Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-06-18

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jun 18
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,473 head
▼ 7,242 vs last sale 8,715▼ 658 vs year ago 2,131 · −30.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; With light numbers today trend not applicable, on steers up to 1000 lbs. a unevenly steady under tone was noted. Steers over 1000 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers sold on a steady to lower under tone on heifers up to 850 lbs. Heifers over 850 lbs. sold 1.00-5.00 higher. Demand was good. Some load lots in todays offering. Some very nice replacement heifers were sold today. The next auction will be June 25th,starting at 10:00 am, expecting 2500 head of cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.02/cwt on 803 head.
Average price
$122.02
803 head · 799 lb average
Value per head Derived
$974
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$150
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$40.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.22
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2639130.2283356
Medium and Large 1803122.27982727
Large 11,09389.9098320
One grade step is worth $40.32/cwt here — about −$150 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 sale803 hd
122.02
—
SD average5 barns · 4,976 hd
121.80
+0.22
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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390173.00/cwt173.00–173.006757
Steers—Large 2-3492111.00/cwt111.00–111.0054610
Steers—Medium and Large 1539161.00/cwt161.00–161.008688
Steers—Medium and Large 1569158.17/cwt156.00–161.0090019
Steers—Large 2603131.00/cwt131.00–131.0079032
Steers—Medium and Large 1611151.97/cwt149.50–154.509296
Steers—Medium and Large 1678149.56/cwt141.25–153.251,01450
Steers—Large 2716131.00/cwt131.00–131.0093828
Steers—Medium and Large 1746141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,05214
Steers—Medium and Large 1806129.96/cwt129.25–131.501,04722
Steers—Medium and Large 1880126.22/cwt126.00–126.251,11124
Steers—Medium and Large 1926122.72/cwt118.00–125.501,13677
Steers—Medium and Large 1988113.46/cwt111.85–121.751,12167
Steers—Large 11,018110.13/cwt109.00–110.501,12112
Steers—Large 11,087108.41/cwt107.00–109.351,178165
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326167.00/cwt167.00–167.005445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430157.00/cwt157.00–157.0067511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2444154.00/cwt154.00–154.006848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472164.00/cwt164.00–164.007747
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2493154.00/cwt154.00–154.007593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2537140.00/cwt140.00–140.007525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2592133.50/cwt133.50–133.507906
Heifers—Medium and Large 1607133.65/cwt133.50–134.25811117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2614128.55/cwt126.00–129.5078911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673128.50/cwt128.50–128.508657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681129.38/cwt129.25–130.2588131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721129.70/cwt124.75–134.0093527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2793113.00/cwt113.00–113.008969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement795123.63/cwt123.00–123.7598374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1799118.50/cwt118.50–118.5094710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1821118.47/cwt117.00–121.7597343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2825113.00/cwt113.00–113.009324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy832112.00/cwt112.00–112.009326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement871123.75/cwt123.75–123.751,07862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2877105.00/cwt105.00–105.009213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1886115.85/cwt112.25–117.751,026180
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement901117.75/cwt117.75–117.751,0619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1922112.72/cwt110.10–115.601,039145
Heifers—Large 11,029103.25/cwt103.25–103.251,0628
Heifers—Large 11,13681.00/cwt81.00–81.0092012

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.