Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2024-01-11

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 11
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,130 head
1,582 vs last sale 4,712 5,304 vs year ago 8,434 · 62.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers up to 650 lbs. sold on a higher to steady undertone. Feeders 650-800 lbs. sold 8.00-10.00 lower, steers 800-1050 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers up to 700 lbs. sold on a lower undertone, heifers 700-950 lbs. sold 6.00-11. 00 lower. Demand was fair. We had one consignor of 450 head of yearlings and one with 265 of feeders. The next feeder cattle auction will be Jan.18th, expecting 5000 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 $222.24/cwt on 1,988 head.
Average price
$222.24
1,988 head · 855 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,900
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$302
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$49.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
32.50
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2707235.761,668220
Medium and Large 1818225.951,8471,364
Large 11,061202.512,148400
Large 1-21,059186.001,9704thin
One grade step is worth $49.76/cwt here — about −$302 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 sale1,988 hd
222.24
SD average8 barns · 13,553 hd
254.74
−32.50
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

56 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 1Fleshy977193.35/cwt186.50–205.501,88922
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy902198.68/cwt193.50–209.001,79212
SteersMedium and Large 1620277.41/cwt270.50–282.001,72057
SteersMedium and Large 1873224.37/cwt212.00–229.001,959283
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677237.84/cwt222.00–255.001,61026
SteersMedium and Large 1-2888202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,7946
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy821222.25/cwt222.25–222.251,82521
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy856195.07/cwt194.50–197.001,670184
SteersMedium and Large 1568314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,78415
SteersMedium and Large 1464335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5547
SteersMedium and Large 1-2426290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2760218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6574
SteersMedium and Large 1771229.01/cwt223.00–233.501,766225
SteersLarge 1-21,059186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,9704
SteersMedium and Large 1-2626258.01/cwt255.00–263.001,61521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2561278.35/cwt260.00–290.001,56219
SteersMedium and Large 1-2827203.38/cwt185.00–205.001,68260
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2686
SteersMedium and Large 1-2518301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,5594
SteersMedium and Large 1657254.35/cwt254.00–255.001,67134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2720233.14/cwt218.00–237.501,67969
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed603293.50/cwt293.50–293.501,77013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2491246.93/cwt241.00–249.501,21210
HeifersMedium and Large 1586233.64/cwt228.00–239.001,36935
HeifersMedium and Large 1674224.33/cwt217.00–228.001,51252
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy815196.70/cwt196.00–197.001,60321
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy722203.42/cwt202.50–207.001,46920
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy852194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,6535
HeifersMedium and Large 1788203.43/cwt202.00–208.501,603120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2738200.60/cwt194.00–208.001,48042
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2825185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5266
HeifersMedium and Large 1963189.98/cwt189.00–190.501,83083
HeifersMedium and Large 1934196.39/cwt189.00–199.251,834179
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2402246.00/cwt246.00–246.009893
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2504245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2357
HeifersMedium and Large 1532245.62/cwt245.00–247.501,30716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2623225.76/cwt216.00–230.001,40642
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2588229.22/cwt225.00–240.001,34838
HeifersMedium and Large 1635236.28/cwt235.00–240.001,50084
HeifersMedium and Large 1727216.16/cwt215.00–217.501,571187
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0593
HeifersMedium and Large 1453257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,1645
SteersLarge 11,025209.49/cwt189.50–210.102,147170
SteersLarge 11,052210.35/cwt210.35–210.352,213111
HeifersMedium and Large 1811200.78/cwt198.75–203.001,62877
HeifersMedium and Large 1875197.53/cwt195.00–200.001,728121
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1,004172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,72710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2679208.87/cwt200.00–211.001,41856
SteersLarge 11,131186.44/cwt184.50–188.352,109109
SteersMedium and Large 1Full821214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,75750
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned643201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,29211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned448210.00/cwt210.00–210.009415
SteersMedium and Large 1721239.28/cwt233.00–244.001,725131
SteersMedium and Large 1968214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,07281
SteersMedium and Large 1812227.77/cwt222.50–230.501,849127
SteersMedium and Large 1915219.00/cwt216.00–222.502,004102

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.