Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-01-19

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 19
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,254 head
▼ 4,180 vs last sale 8,434▼ 495 vs year ago 4,749 · −10.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 600-850 lbs. sold 1.00-4.00 lower, with break out of 700-750 lbs. 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 550-750 lbs. sold 1.00-3.00 lower, 750-950 sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Demand was good. Top dollar came with the larger consignments, of weaned calves and shots in calves. The next feeder cattle auction will be Jan. 26th, expecting 7000 head of feeders, starting at 8:30 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $167.96/cwt on 2,133 head.
Average price
$167.96
2,133 head · 739 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,241
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$241
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$49.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.19
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1749168.331,2611,954
Medium and Large 1-2593167.70995142
Medium and Large 2490160.0978422
Large 11,000151.001,5107thin
Large 1-21,262119.001,5028thin
One grade step is worth $49.33/cwt here — about −$241 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 sale2,133 hd
167.96
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SD average7 barns · 12,108 hd
177.15
−9.19
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

67 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2321230.00/cwt230.00–230.007384
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2355226.13/cwt225.00–227.008037
Steers—Medium and Large 1420231.00/cwt231.00–231.009703
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430206.00/cwt206.00–206.0088616
Steers—Medium and Large 1460221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,0173
Steers—Medium and Large 2491169.00/cwt169.00–169.008306
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2496218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,08114
Steers—Medium and Large 1527217.41/cwt213.00–227.001,146106
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned544203.04/cwt201.00–203.501,10533
Steers—Medium and Large 1562204.05/cwt196.50–210.001,14782
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned568190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,07920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2591191.15/cwt180.00–195.001,13042
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy592193.51/cwt192.00–194.001,14612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623185.58/cwt183.00–187.001,15650
Steers—Medium and Large 1631192.87/cwt185.00–196.251,217202
Steers—Medium and Large 2637146.00/cwt146.00–146.0093014
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned642185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1887
Steers—Medium and Large 1668189.86/cwt183.00–193.501,268151
Steers—Medium and Large 1705187.48/cwt179.50–189.751,322144
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned725163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,18515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,26377
Steers—Medium and Large 1776177.51/cwt170.00–180.601,377294
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy780166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,29510
Steers—Medium and Large 1816176.14/cwt174.35–177.751,437198
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2836177.70/cwt161.00–180.351,48694
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy837170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,42312
Steers—Large 2888146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2968
Steers—Medium and Large 1891168.42/cwt168.00–168.501,50140
Steers—Medium and Large 1903173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,56270
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy920168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,55041
Steers—Large 11,042158.95/cwt156.50–160.251,65623
Steers—Large 11,118158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,77242
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2326223.00/cwt223.00–223.007275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376211.00/cwt211.00–211.007937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376200.00/cwt200.00–200.007524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405204.00/cwt204.00–204.008265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2405199.00/cwt199.00–199.008067
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462205.00/cwt205.00–205.009476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482188.00/cwt188.00–188.0090612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490160.09/cwt159.00–162.0078422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed513191.00/cwt191.00–191.0098043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned517174.00/cwt174.00–174.009008
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527181.68/cwt175.00–186.2595779
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535173.50/cwt173.50–173.5092811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy564171.00/cwt171.00–171.009647
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575162.41/cwt158.00–164.5093422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585175.83/cwt167.00–179.001,029169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613159.67/cwt155.00–164.0097947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625172.75/cwt169.00–176.251,080255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670168.58/cwt164.50–172.001,12985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned671150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,00722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715159.57/cwt153.00–161.501,14126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723170.89/cwt165.50–173.751,236403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy732163.25/cwt163.25–163.251,19550
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2753140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773165.18/cwt163.75–166.501,27766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy820162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,3334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1833165.00/cwt164.75–165.101,374143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2857139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1873161.40/cwt156.50–164.251,40997
Heifers—Medium and Large 1927160.01/cwt153.25–164.001,483505
Heifers—Large 11,000151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,5107
Heifers—Large 1-21,262119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,5028
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,0494
Bulls—Medium and Large 1671165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1079
Bulls—Medium and Large 1726157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,1439
Bulls—Medium and Large 1826155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2807

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.