Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-02-02

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 2
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,314 head
▼ 3,309 vs last sale 7,623▲ 781 vs year ago 3,533 · +22.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 600-1000 lbs. sold steady to 4.00 higher, instances 8.00 higher on 800-850 lbs. A higher undertone was noted on steers over 1000 lbs. Feeder heifers 550-700 lbs. sold 4.00-7.00 higher, 750-900 lbs. sold unevenly steady, 900-1000 lbs. sold 1.00-4.00 higher. Demand was good, with many large load lots in the heavier feeders today. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 9th, expecting 6000 plus 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 $170.53/cwt on 2,126 head.
Average price
$170.53
2,126 head · 816 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,391
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$40.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.88
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1809171.471,3871,862
Medium and Large 1-2671168.681,132124
Large 11,025164.691,688119
Large 1-21,085131.111,42321
One grade step is worth $40.36/cwt here — about −$36 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 sale2,126 hd
170.53
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SD average6 barns · 8,262 hd
179.42
−8.88
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1469238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,11611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed483242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,16913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0245
Steers—Medium and Large 1529222.51/cwt220.00–227.001,17711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532202.54/cwt181.00–214.001,07837
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy555196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,0885
Steers—Medium and Large 1572212.29/cwt204.00–221.001,21473
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1685
Steers—Medium and Large 1623208.68/cwt197.25–218.001,300155
Steers—Medium and Large 1679197.88/cwt189.50–202.501,344200
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy686183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,25929
Steers—Medium and Large 1723194.05/cwt188.00–197.001,403215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2773178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,37612
Steers—Medium and Large 1796187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,49339
Steers—Medium and Large 1807184.27/cwt172.75–187.751,487307
Steers—Medium and Large 1881179.08/cwt171.50–184.001,578201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2895166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,49017
Steers—Medium and Large 1920172.49/cwt169.10–180.351,587227
Steers—Medium and Large 1975167.88/cwt165.00–171.101,637242
Steers—Large 11,038169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,75997
Steers—Large 11,071168.47/cwt158.00–171.501,804137
Steers—Large 11,145163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,8663
Steers—Large 11,153160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,84520
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382211.00/cwt211.00–211.008064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428189.00/cwt189.00–189.008094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1448209.50/cwt209.50–209.509397
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475191.57/cwt186.00–197.009108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481205.21/cwt200.50–210.5098741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,00511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534186.00/cwt186.00–186.0099317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578187.95/cwt178.00–191.751,086109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,00115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617183.83/cwt174.50–189.501,134225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625168.72/cwt168.50–171.001,05533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675176.76/cwt169.50–180.001,19367
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2710164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,1649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1741170.15/cwt166.75–173.251,26184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1786171.25/cwt164.60–173.351,346177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1817164.34/cwt162.75–169.001,343157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1867166.01/cwt164.00–167.001,439286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2880150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,32419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2910159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,4473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1922164.69/cwt159.00–169.751,518466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1963167.79/cwt163.00–169.751,616232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2982141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,38512
Heifers—Large 11,025164.69/cwt152.00–165.501,688119
Heifers—Large 1-21,030132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,3604
Heifers—Large 1-21,058135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4289
Heifers—Large 1-21,144126.29/cwt116.00–136.501,4458

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.