Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2024-02-22

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 22
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
5,840 head
1,369 vs last sale 4,471 785 vs year ago 5,055 · +15.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 600-850 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-900 lbs. sold 6.00-11.00 higher. On steers and heifers 900 lbs. and up were instances 10.00-15.00 higher. Demand was really good. Had many large strings of feeders today. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 29th, expecting 5000 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 $249.97/cwt on 3,508 head.
Average price
$249.97
3,508 head · 832 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,079
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$31
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$81.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
22.01
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2698260.991,823187
Medium and Large 1813253.972,0642,958
Large 11,058215.522,280325
Large 1-21,033179.501,85438
One grade step is worth $81.49/cwt here — about −$31 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 sale3,508 hd
249.97
SD average7 barns · 20,912 hd
271.98
−22.01
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

60 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 1867243.99/cwt238.25–250.252,115635
SteersMedium and Large 1921233.01/cwt220.00–238.752,146580
SteersMedium and Large 1773257.92/cwt249.50–266.501,994358
SteersMedium and Large 1674286.43/cwt281.50–290.001,931162
SteersMedium and Large 1618301.86/cwt290.00–307.001,865162
SteersLarge 11,069214.32/cwt208.25–220.102,291247
SteersMedium and Large 1435353.37/cwt352.00–355.001,53713
SteersMedium and Large 1555311.56/cwt308.00–315.001,72940
SteersMedium and Large 1821240.68/cwt237.50–249.001,976309
SteersMedium and Large 1969224.49/cwt218.75–228.252,175193
SteersMedium and Large 1721270.09/cwt260.00–279.251,947190
SteersMedium and Large 1385370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4255
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625280.25/cwt262.00–289.001,75271
SteersMedium and Large 1-2792235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,86110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2902189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,70911
SteersLarge 1-21,033179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,85438
SteersMedium and Large 1471352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,65819
SteersMedium and Large 1510341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,73916
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC653300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,95949
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC557324.50/cwt324.50–324.501,80747
SteersMedium and Large 1-2741250.64/cwt244.00–256.001,85749
SteersMedium and Large 1-2668262.48/cwt237.00–274.001,75319
SteersMedium and Large 1-2862227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,96115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2539315.97/cwt310.00–318.001,70312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515276.59/cwt266.50–282.001,42442
HeifersLarge 11,025194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,98962
HeifersLarge 11,067182.89/cwt176.00–190.001,95116
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy890202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,80221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy795160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2725
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy789232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,83016
HeifersMedium and Large 1666249.40/cwt240.50–254.001,661220
HeifersMedium and Large 1881222.59/cwt210.00–227.001,961136
HeifersMedium and Large 1402327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,3156
HeifersMedium and Large 1921207.95/cwt206.00–213.501,915146
HeifersMedium and Large 1504303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,52719
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2817198.45/cwt176.00–215.001,62145
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2928182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,69425
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2711227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6145
HeifersMedium and Large 1771232.71/cwt224.00–251.001,794309
HeifersMedium and Large 1722237.47/cwt231.25–246.001,715248
HeifersMedium and Large 1819226.53/cwt217.50–230.251,855222
HeifersMedium and Large 1564275.91/cwt268.00–282.001,55693
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581258.04/cwt253.00–263.501,49924
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2486283.99/cwt270.00–294.001,38018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2658235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5466
HeifersMedium and Large 1953208.80/cwt207.00–217.001,99084
HeifersMedium and Large 1633252.45/cwt245.00–255.501,59880
HeifersMedium and Large 1464297.63/cwt287.50–300.001,38121
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement629261.82/cwt260.75–263.501,64770
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement765260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,98942
HeifersMedium and Large 2655232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,52020
HeifersMedium and Large 2559215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2024
HeifersLarge 21,154167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,9275
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2631220.69/cwt218.50–239.001,39347
SteersLarge 11,023220.29/cwt211.25–222.252,25473
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy878236.64/cwt230.00–238.252,078111
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy659262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,7276
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy825234.71/cwt228.00–239.001,93657
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1,016205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,0835
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy421380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6006

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.