Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-02-06

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 6
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,743 head
▼ 126 vs last sale 4,869▲ 4,743 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 850 lbs. sold 1.00-4.00 higher, steers over 850 sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers up to 650 lbs. sold 1.00-3.00 higher, heifers over 650 sold steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was good. Fair amount of load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 13th, expecting 5000 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 $151.25/cwt on 2,467 head.
Average price
$151.25
2,467 head · 731 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,106
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$489
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$30.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.12
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2571159.6891169
Medium and Large 1717152.161,0912,277
Large 11,082129.381,400121
One grade step is worth $30.31/cwt here — about −$489 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 sale2,467 hd
151.25
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SD average7 barns · 10,448 hd
153.38
−2.12
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

53 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 1384192.00/cwt192.00–192.0073717
Steers—Medium and Large 1472181.00/cwt177.50–189.0085423
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474173.19/cwt171.00–174.0082129
Steers—Medium and Large 1509178.97/cwt173.75–181.0091195
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2544168.00/cwt168.00–168.0091413
Steers—Medium and Large 1582168.70/cwt166.25–174.00982417
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592155.00/cwt155.00–155.009183
Steers—Medium and Large 1630161.20/cwt156.50–165.501,016196
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645141.00/cwt141.00–141.009094
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665145.50/cwt145.50–145.509686
Steers—Medium and Large 1680155.30/cwt150.75–159.251,056449
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy684149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,02310
Steers—Medium and Large 1721147.05/cwt142.75–153.751,060191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730136.41/cwt127.00–140.0099614
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy741135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,00616
Steers—Medium and Large 1778144.96/cwt142.00–147.501,128194
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy791135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,06818
Steers—Medium and Large 1827139.45/cwt137.75–140.751,153138
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy832133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,10764
Steers—Medium and Large 1866137.06/cwt133.25–140.501,187245
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy875128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,12215
Steers—Medium and Large 1943132.45/cwt128.00–133.751,249108
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy943122.25/cwt122.25–122.251,1536
Steers—Medium and Large 1992130.11/cwt129.50–130.251,29175
Steers—Large 11,078129.86/cwt122.25–130.501,400117
Steers—Large 11,206115.25/cwt115.25–115.251,3904
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360179.00/cwt179.00–179.0064420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2366158.00/cwt158.00–158.005786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418169.50/cwt169.50–169.507096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440153.99/cwt152.00–158.0067823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465161.40/cwt151.00–166.0075189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy488149.00/cwt149.00–149.007275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2492146.50/cwt146.50–146.507216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518140.94/cwt131.00–146.5073025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526150.97/cwt147.00–158.5079470
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570147.54/cwt141.00–154.00841338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579125.41/cwt122.00–134.5072611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement623146.50/cwt146.50–146.5091346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627142.18/cwt138.50–145.25891194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683134.88/cwt131.50–137.50921342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733131.77/cwt127.50–133.25966151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772129.07/cwt125.50–131.75996251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2816122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,0008
Heifers—Medium and Large 1837128.29/cwt125.00–131.001,074223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy848124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,05612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2858122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,0514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1864130.30/cwt127.00–132.351,126114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy891123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,1007
Heifers—Medium and Large 1925124.25/cwt124.25–124.251,14951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy927113.75/cwt113.75–113.751,0547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2947118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1175
Heifers—Large 11,039116.12/cwt112.00–117.001,20640
Heifers—Large 11,094121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,32418

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.