Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-01-16

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 16
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,110 head
▼ 1,923 vs last sale 6,033▲ 4,110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold 2.00-5.00 higher, feeder heifers 500 -700 lbs. sold 1.00-4.00 higher, heifers 700 lbs. and up sold steady to 2.00 higher. Many load lots in todays offering . Demand was good for light fleshed calves ,weaned with fall shots. Bitter cold temps. kept some cattle away for another week. The next feeder cattle auction will be Jan. 23rd, expecting 6500 head of cattle, starting at 9:00 am

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.12/cwt on 2,474 head.
Average price
$154.12
2,474 head · 764 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,177
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$312
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$16.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.24
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1725156.591,1362,040
Medium and Large 1-2679148.851,010108
Large 11,031140.371,448326
One grade step is worth $16.22/cwt here — about −$312 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 sale2,474 hd
154.12
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SD average9 barns · 16,014 hd
159.36
−5.24
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1374200.50/cwt200.50–200.507506
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2397184.00/cwt184.00–184.007305
Steers—Medium and Large 1417192.57/cwt188.00–197.0080319
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2442184.00/cwt184.00–184.008135
Steers—Medium and Large 1472187.01/cwt175.00–189.5088370
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy482161.00/cwt161.00–161.007766
Steers—Medium and Large 1528180.47/cwt175.00–190.5095394
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532174.00/cwt174.00–174.009266
Steers—Medium and Large 1585177.92/cwt164.50–183.001,041264
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588157.58/cwt153.50–164.5092716
Steers—Medium and Large 1635161.66/cwt158.75–170.001,027149
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2646146.00/cwt146.00–146.009438
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666148.50/cwt148.50–148.5098910
Steers—Medium and Large 1667156.56/cwt150.00–159.001,044289
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy683148.83/cwt145.50–155.501,01732
Steers—Medium and Large 1724151.26/cwt145.50–153.501,095199
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2736138.43/cwt135.00–143.001,01932
Steers—Medium and Large 1760150.06/cwt141.00–154.001,140152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2767139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,06819
Steers—Medium and Large 1822146.08/cwt138.50–149.001,201339
Steers—Medium and Large 1869144.70/cwt140.25–148.001,257261
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy870136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,18310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2933134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,2557
Steers—Large 1959135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,2997
Steers—Medium and Large 1979139.63/cwt138.75–140.101,367150
Steers—Large 11,033140.48/cwt139.00–140.601,451319
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378169.90/cwt165.00–177.0064246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2393160.83/cwt159.00–164.006328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471147.00/cwt147.00–147.006926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478156.32/cwt150.00–166.50747124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2511143.00/cwt143.00–143.007316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532153.73/cwt148.50–155.50818227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574140.26/cwt138.00–142.508056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577150.61/cwt147.00–154.00869225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625142.71/cwt139.50–147.5089281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642135.00/cwt135.00–135.008675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678141.09/cwt140.00–142.00957243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2698122.75/cwt122.75–122.7585724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723140.23/cwt136.00–142.351,014114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1766137.68/cwt132.75–140.001,05557
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2790128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,01124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy798131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,0496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1831137.74/cwt132.50–140.501,145206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1878136.08/cwt131.25–141.001,195124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1906134.25/cwt134.25–134.251,21618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2909107.00/cwt107.00–107.0097374

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.