Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-11-30

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 30
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,612 head
1,034 vs last sale 2,578 1,354 vs year ago 4,966 · 27.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers up to 600 lbs. sold on a higher undertone, steers 600-900 lbs. sold 2.00-8.00 higher. Light heifers up to 700 lbs. sold on a higher undertone, heifers 850-950 lbs. sold 4.00-7.00 lower. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Dec. 7th, this will be there Winter Time BBQ. Expecting 5000 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 $218.42/cwt on 1,740 head.
Average price
$218.42
1,740 head · 737 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$121
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$120.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.72
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547231.971,270343
Medium and Large 1747220.631,6471,243
Large 11,069174.941,871143
Large 1-21,253111.001,39111thin
One grade step is worth $120.97/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale1,740 hd
218.42
SD average6 barns · 6,294 hd
234.14
−15.72
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 1Fleshy987200.69/cwt200.00–201.501,98139
SteersMedium and Large 1863228.89/cwt219.00–232.001,975112
SteersMedium and Large 1713237.99/cwt231.00–243.001,697112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2426241.80/cwt231.00–267.001,03031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2290274.49/cwt265.00–280.0079613
SteersMedium and Large 1983215.75/cwt215.75–215.752,121198
SteersMedium and Large 1620267.46/cwt261.00–275.001,658257
SteersMedium and Large 1-2506270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,36618
SteersMedium and Large 1-2794218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7319
SteersMedium and Large 1531295.20/cwt275.00–304.001,568137
SteersMedium and Large 1-2372310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1533
SteersMedium and Large 1433323.29/cwt317.00–327.001,40011
SteersMedium and Large 1486308.06/cwt297.50–313.501,497136
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580261.25/cwt224.00–268.001,51583
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural531306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,62550
SteersMedium and Large 1-2296277.50/cwt277.50–277.5082112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,33310
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed702250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,7598
SteersMedium and Large 1-2738222.58/cwt198.00–229.501,64368
SteersMedium and Large 1-2930191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,7763
SteersMedium and Large 1-2664230.40/cwt222.00–238.001,53012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2419305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2788
SteersMedium and Large 1767231.12/cwt229.25–237.501,77378
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural409344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,40713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2818201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,64413
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy657215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4139
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy769191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,4696
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy649194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,2594
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy883188.13/cwt185.50–197.001,66130
HeifersLarge 1Fleshy1,273164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,0883
HeifersLarge 1Fleshy1,070178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,9103
HeifersMedium and Large 1937199.45/cwt195.00–205.251,869242
HeifersLarge 11,011176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,77958
HeifersMedium and Large 1484267.81/cwt263.00–273.501,29676
HeifersMedium and Large 1778207.11/cwt203.00–208.501,611105
HeifersMedium and Large 1987193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,91033
HeifersLarge 11,089163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,78115
HeifersMedium and Large 1529261.98/cwt253.50–274.001,38652
HeifersMedium and Large 1575248.12/cwt219.00–252.001,42764
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2732191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,3984
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2538231.33/cwt190.00–242.001,24559
HeifersLarge 11,108177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,96164
HeifersMedium and Large 1636224.66/cwt220.00–227.501,42997
HeifersMedium and Large 1882197.93/cwt194.50–199.751,74678
HeifersMedium and Large 1717222.20/cwt210.00–228.001,59377
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2686206.61/cwt191.00–219.501,41747
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2569224.67/cwt201.00–236.001,27888
HeifersMedium and Large 1360292.83/cwt291.00–294.001,05410
HeifersMedium and Large 1671231.17/cwt227.00–238.001,551191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2364288.94/cwt287.50–295.001,05215
HeifersLarge 1-21,253111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,39111
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy719206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,48112
SteersMedium and Large 1577281.96/cwt269.00–293.001,62796
HeifersMedium and Large 1829205.71/cwt202.75–208.001,705142
HeifersMedium and Large 1416291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,21127
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2993177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,7633
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2631206.60/cwt204.00–211.001,3048
SteersMedium and Large 1683247.60/cwt242.00–251.001,69192
SteersMedium and Large 1395337.24/cwt335.00–345.001,33213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476253.28/cwt237.50–279.001,20660
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2784192.80/cwt190.50–202.001,51215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2634245.24/cwt230.00–255.001,55541

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.