Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-01-12

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 12
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
8,434 head
▲ 4,625 vs last sale 3,809▲ 208 vs year ago 8,226 · +2.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 lower, except 600 lbs - 650lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 1.00 to 4.00 lower, except under 750 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Demand for this very large attractive offering was good to very good. Yearlings were in high demand along with lighter calves. Most of the eye appealing offering was hauled in overnight or very early in the morning. Cattle condition was grass fed to moderate background. Rounds of shot given along with the amount of time the calves had been weaned were big factors for buyers. The winter weather has played a big factor in how green cattle are and the amount of tag they were carrying.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $180.70/cwt on 3,585 head.
Average price
$180.70
3,585 head · 811 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,466
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.46
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1765185.361,4182,819
Medium and Large 1-2776170.981,327171
Large 11,046165.071,727432
Large 1-21,027152.221,563156
Medium and Large 2832143.001,1907thin
One grade step is worth $42.36/cwt here — about $228 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 sale3,585 hd
180.70
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SD average9 barns · 26,948 hd
194.16
−13.46
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

51 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1434234.28/cwt233.00–235.001,01711
Steers—Medium and Large 1527226.43/cwt213.50–233.501,19343
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527213.02/cwt209.00–217.001,1238
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,1155
Steers—Medium and Large 1588210.14/cwt207.00–214.501,236236
Steers—Medium and Large 1617208.01/cwt206.00–209.501,283117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2642190.60/cwt185.50–192.001,22418
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676181.14/cwt180.50–182.001,22514
Steers—Medium and Large 1679193.72/cwt185.00–200.501,315525
Steers—Medium and Large 1737183.25/cwt177.75–192.001,351367
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2764166.54/cwt163.00–178.001,27254
Steers—Medium and Large 1780179.77/cwt174.50–182.751,402403
Steers—Medium and Large 1827177.19/cwt172.00–182.251,465551
Steers—Medium and Large 2832143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1907
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2846169.45/cwt167.00–170.501,43443
Steers—Medium and Large 1874173.82/cwt166.75–175.751,519130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2890146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2996
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2900159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,43112
Steers—Medium and Large 1913173.14/cwt167.50–175.501,581202
Steers—Medium and Large 1955169.52/cwt169.00–171.751,619234
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2985138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,35911
Steers—Large 11,011166.74/cwt165.35–169.001,686182
Steers—Large 1-21,015152.71/cwt144.00–159.751,550134
Steers—Large 11,059165.76/cwt159.00–168.751,755213
Steers—Large 1-21,085155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,68710
Steers—Large 1-21,107144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,59412
Steers—Large 11,147152.85/cwt152.85–152.851,75337
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440210.92/cwt207.00–214.009289
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528179.00/cwt179.00–179.0094518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530188.73/cwt183.50–194.001,00027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2554173.50/cwt173.50–173.509617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578179.09/cwt172.00–185.001,035160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628174.32/cwt168.50–181.001,095302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676172.29/cwt163.00–176.501,165304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717172.44/cwt167.50–177.001,236526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725166.39/cwt155.00–177.501,20619
Heifers—Medium and Large 2732151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,10561
Heifers—Medium and Large 2767149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,14715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769169.81/cwt163.00–172.501,306300
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2775161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,25214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816168.84/cwt167.00–172.001,378342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2861151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,30425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1885164.33/cwt160.00–165.601,454497
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2914139.88/cwt139.00–140.001,27952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1916164.67/cwt164.25–165.251,508392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2927124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1498
Heifers—Medium and Large 1952163.67/cwt158.00–164.501,55872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2967149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,4416
Heifers—Large 11,028143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,4759
Heifers—Large 11,064157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,67640

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.