Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-10-22

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 22
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,609 head
▲ 1,827 vs last sale 1,782▲ 1,264 vs year ago 2,345 · +53.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A lower undertone was noted on steers up to 900 lbs. Steers 900-950 lbs. were 6.00 lower. Steers over 950 lbs, had a lower undertone also. A lower undertone was noted on heifers up to 850 lbs. Heifers 850-900 were 4.00 lower. A steady to lower undertone was noted on heifers over 900 lbs. Many load lots in todays offering. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle sale will be Oct.29th, expecting 5500 head of yearlings and spring calves, From now on auctions will start 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 $131.74/cwt on 1,969 head.
Average price
$131.74
1,969 head · 953 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,255
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$121
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$8.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.76
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1910134.601,2251,177
Medium and Large 1-2743133.12989119
Large 11,064126.491,346673
One grade step is worth $8.11/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale1,969 hd
131.74
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SD average12 barns · 27,198 hd
148.50
−16.76
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1396188.00/cwt188.00–188.0074411
Steers—Medium and Large 1429162.50/cwt162.50–162.506976
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485147.00/cwt147.00–147.007138
Steers—Medium and Large 1486162.00/cwt162.00–162.007875
Steers—Medium and Large 1519151.98/cwt149.50–153.0078946
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585139.75/cwt139.00–142.0081830
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2606137.00/cwt137.00–137.008308
Steers—Medium and Large 1640144.73/cwt141.00–148.0092613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673130.50/cwt130.50–130.5087818
Steers—Medium and Large 1726140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,0208
Steers—Medium and Large 1758142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,08013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2829129.68/cwt128.00–132.001,07512
Steers—Medium and Large 1832142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,18439
Steers—Medium and Large 1879137.42/cwt134.00–138.001,208168
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy898129.85/cwt129.85–129.851,16646
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy929128.85/cwt128.85–128.851,19762
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2931127.26/cwt120.00–128.001,18543
Steers—Medium and Large 1939130.78/cwt130.10–133.751,228236
Steers—Medium and Large 1980132.18/cwt128.75–134.601,295524
Steers—Large 11,040128.52/cwt127.00–129.501,337134
Steers—Large 11,069126.17/cwt122.75–127.601,349530
Steers—Large 11,137115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3089
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385175.00/cwt175.00–175.006744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440144.50/cwt144.50–144.5063626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469146.00/cwt146.00–146.0068516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525132.00/cwt132.00–132.0069311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562138.00/cwt138.00–138.007768
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584132.39/cwt132.00–132.5077338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623128.00/cwt128.00–128.007973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631135.64/cwt135.50–136.0085618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680135.30/cwt135.00–136.0092088
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2687131.00/cwt131.00–131.009009
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2714131.48/cwt130.00–132.0093939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721134.83/cwt129.85–139.25972191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1771133.74/cwt130.75–135.251,03145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2792130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,03013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2807125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,01315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819129.46/cwt128.00–133.751,060333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1870126.15/cwt122.50–134.001,098245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2900119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1929122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,138120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1979120.54/cwt119.75–121.001,18030
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,034101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0444
Heifers—Large 11,040115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,196141
Heifers—Large 11,081109.25/cwt109.25–109.251,1814
Heifers—Large 11,178110.10/cwt110.10–110.101,297111

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.