Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-10-08

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 8
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,362 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 2,402▼ 90 vs year ago 2,452 · −3.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On steers up to 700 lbs. a lower undertone was noted. Steers 700-900 lbs. a higher undertone was noted. Steers 900-1000 lbs. were 4.00-5.00 higher. Heifers 800-900 lbs. sold steady to 3.00 higher. Many load lots in todays offering. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle sale will be Oct.15th, expecting 2000 head, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.07/cwt on 1,323 head.
Average price
$145.07
1,323 head · 852 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,237
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$11.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.70
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1832146.841,2221,081
Medium and Large 1-2659145.0695652
Large 11,022134.991,380190
One grade step is worth $11.85/cwt here — about −$159 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 sale1,323 hd
145.07
—
SD average8 barns · 11,075 hd
145.77
−0.70
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1378187.00/cwt187.00–187.007079
Steers—Medium and Large 1470173.50/cwt173.50–173.5081510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480167.54/cwt167.00–168.0080418
Steers—Medium and Large 1538165.50/cwt165.50–165.5089022
Steers—Medium and Large 1570153.45/cwt151.00–156.0087516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579144.33/cwt143.00–145.0083615
Steers—Medium and Large 1679154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,04610
Steers—Medium and Large 1711154.33/cwt153.35–157.001,097187
Steers—Medium and Large 1750149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,12163
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed804154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,238120
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy823125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,0339
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2834132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,1055
Steers—Medium and Large 1835146.81/cwt143.25–148.001,22661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2857127.86/cwt127.00–129.001,0967
Steers—Medium and Large 1868139.98/cwt135.00–143.001,215148
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy897127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,1443
Steers—Medium and Large 1929142.16/cwt137.85–143.751,321344
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2970115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1167
Steers—Medium and Large 1983137.14/cwt133.75–138.851,34879
Steers—Large 11,016137.09/cwt127.00–138.351,393164
Steers—Large 11,063121.75/cwt121.75–121.751,29426
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1448150.00/cwt150.00–150.006728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471148.00/cwt148.00–148.006975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2493143.50/cwt141.00–144.5070745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518138.00/cwt138.00–138.007155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1546146.00/cwt146.00–146.007977
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560140.00/cwt140.00–140.0078410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629145.71/cwt141.50–146.2591789
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2637135.33/cwt134.00–135.5086226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2721130.46/cwt125.00–132.5094118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1833136.33/cwt134.00–139.501,136355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2840131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1858132.51/cwt130.75–133.001,137198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy881112.50/cwt112.50–112.509914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1935125.59/cwt121.00–126.501,174118
Heifers—Large 11,023120.41/cwt112.00–124.751,23272
Heifers—Large 11,056123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,2996
Heifers—Large 11,136101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,1474
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1878123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,08016

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.