Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-04-02

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 2

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Mar 26Apr 2Apr 9 →

Receipts

2,700 head

▼ 1,105 vs last sale 3,805▲ 2,700 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 18.00-23.00 lower. Feeder heifers up to 600 lbs. sold 7.00-9.00 lower, heifers 600-900 sold 12.00-16.00 lower. Demand was good. A fair amount of load lots in todays offering. The next special feeder cattle auction will be April 9th, expecting 3000 head of feeder cattle, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.97/cwt on 1,392 head.

Average price

$117.97

1,392 head · 741 lb average

Value per head Derived

$874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$253

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$25.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.72

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	618	119.73	740	17thin
Medium and Large 1	737	118.30	872	1,355
Large 1	1,054	94.25	993	20

One grade step is worth $25.48/cwt here — about −$253 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 sale1,392 hd

117.97

—

SD average7 barns · 7,313 hd

124.69

−6.72

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	718	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	845	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	874	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	136.08/cwt	125.00–142.00	787	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	134.68/cwt	134.00–137.00	847	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	644	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	824	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	135.29/cwt	126.50–142.00	892	162
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	747	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	120.11/cwt	115.00–122.25	867	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	120.30/cwt	116.25–124.25	930	191
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	792	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	871	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	114.30/cwt	110.25–119.75	952	125
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	893	107.89/cwt	107.25–108.50	963	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	106.56/cwt	102.00–109.00	975	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	979	102.06/cwt	101.75–102.25	999	89
Steers	—	Large 1	1,047	102.65/cwt	102.50–102.75	1,075	178
Steers	—	Large 1	1,061	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,082	5
Steers	—	Large 1	1,108	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,108	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	154.69/cwt	150.00–159.00	729	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	767	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	738	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	136.33/cwt	131.00–140.00	795	261
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	642	123.65/cwt	122.00–125.00	794	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	109.34/cwt	108.50–110.00	735	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	124.09/cwt	115.50–127.00	846	123
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	115.18/cwt	107.75–117.25	836	172
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	110.75/cwt	110.75–110.75	864	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	795	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,034	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	106.57/cwt	105.50–107.50	873	368
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	104.16/cwt	100.00–105.25	908	160
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	945	100.96/cwt	98.50–102.00	954	47
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,054	94.25/cwt	94.25–94.25	993	20

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD

Thu Apr 2, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 2,700Last week 3,805Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	525	146.00	146.00
22	—	780	110.75	110.75
83	—	642	122.00–125.00	123.65
172	—	726	107.75–117.25	115.18
47	—	945	98.50–102.00	100.96
160	—	872	100.00–105.25	104.16
368	—	819	105.50–107.50	106.57
23	—	471	150.00–159.00	154.69
123	—	682	115.50–127.00	124.09
261	—	583	131.00–140.00	136.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	795	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	581	127.00	127.00
7	—	672	108.50–110.00	109.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,054	94.25	94.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	915	102.00–109.00	106.56
162	—	659	126.50–142.00	135.29
18	—	523	161.50	161.50
89	—	979	101.75–102.25	102.06
34	—	629	134.00–137.00	134.68
125	—	833	110.25–119.75	114.30
7	—	564	155.00	155.00
78	—	722	115.00–122.25	120.11
100	—	893	107.25–108.50	107.89
191	—	773	116.25–124.25	120.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	679	110.00	110.00
9	—	485	148.00	148.00
45	—	792	110.00	110.00
36	—	578	125.00–142.00	136.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	1,047	102.50–102.75	102.65
5	—	1,061	102.00	102.00
23	—	1,108	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	644	128.00	128.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.