Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-01-09

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 9
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
6,033 head
▲ 1,330 vs last sale 4,703▲ 6,033 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers up to 800 lbs. sold steady to 7.00 higher most of the increase came on the lighter calves. Feeder steers over 800 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 lower . Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Many load lots today on the yearlings. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Jan. 16th, expecting 6000 head, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.07/cwt on 3,021 head.
Average price
$141.07
3,021 head · 702 lb average
Value per head Derived
$990
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$475
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$33.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.12
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2579141.88821173
Medium and Large 1708141.089992,843
Large 11,195108.501,2975thin
One grade step is worth $33.38/cwt here — about −$475 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 sale3,021 hd
141.07
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SD average7 barns · 11,163 hd
142.19
−1.12
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

52 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345189.00/cwt189.00–189.006526
Steers—Medium and Large 1373198.48/cwt197.00–199.0074015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2382183.88/cwt181.00–186.0070212
Steers—Medium and Large 1425192.58/cwt183.00–200.0081844
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440177.89/cwt177.00–184.0078328
Steers—Medium and Large 1464182.01/cwt175.00–190.0084527
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495173.00/cwt173.00–173.0085616
Steers—Medium and Large 1526175.88/cwt166.50–179.00925169
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535160.00/cwt160.00–160.0085614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574155.35/cwt153.50–160.0089217
Steers—Medium and Large 1576171.06/cwt164.50–180.50985256
Steers—Medium and Large 1622161.60/cwt156.00–165.751,005222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2639151.33/cwt151.00–153.5096759
Steers—Medium and Large 1670154.41/cwt149.75–160.501,035350
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy670145.75/cwt143.50–148.0097720
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy715144.12/cwt143.00–145.001,03028
Steers—Medium and Large 1722148.73/cwt145.00–152.501,074282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2734133.46/cwt130.50–141.0098014
Steers—Medium and Large 1774146.66/cwt142.00–152.751,135304
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2783138.33/cwt138.00–138.501,08315
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy786145.25/cwt145.25–145.251,14223
Steers—Medium and Large 1832142.71/cwt136.00–144.251,187250
Steers—Medium and Large 1877142.14/cwt139.00–143.501,24750
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy918132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,2167
Steers—Medium and Large 1926140.62/cwt136.25–143.001,302214
Steers—Medium and Large 1974137.50/cwt133.00–139.101,33981
Steers—Large 11,094131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,4338
Steers—Large 11,179127.88/cwt126.25–128.251,50827
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386160.43/cwt160.00–161.0061916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390168.78/cwt166.00–171.0065825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429160.03/cwt152.00–167.0068763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485159.35/cwt153.00–167.0077339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495150.50/cwt150.50–150.5074541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527152.96/cwt149.00–155.50806281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583146.59/cwt142.50–157.00855295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2591139.62/cwt138.50–144.5082583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy599140.50/cwt140.50–140.5084218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy625138.00/cwt138.00–138.0086315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633141.50/cwt139.00–144.50896334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy657136.75/cwt136.75–136.7589825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672130.00/cwt130.00–130.008746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681140.32/cwt135.75–145.50956386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2717130.08/cwt128.00–132.0093315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1738137.69/cwt135.00–141.501,016213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy739134.24/cwt133.00–135.0099224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768135.63/cwt133.00–136.751,042228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2818124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,01412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829135.20/cwt134.50–138.001,121351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1874135.80/cwt134.50–139.001,187388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1914135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,238118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1979132.25/cwt132.25–132.251,29540
Heifers—Large 11,195108.50/cwt108.50–108.501,2975

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.