Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2024-02-29

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 29
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
6,110 head
270 vs last sale 5,840 2,074 vs year ago 8,184 · 25.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 650 lbs. and up sold unevenly steady with majority on the top side of steady. Feeder heifers 650 lbs. and up sold 4.00-7.00 higher. Demand was good as was the quality. Many large strings of feeders today. The next feeder cattle auction will be March 7th, expecting 4500 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 $252.13/cwt on 3,035 head.
Average price
$252.13
3,035 head · 830 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,092
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2
$100.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
18.22
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1625281.001,7569thin
Medium and Large 1-2709264.671,875180
Medium and Large 1821254.002,0852,638
Large 11,060217.432,306199
Large 1-21,078205.002,2104thin
Medium and Large 2847181.001,5335thin
One grade step is worth $100.00/cwt here — about $223 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 sale3,035 hd
252.13
SD average8 barns · 16,466 hd
270.35
−18.22
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 1619302.61/cwt298.00–313.001,87373
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy780248.82/cwt247.50–256.501,94146
SteersMedium and Large 1532329.86/cwt327.00–334.001,75534
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy868233.39/cwt232.00–234.002,02660
SteersMedium and Large 1878241.05/cwt237.00–244.502,116369
SteersMedium and Large 1676285.94/cwt279.50–291.501,933190
SteersMedium and Large 1920241.35/cwt233.50–245.002,220569
SteersMedium and Large 1-2890230.32/cwt228.50–233.502,05044
SteersMedium and Large 1773255.02/cwt251.50–262.001,971262
SteersMedium and Large 1816249.76/cwt244.50–255.752,038405
SteersMedium and Large 1726276.06/cwt261.00–282.752,004181
SteersMedium and Large 1962222.63/cwt218.00–228.252,142124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2646274.68/cwt261.00–284.001,77452
SteersMedium and Large 11,027213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,18863
SteersMedium and Large 1-2537306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,64312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2676269.34/cwt259.00–272.001,82130
SteersMedium and Large 1476352.66/cwt340.00–357.001,67945
SteersMedium and Large 1572325.80/cwt310.00–334.001,86429
SteersMedium and Large 1356370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3176
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725247.37/cwt243.50–252.001,79320
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567302.37/cwt301.00–306.001,71411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2813247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,0086
SteersLarge 1-21,078205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,2104
HeifersMedium and Large 1514280.50/cwt280.50–280.501,44210
HeifersMedium and Large 2737192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,41521
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy787224.46/cwt221.00–227.001,76759
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy807219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,77182
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy740234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,73219
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy693237.65/cwt216.00–249.001,64713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2640245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5684
HeifersMedium and Large 1774232.17/cwt229.00–235.251,797503
HeifersMedium and Large 1429309.76/cwt300.00–315.001,32914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433286.89/cwt284.00–292.001,24213
HeifersMedium and Large 1574281.46/cwt275.50–286.001,61690
HeifersMedium and Large 1474300.87/cwt290.00–307.501,42629
HeifersMedium and Large 1870222.78/cwt218.00–228.001,938350
HeifersMedium and Large 1674256.87/cwt249.50–263.501,731320
HeifersMedium and Large 1821228.52/cwt220.50–233.501,876213
HeifersMedium and Large 1719245.96/cwt238.00–250.751,768197
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2882186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,6416
HeifersMedium and Large 1916214.78/cwt209.50–221.501,967497
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement856237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,02939
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2691239.94/cwt225.00–245.001,65855
HeifersMedium and Large 1310340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2743230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7095
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2273410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1193
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2824214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,76331
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy833236.16/cwt233.50–237.251,96773
HeifersMedium and Large 1616265.34/cwt256.50–272.001,63418
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy696275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,91450
SteersMedium 1Fleshy625281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,7569
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572252.53/cwt241.00–269.501,44424
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement790239.28/cwt237.00–240.751,890108
SteersMedium and Large 1-2492343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,6885
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement840235.75/cwt235.75–235.751,98063
SteersMedium and Large 2847181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,5335
SteersLarge 11,064216.60/cwt216.60–216.602,305186
SteersLarge 11,010229.25/cwt229.25–229.252,31513
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy926223.76/cwt222.00–239.502,07259

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.