Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-12-14

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 14
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,226 head
874 vs last sale 4,100 3,731 vs year ago 6,957 · 53.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light feeder steers sold a higher undertone, 700-800 lbs, sold 10.00-13.00 higher, 1050-1100 lbs. sold 4.00 higher. Light feeder heifers sold on a higher undertone, 600-650 lbs. sold 12.00 higher. 850-900 lbs, sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Demand was good. Had one feature consignment of over 700 head of feeders. Many reputation sellers today bringing in repeat orders for their cattle causing prices to be sharply higher instances 15.00-25.00 higher. The next feeder cattle auction will be Dec. 21st, expecting 3500 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 $250.41/cwt on 1,569 head.
Average price
$250.41
1,569 head · 730 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,829
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1
$118.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.39
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561259.951,459135
Medium and Large 1697256.961,7911,242
Large 11,068203.292,171186
Medium 1928141.001,3086thin
One grade step is worth $118.95/cwt here — about $151 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 sale1,569 hd
250.41
SD average7 barns · 15,118 hd
246.02
+4.39
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

61 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 11,076203.46/cwt194.00–204.502,189121
SteersLarge 11,027206.75/cwt206.75–206.752,12357
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy734230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,68830
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,4873
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy694242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,68310
SteersMedium and Large 1490307.04/cwt298.00–309.501,50473
SteersMedium and Large 1618258.80/cwt252.00–264.001,59956
SteersMedium and Large 1939227.60/cwt227.60–227.602,13760
SteersMedium and Large 1764230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,75732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2401313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,2555
SteersMedium and Large 1415333.46/cwt321.00–341.001,38421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590257.38/cwt243.00–263.001,51922
SteersMedium and Large 1839231.45/cwt225.00–232.501,942158
SteersMedium and Large 1523298.33/cwt295.00–300.001,56035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2393265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0415
SteersMedium and Large 1-2912150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3684
SteersMedium and Large 1876211.61/cwt202.00–223.001,85462
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed607285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,730155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680233.54/cwt231.00–236.001,58821
SteersMedium and Large 1-2743200.91/cwt190.00–209.001,4937
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed666280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,86552
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490278.91/cwt271.00–291.001,36756
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,5649
SteersMedium and Large 1-2332312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,0363
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy644228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4688
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy574238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,36630
HeifersLarge 11,030173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,7825
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy680213.39/cwt205.00–216.001,45146
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy849182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,54512
HeifersLarge 1Fleshy1,133170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,9263
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2756197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,48936
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2564227.83/cwt215.00–231.001,28558
HeifersMedium and Large 1808201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,62420
HeifersMedium and Large 1929190.92/cwt183.75–195.251,774180
HeifersMedium and Large 1582252.39/cwt242.00–254.501,469251
HeifersMedium and Large 1977198.93/cwt179.85–212.501,944243
HeifersMedium and Large 1635238.66/cwt235.00–249.001,51588
HeifersMedium and Large 1467283.77/cwt267.50–285.001,32555
HeifersMedium and Large 1726222.88/cwt218.50–230.001,61836
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,26013
HeifersMedium and Large 1518257.71/cwt257.00–259.001,33545
HeifersMedium and Large 1382290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1086
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430257.89/cwt251.00–267.001,10913
HeifersMedium and Large 1418277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,1583
HeifersMedium and Large 1794208.12/cwt196.00–209.001,65244
HeifersMedium and Large 1674236.47/cwt219.00–241.001,594124
HeifersLarge 2885162.34/cwt155.00–163.001,43761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2681202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3766
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610224.14/cwt219.00–230.001,36713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482243.32/cwt240.00–245.001,17331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2865175.82/cwt167.50–194.001,52116
HeifersMedium and Large 1888192.75/cwt192.75–192.751,71265
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy973193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,87839
HeifersLarge 1-21,168169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,9743
SteersMedium and Large 1566286.23/cwt265.00–294.001,62076
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy522268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,3993
SteersMedium 1Fleshy928141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,3086
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1,233176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,1708
SteersMedium and Large 1712247.24/cwt232.00–252.851,760149
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2389273.82/cwt260.00–290.001,06517
SteersMedium and Large 1669255.89/cwt244.00–262.251,712231

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.