Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2024-02-01

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 1
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
5,322 head
▲ 269 vs last sale 5,053▲ 1,008 vs year ago 4,314 · +23.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers up to 650 lbs. sold on a higher undertone. Steers 650-1000 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 higher, with instances 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-950 lbs. sold 1.00-6.00 higher with instances 8.00 higher. Demand was good,. We had 8 consignors with over 150 head of feeders. Featuring one of 700 head . The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 8th, expecting 5000 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $224.75/cwt on 2,885 head.
Average price
$224.75
2,885 head · 783 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,760
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$190
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$92.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−26.41
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2666228.721,524197
Medium and Large 1788224.991,7732,663
Large 11,133175.021,98420
Large 1-21,260136.001,7145thin
One grade step is worth $92.72/cwt here — about −$190 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 sale2,885 hd
224.75
—
SD average7 barns · 12,296 hd
251.15
−26.41
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
SteersMedium and Large 1—939226.32/cwt210.00–233.002,125242
SteersLarge 1—1,073209.22/cwt208.00–209.502,24532
SteersLarge 1—1,289179.50/cwt179.50–179.502,31413
SteersMedium and Large 1—978223.71/cwt223.00–226.502,18849
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—861222.20/cwt211.00–227.001,913118
SteersMedium and Large 1—443352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,5593
SteersMedium and Large 1—731257.24/cwt248.00–275.501,880250
SteersMedium and Large 1—828240.68/cwt234.00–247.001,993293
SteersMedium and Large 1—862238.70/cwt230.00–244.502,058498
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—488328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,6015
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—735237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,74212
SteersMedium and Large 1—523335.98/cwt330.00–338.001,75712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—584286.50/cwt286.00–287.001,67314
SteersMedium and Large 1—668270.81/cwt267.00–282.501,809100
SteersMedium and Large 1—568311.37/cwt300.50–320.501,76967
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—657298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,95880
SteersMedium and Large 1—631282.21/cwt279.50–284.501,78144
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—684259.78/cwt256.00–267.001,77744
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—795226.68/cwt221.00–230.001,80219
SteersLarge 1-2—1,188170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,0204
SteersMedium and Large 2—705207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4593
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—822232.03/cwt226.00–233.501,90736
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—631272.31/cwt269.00–275.001,7189
SteersMedium and Large 2—799191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,5269
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—738212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,5659
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—680200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3604
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—796210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,67214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—924157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,4519
BullsMedium and Large 1—674259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,7467
BullsMedium and Large 1—711234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6644
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,29410
HeifersLarge 1—1,106169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,8695
HeifersLarge 1—1,025190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,9483
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—882206.83/cwt194.00–208.501,82451
HeifersMedium and Large 1—972196.81/cwt191.00–199.751,913105
HeifersLarge 1—1,172173.78/cwt172.13–176.502,03712
HeifersMedium and Large 1—683240.13/cwt235.00–246.501,640238
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626255.49/cwt251.00–263.501,599207
HeifersMedium and Large 1—538281.04/cwt270.00–284.501,51249
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469291.67/cwt288.00–293.001,36819
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—745210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,56533
HeifersMedium and Large 1—775222.22/cwt219.00–235.501,722264
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1433
HeifersMedium and Large 1—874214.47/cwt212.00–218.001,874650
HeifersMedium and Large 1—817217.20/cwt214.75–224.001,775337
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—821204.61/cwt201.00–211.001,68011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—617237.10/cwt231.00–243.001,46326
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725230.89/cwt223.50–238.251,674466
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—474275.25/cwt271.00–277.001,30510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—586258.20/cwt255.00–263.001,51333
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—663228.23/cwt228.00–229.001,51323
HeifersLarge 1-2—1,260136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,7145
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—768241.96/cwt241.00–244.001,85816
HeifersMedium and Large 1—942203.79/cwt199.50–208.251,920208
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—619279.28/cwt279.00–279.501,72914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—740200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4804
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—764209.02/cwt201.00–212.001,59711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—999175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,7485
SteersMedium and Large 1—767253.66/cwt245.50–264.501,946241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—572251.14/cwt249.50–253.001,43765
SteersMedium and Large 1—455361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,6433

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.