Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-02-16

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 16
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
5,055 head
▼ 3,037 vs last sale 8,092▼ 761 vs year ago 5,816 · −13.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, instances to 10.00 lower on 650-700 lbs, over 700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher with instances of 5.00 higher on 800-850 lbs. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Good to very good demand for this special Hereford influenced feeder cattle sale. The market was very active for these cattle that will fit the Certified Hereford Beef program, many of these cattle were in a light flesh condition making them easy to sell. Flesh condition on the black hide and mixed colored cattle was more on the moderate plus side. With the warmer weather, and rain received earlier in the week cattle locked up in feedyard pens were carrying quite a bit of tag and were less eye appealing compared to those that were clean and open haired. Next week, Feb 23, 2023 expecting 7,000 feeder cattle 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 $192.38/cwt on 2,840 head.
Average price
$192.38
2,840 head · 724 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,392
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.12
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1734192.961,4171,811
Medium and Large 1-2705191.361,3491,029
One grade step is worth $1.61/cwt here — about $68 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 sale2,840 hd
192.38
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SD average7 barns · 15,278 hd
196.50
−4.12
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

65 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned339212.50/cwt212.50–212.507208
Steers—Medium and Large 1349240.00/cwt240.00–240.0083821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed399234.00/cwt234.00–234.0093416
Steers—Medium and Large 1428232.62/cwt231.00–234.0099638
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned458220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0086
Steers—Medium and Large 1460237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,0903
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed461232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,07034
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,0396
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed520221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,14915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526211.58/cwt209.00–214.001,11317
Steers—Medium and Large 1533218.50/cwt214.00–229.001,16568
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy564192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,08327
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582205.31/cwt201.00–211.001,19547
Steers—Medium and Large 1585219.25/cwt217.50–219.501,28354
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed618215.79/cwt210.50–218.001,33434
Steers—Medium and Large 1627207.45/cwt203.25–212.501,301142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637196.46/cwt188.00–201.001,25174
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed656196.50/cwt196.50–196.501,28911
Steers—Medium and Large 1677193.45/cwt190.50–198.501,310123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677192.18/cwt189.00–195.501,301186
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy687185.85/cwt185.00–188.001,27791
Steers—Medium and Large 1729194.23/cwt190.50–201.251,416469
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2737187.59/cwt176.00–191.601,383212
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy738181.34/cwt178.00–184.751,33850
Steers—Medium and Large 1769186.39/cwt181.00–191.601,433241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2777184.78/cwt171.00–189.501,436138
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed810183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,48218
Steers—Medium and Large 1827184.69/cwt178.00–189.001,527318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2829175.28/cwt174.00–178.501,453134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2870174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,51810
Steers—Medium and Large 1892178.62/cwt176.00–179.251,59385
Steers—Medium and Large 1927172.17/cwt172.00–173.001,59636
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2933166.66/cwt166.00–168.001,55530
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2950164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,56312
Steers—Medium and Large 1956174.10/cwt174.10–174.101,66466
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2339200.00/cwt200.00–200.006789
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned340215.00/cwt215.00–215.007316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1342222.00/cwt222.00–222.0075912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1351216.00/cwt216.00–216.0075824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388207.00/cwt207.00–207.0080316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425211.30/cwt205.00–219.0089856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428203.89/cwt197.00–215.0087329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2458191.00/cwt191.00–191.008758
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480223.38/cwt221.00–224.001,07225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed485194.00/cwt194.00–194.0094110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,03223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2543185.00/cwt180.00–194.001,00558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy558175.00/cwt175.00–175.009779
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578195.61/cwt190.00–199.001,13196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582184.08/cwt172.00–195.501,071100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy611179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,09413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625185.34/cwt181.50–189.001,158120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627178.51/cwt171.00–185.501,119156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667178.88/cwt175.00–185.501,193248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675175.65/cwt171.00–182.001,18689
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Replacement683185.25/cwt185.25–185.251,26567
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2719172.45/cwt169.75–175.001,24052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement721200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,44268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733174.80/cwt173.75–179.501,28199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2759165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,25248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1791176.45/cwt176.00–179.001,39627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1827171.34/cwt168.00–174.001,417163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2878161.00/cwt160.25–163.001,41444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1884163.86/cwt163.60–164.001,449179
Heifers—Large 11,000162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,6205

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.