Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2019-10-24

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 24
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,345 head
▼ 993 vs last sale 3,338▲ 2,345 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light feeder steers sold unevenly steady on light trade, steers 850 -1000 lbs. sold 3.00 higher, steers over 1000 lbs sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Oct. 31st, expecting 4500 head of yearlings and spring calves. Start time 8:30 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.07/cwt on 1,389 head.
Average price
$138.07
1,389 head · 776 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,071
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$557
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$25.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.93
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502141.08709224
Medium and Large 1820138.181,1331,129
Large 11,093115.771,26536
One grade step is worth $25.31/cwt here — about −$557 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 sale1,389 hd
138.07
—
SD average12 barns · 15,314 hd
141.00
−2.93
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2283165.00/cwt165.00–165.004679
Steers—Medium and Large 1357172.62/cwt172.00–173.0061616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2405155.76/cwt152.00–157.0063125
Steers—Medium and Large 1496160.00/cwt160.00–160.0079421
Steers—Medium and Large 1500163.50/cwt163.50–163.5081836
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530149.73/cwt147.00–157.5079433
Steers—Medium and Large 1551157.00/cwt157.00–157.008658
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575143.38/cwt140.00–149.0082428
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621134.37/cwt124.00–144.5083454
Steers—Medium and Large 1694153.55/cwt152.50–154.251,06615
Steers—Medium and Large 1770150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,1594
Steers—Medium and Large 1840148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,2476
Steers—Medium and Large 1879146.61/cwt142.85–149.501,289166
Steers—Medium and Large 1947147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,397117
Steers—Large 11,031132.10/cwt132.10–132.101,362110
Steers—Large 11,063127.44/cwt122.50–128.501,35546
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2274146.62/cwt145.00–147.5040216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1314178.00/cwt178.00–178.0055924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2326151.37/cwt151.00–152.0049314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2362154.01/cwt151.00–156.0055823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431140.98/cwt140.00–142.0060817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1447150.00/cwt150.00–150.0067118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464150.00/cwt150.00–150.006968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485142.75/cwt137.00–147.0069263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517140.54/cwt138.50–144.0072711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570136.45/cwt134.00–140.0077853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617136.00/cwt136.00–136.0083910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667140.49/cwt134.50–141.1093798
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2721135.00/cwt135.00–135.0097312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2772129.00/cwt129.00–129.009968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775138.95/cwt138.50–139.251,077193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823137.70/cwt135.00–139.001,133173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1880135.52/cwt134.00–138.751,193331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1919135.81/cwt129.50–136.501,248274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2944118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,1194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2957100.50/cwt100.50–100.509623
Heifers—Large 11,027124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,2733
Heifers—Large 11,067121.34/cwt118.00–122.501,29519
Heifers—Large 11,113105.29/cwt104.50–105.751,1728
Heifers—Large 11,182108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,2776

This sale against other markets

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.