Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-02-09

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 9
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
8,092 head
▲ 3,778 vs last sale 4,314▲ 1,336 vs year ago 6,756 · +19.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 500-750 lbs. sold 1.00-5.00 higher, 850-1000 lbs. sold 2.00-3.00 higher, instances 8.00 lower on steers 800-850 lbs. A higher undertone was noted on steers over 1000 lbs. Feeder heifers550-800 lbs. sold steady to 3.00 higher, 800-950 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was very good, with many large load lots to fill large pens. Next week will be the Hereford influenced special sale Herefords will start at around 10:00 am . The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb.16th, expecting 5000 head of feeders, starting at 8:00 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $186.70/cwt on 4,145 head.
Average price
$186.70
4,145 head · 800 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,494
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$48.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.36
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1789187.751,4813,804
Medium and Large 1-2701184.861,295164
Large 11,133167.321,895168
Large 1-21,287142.001,8283thin
Large 21,147139.001,5946thin
One grade step is worth $48.75/cwt here — about −$113 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 sale4,145 hd
186.70
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SD average7 barns · 15,769 hd
193.06
−6.36
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

54 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380232.00/cwt232.00–232.008823
Steers—Medium and Large 1414247.24/cwt242.00–252.501,0246
Steers—Medium and Large 1463240.69/cwt231.00–250.001,11418
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2493223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,0993
Steers—Medium and Large 1506226.33/cwt223.00–230.001,14517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523198.66/cwt196.00–213.001,03920
Steers—Medium and Large 1577214.84/cwt210.00–231.001,240166
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2593199.75/cwt191.00–205.001,18535
Steers—Medium and Large 1617212.71/cwt198.00–219.501,312149
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy642194.63/cwt194.00–195.001,25035
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,29215
Steers—Medium and Large 1680203.36/cwt193.00–212.001,383270
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy686189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,30017
Steers—Medium and Large 1715195.08/cwt186.50–199.751,395693
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy730170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2736176.93/cwt162.00–184.501,30235
Steers—Medium and Large 1770187.56/cwt183.00–192.001,444356
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy787177.50/cwt176.50–183.501,397124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2789164.31/cwt162.00–165.001,29617
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2814173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,4086
Steers—Medium and Large 1820179.39/cwt175.50–184.001,471411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2864171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,4827
Steers—Medium and Large 1865181.22/cwt173.25–188.251,568821
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy868171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,48983
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2912167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,52823
Steers—Medium and Large 1913175.80/cwt170.25–180.851,605479
Steers—Medium and Large 1964171.84/cwt168.00–172.251,657155
Steers—Large 11,040169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,7589
Steers—Large 11,138167.22/cwt152.00–168.351,903159
Steers—Large 21,147139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,5946
Steers—Large 1-21,287142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,8283
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431200.00/cwt200.00–200.008624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1442220.09/cwt214.00–224.0097313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2492198.00/cwt198.00–198.009745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533199.93/cwt196.50–218.001,06636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545191.21/cwt186.50–196.001,04228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574191.25/cwt185.00–197.001,098216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2593179.40/cwt178.75–181.501,064115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement618199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,23333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633186.62/cwt180.00–192.001,181179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2641174.06/cwt154.00–179.001,11636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674178.29/cwt175.00–189.501,202655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2686169.98/cwt169.50–173.501,16673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement690186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,28736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy696171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,19067
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718172.51/cwt168.75–178.001,239378
Heifers—Medium and Large 1767171.67/cwt167.00–177.001,317578
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy792163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,2916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829170.28/cwt166.50–173.001,412600
Heifers—Medium and Large 1871165.30/cwt163.00–169.001,440264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2874151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,3209
Heifers—Medium and Large 1917164.93/cwt163.50–166.501,512275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1975163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,5947
Heifers—Large 11,240148.75/cwt148.75–148.751,8455

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.