950 lbs. sold 7.00 higher. Demand was good. Some load lots in the heavier feeders. Again flesh and shots determined prices. The next feeder cattle auction will be Nov. 9th, expecting 3000 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $243.66/cwt on 1,773 head.
Average price
$243.66
1,773 head · 841 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,048
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$419
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$79.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
45.60
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1623273.671,704675
Medium and Large 1-2582270.611,574179
Medium and Large 2513258.541,32750
Large 11,082214.142,317861
Large 1-21,094194.002,1228thin
One grade step is worth $79.67/cwt here — about −$419 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 sale1,773 hd
243.66
SD average12 barns · 27,610 hd
289.26
−45.60
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

62 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 1Fleshy754222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,67414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2568267.83/cwt261.00–273.001,52117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2926214.50/cwt214.50–214.501,98630
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy873229.75/cwt229.75–229.752,00656
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy624246.17/cwt240.50–248.001,53651
SteersMedium and Large 2337305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,02828
SteersMedium and Large 1428326.64/cwt317.00–338.501,39889
SteersMedium and Large 1-2449313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,4055
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,0485
SteersMedium and Large 2940160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,50412
SteersLarge 11,170211.04/cwt208.60–211.602,469140
SteersMedium and Large 1-2487291.38/cwt282.00–297.001,41934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375325.78/cwt290.00–337.501,22222
SteersMedium and Large 1485317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,54032
SteersMedium and Large 1642263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,6885
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625242.65/cwt230.00–248.001,51730
SteersMedium and Large 2275302.50/cwt302.50–302.508326
SteersMedium and Large 1529298.30/cwt290.00–306.001,578121
SteersMedium and Large 1835238.32/cwt235.50–240.351,99042
SteersMedium and Large 1652255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,66340
SteersMedium and Large 1927232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,15139
SteersLarge 1-21,094194.00/cwt194.00–194.002,1228
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535274.84/cwt268.00–279.501,47036
SteersMedium and Large 1567278.79/cwt265.00–289.001,58166
SteersMedium and Large 1855240.25/cwt240.25–240.252,05446
HeifersMedium and Large 1754236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,77985
HeifersLarge 1-2Fleshy1,238177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,1916
HeifersMedium and Large 2999170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6987
HeifersMedium and Large 2442242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,0703
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy941209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,96737
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy981209.75/cwt209.75–209.752,05862
HeifersMedium and Large 2463233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,0799
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2888215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,9097
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2493250.53/cwt248.00–256.001,23555
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2784214.39/cwt201.00–224.001,68114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2608231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,40416
HeifersMedium and Large 2592225.16/cwt208.00–232.001,33347
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,17320
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2322294.45/cwt277.50–305.0094817
HeifersMedium and Large 1800229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,8326
HeifersMedium and Large 1927218.93/cwt216.75–220.002,029247
HeifersMedium and Large 2345252.00/cwt252.00–252.0086918
HeifersMedium and Large 2289285.00/cwt285.00–285.0082410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2688202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,39015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385304.85/cwt304.00–305.001,17460
HeifersLarge 11,031209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,15510
HeifersMedium and Large 1428280.74/cwt277.00–282.001,20229
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2547244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,33524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2719203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,46320
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed953220.35/cwt220.35–220.352,10063
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed509286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,45612
SteersLarge 11,074214.41/cwt211.00–215.352,303362
SteersLarge 11,016221.38/cwt212.60–226.352,249156
HeifersMedium and Large 1962214.94/cwt214.00–215.502,068182
HeifersMedium and Large 1527256.59/cwt249.00–266.001,35287
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy653248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,61916
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1,056205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,165100
SteersLarge 11,116215.30/cwt214.85–215.752,403103
SteersMedium and Large 2822163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,3404
HeifersMedium and Large 1740239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,7698
HeifersMedium and Large 1481275.15/cwt268.00–286.001,323145
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy407291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,18458

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.