Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2024-01-18

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 18
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,700 head
570 vs last sale 3,130 554 vs year ago 4,254 · 13.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 750-850 lbs. sold 2.00-5.00 higher, steers850-1050 lbs. sold 1.00-4.00 lower, feeder heifers 700-1000 lbs. sold 6.00-8.00 higher with instances 10.00 higher. Demand was good. Had six consignors with over 200 head of feeders. It was snowing and blowing most of the auction today. The next feeder cattle auction will be Jan.25th, expecting 5000 head of feeders, starting at 9:15 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $227.88/cwt on 2,168 head.
Average price
$227.88
2,168 head · 862 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,965
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$508
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$52.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.15
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2666252.141,67967
Medium and Large 1823232.641,9141,747
Large 11,095199.802,187354
One grade step is worth $52.34/cwt here — about −$508 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 sale2,168 hd
227.88
SD average6 barns · 8,376 hd
244.04
−16.15
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

45 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
BullsMedium and Large 1467312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,4573
BullsMedium and Large 1860193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,6604
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy756202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5275
HeifersLarge 11,141183.25/cwt183.25–183.252,09126
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2483252.00/cwt248.00–256.001,2176
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2649228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,48320
SteersMedium and Large 1-2709220.12/cwt212.00–231.001,5617
SteersMedium and Large 1716243.56/cwt240.00–245.001,74489
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584276.83/cwt274.00–279.001,61714
SteersMedium and Large 1519319.70/cwt305.00–328.001,65943
SteersMedium and Large 1446335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4947
SteersMedium and Large 1551308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,69734
SteersMedium and Large 1-2824211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,7394
SteersMedium and Large 1-2874204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,7834
SteersMedium and Large 1-2785216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6965
SteersMedium and Large 1966210.80/cwt205.75–214.002,036280
SteersMedium and Large 1823229.86/cwt225.00–233.751,892306
SteersLarge 11,033202.75/cwt198.50–205.002,09497
SteersMedium and Large 1-2637255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,62417
SteersMedium and Large 1772234.59/cwt225.00–240.251,811127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2699248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,7349
HeifersMedium and Large 1732224.04/cwt219.00–230.001,640140
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2337295.00/cwt295.00–295.009943
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1,016195.50/cwt195.50–195.501,98627
SteersMedium and Large 1928214.58/cwt212.50–215.501,991228
SteersMedium and Large 1616275.90/cwt260.00–285.001,70092
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6097
HeifersMedium and Large 1781213.13/cwt210.50–216.501,665187
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2372292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,0863
HeifersMedium and Large 1570245.77/cwt240.00–252.001,40141
SteersLarge 11,130199.06/cwt186.00–200.252,249230
SteersMedium and Large 1859223.14/cwt220.50–228.001,917141
SteersMedium and Large 1670259.72/cwt246.00–266.501,740158
HeifersMedium and Large 1611234.59/cwt230.00–248.001,43377
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2717211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,51315
HeifersMedium and Large 1514256.12/cwt252.00–261.001,31616
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy970205.63/cwt202.25–206.251,99566
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy878216.41/cwt210.00–219.001,900145
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy727234.67/cwt234.00–235.001,70631
HeifersMedium and Large 1901202.75/cwt202.75–202.751,82737
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,18027
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2677204.62/cwt201.00–211.001,3858
HeifersMedium and Large 1875204.55/cwt202.75–206.501,790230
HeifersMedium and Large 1821209.36/cwt206.50–215.001,719120
HeifersMedium and Large 1676227.89/cwt220.50–237.251,541139

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.