Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-12-28

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 28
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,443 head
1,629 vs last sale 3,072 5,730 vs year ago 7,173 · 79.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The undertone on steers up to 800 lbs. was lower, steers 800-850 lbs. were 2.00 higher, steers 900-950 were 8.00 lower. Steers 950 lbs. and up were unevenly steady. Undertone on feeder heifers up to 650 lbs. was lower, heifers 650-700 lbs. was 2.00 lower. Heifers over 700 lbs. sold on a lower undertone. Due to rain and snow this past week, feeders came in with rough coats of hair and muddy. Making numbers lower today. Demand was good, The next feeder cattle auction will be Jan. 4th, 2024. expecting 5000 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am. "HAPPY NEW YEAR" From MICTHELL LIVESTOCK MARKET

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $236.01/cwt on 736 head.
Average price
$236.01
736 head · 777 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,833
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$283
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$72.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.15
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1770239.111,841611
Medium and Large 1-2771225.511,739115
Large 11,271167.052,12410thin
One grade step is worth $72.06/cwt here — about −$283 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 sale736 hd
236.01
SD average2 barns · 930 hd
222.85
+13.15
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

40 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy886198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,7595
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy727218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,58514
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy824200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,64818
HeifersLarge 11,006193.85/cwt193.85–193.851,95052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2542246.90/cwt241.00–249.001,33819
HeifersMedium and Large 1828213.21/cwt209.50–214.001,76587
SteersMedium and Large 1-2927186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,72919
SteersMedium and Large 1-2719222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,59610
SteersMedium and Large 1774229.94/cwt229.50–230.001,78040
SteersMedium and Large 1730244.94/cwt236.00–256.501,78868
SteersMedium and Large 1562289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,6247
SteersMedium and Large 1862210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,8159
SteersMedium and Large 1-2691249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,72126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2794222.68/cwt201.00–228.001,76845
SteersMedium and Large 1509310.00/cwt302.00–315.001,57832
SteersMedium and Large 1-2830197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,6357
SteersMedium and Large 1817226.54/cwt223.75–229.001,851173
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy958205.25/cwt205.25–205.251,96617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2687223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5325
HeifersMedium and Large 1635235.37/cwt234.50–237.001,49523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2549287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,5768
SteersMedium and Large 1456309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,4094
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1,291167.50/cwt167.50–167.502,1627
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy776212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6459
HeifersMedium and Large 1927195.10/cwt195.10–195.101,80955
HeifersMedium and Large 1573250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4335
SteersMedium and Large 1626269.41/cwt259.00–275.001,687125
SteersMedium and Large 1922211.86/cwt210.75–212.851,953127
HeifersMedium and Large 1438291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,2759
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2488250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2203
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy789216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,70432
HeifersMedium and Large 1492262.30/cwt262.00–263.001,29120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2647229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,48516
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1,225166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,0343
HeifersMedium and Large 1532262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,39423
HeifersMedium and Large 2853161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,3739
HeifersMedium and Large 1676231.83/cwt230.00–237.001,567122
HeifersMedium and Large 1776228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,76929
HeifersMedium and Large 2658181.27/cwt180.00–182.001,19366
HeifersMedium and Large 1717228.65/cwt227.00–230.001,63948

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.