Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2024-01-25

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 25
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
5,053 head
1,353 vs last sale 3,700 2,570 vs year ago 7,623 · 33.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 600-1000 lbs. sold 8.00-10.00 higher, instances 15.00 higher, heifers 600-700 lbs. sold 11.00-12.00 higher, 750-900 lbs. sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Demand was very good. We had 8 consignors with over 200 head of feeders to sell today. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb.1st, expecting 4000 head of feeders, starting at 9:30 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $253.18/cwt on 2,587 head.
Average price
$253.18
2,587 head · 761 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,926
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$202
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$98.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.23
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2585281.001,645307
Medium and Large 1762253.411,9302,075
Large 11,015210.572,137195
Large 1-21,012182.501,84710thin
One grade step is worth $98.50/cwt here — about −$202 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 sale2,587 hd
253.18
SD average8 barns · 15,776 hd
256.41
−3.23
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

59 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 1Fleshy646273.25/cwt273.25–273.251,76546
SteersMedium and Large 1959223.69/cwt206.00–226.752,145121
HeifersLarge 1-21,115150.56/cwt142.00–157.001,67921
SteersMedium and Large 1719255.25/cwt247.00–261.001,835123
SteersMedium and Large 1770244.23/cwt234.00–251.001,881328
SteersMedium and Large 1864238.01/cwt229.00–248.502,056327
SteersMedium and Large 1624279.49/cwt277.25–286.501,74482
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677257.09/cwt256.00–261.001,74039
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy947211.50/cwt211.50–211.502,0037
SteersLarge 1-21,012182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,84710
SteersMedium and Large 1476339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,6145
SteersMedium and Large 1-2939205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,9255
SteersMedium and Large 1-2344332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,1424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2765243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,85926
SteersMedium and Large 1-2501294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,47328
SteersMedium and Large 1-2732245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2483
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570296.78/cwt278.00–299.501,692102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2432310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3396
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480293.01/cwt288.00–316.001,40658
SteersMedium and Large 1-2645258.50/cwt258.50–258.501,66732
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed868243.25/cwt243.25–243.252,11167
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed721267.25/cwt267.25–267.251,92775
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed610299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,82421
HeifersLarge 1-2Fleshy1,193136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,6226
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy743217.85/cwt217.50–218.001,61984
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy782214.03/cwt211.00–220.001,67415
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy660227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,49810
BullsMedium and Large 1992181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,7963
BullsMedium and Large 1796201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,6005
HeifersMedium and Large 1771219.02/cwt213.00–225.751,689458
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2557261.39/cwt248.00–267.001,456106
HeifersMedium and Large 1678239.62/cwt221.00–249.501,625316
HeifersLarge 11,095177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,9384
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2462262.29/cwt261.00–274.001,21252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2974177.76/cwt176.50–187.001,73125
HeifersMedium and Large 1879206.88/cwt203.25–209.751,818282
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy573259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,48435
HeifersMedium and Large 1717223.64/cwt220.00–234.001,603167
HeifersMedium and Large 1616246.70/cwt238.50–260.001,520200
HeifersMedium and Large 1930201.66/cwt197.75–209.751,875106
HeifersMedium and Large 1809214.95/cwt213.50–218.001,73968
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2437279.09/cwt277.50–280.001,22011
HeifersMedium and Large 1566272.13/cwt270.50–275.001,54033
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635232.17/cwt216.00–235.001,47457
HeifersMedium and Large 1968196.25/cwt196.25–196.251,90058
HeifersMedium and Large 1420302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,2685
HeifersMedium and Large 1521269.47/cwt257.00–281.001,404106
SteersLarge 11,015210.57/cwt201.00–217.502,137195
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed602264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,58961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2527255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3446
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2821185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5195
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0853
SteersMedium and Large 1583291.16/cwt289.00–294.001,69749
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2949182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,7276
SteersMedium and Large 1521311.42/cwt301.00–316.501,62258
SteersMedium and Large 1813239.95/cwt226.00–248.751,951386
SteersMedium and Large 1444340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5104
SteersMedium and Large 1669270.83/cwt263.00–283.501,812376

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.