Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-07-30

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jul 30
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,503 head
▼ 514 vs last sale 4,017▲ 972 vs year ago 2,531 · +38.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A steady to higher undertone was noted on steers up to 800 lbs. Steers over 800 lbs. sold steady to 8.00 higher. A unevenly steady undertone was noted on heifers up to 800 lbs. Heifers over 800 lbs. were steady to 2.00 lower. Not many feeders under 800 lbs. any more. Many load lots in todays offering. Demand was good . The next feeder cattle auction will be Aug. 6th, starting at 10:00 am, expecting 2000 head of feeders.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.20/cwt on 2,381 head.
Average price
$134.20
2,381 head · 944 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,266
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$25
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$26.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.87
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1852142.571,2151,300
Medium and Large 1-2792135.141,07087
Large 11,080123.621,336931
Large 21,021116.551,19063
One grade step is worth $26.02/cwt here — about $25 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 sale2,381 hd
134.20
—
SD average5 barns · 6,757 hd
133.33
+0.87
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589159.01/cwt154.00–165.509377
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622156.00/cwt156.00–156.009706
Steers—Medium and Large 1665155.87/cwt155.00–157.251,03733
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714138.75/cwt138.75–138.7599114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765133.99/cwt133.00–134.501,02512
Steers—Medium and Large 1782141.89/cwt139.25–147.751,11035
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2813132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,07713
Steers—Medium and Large 1829145.59/cwt138.25–147.001,207810
Steers—Medium and Large 1875136.04/cwt135.00–136.501,190222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2884128.41/cwt128.00–129.001,13529
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2933121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1293
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2955116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1083
Steers—Medium and Large 1963135.52/cwt124.00–135.751,305200
Steers—Large 2967120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,16034
Steers—Large 11,033123.43/cwt121.00–125.001,275111
Steers—Large 11,066127.07/cwt119.25–129.601,355594
Steers—Large 21,084112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,22029
Steers—Large 11,107116.50/cwt113.75–117.851,29091
Steers—Large 11,165113.38/cwt110.00–114.101,321135
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518131.00/cwt131.00–131.006794
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561145.19/cwt145.00–145.508158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578132.61/cwt128.75–139.0076618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626137.75/cwt137.75–137.7586221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632141.86/cwt136.50–146.0089721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675132.50/cwt132.50–132.5089428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720140.81/cwt135.75–144.251,01463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733131.00/cwt131.00–131.0096013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1792129.88/cwt129.25–132.001,02993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823130.12/cwt126.50–134.501,071105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy827124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,02523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1885122.28/cwt121.00–123.501,082294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1935120.15/cwt119.25–121.751,123164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1973116.19/cwt115.00–118.251,13156
Heifers—Large 11,036111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,15554
Heifers—Large 11,085101.50/cwt101.50–101.501,10113
Heifers—Large 11,111104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,1614
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1989112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,1138

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.