Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-03-23

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 23
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,503 head
▲ 1,684 vs last sale 2,819▼ 853 vs year ago 5,356 · −15.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 700-900 lbs. sold 2.00-5.00 higher, 1000-1050 lbs. sold 4.00 higher. Heifers 850-950 lbs. sold 3.00-4.00 higher, instances 8.00 higher on 750-800 lbs. Sold many high quality replacement heifers today, bringing top dollar. Many large load lots in todays offering. Demand was very good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Mar.30th, expecting 4500 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 $177.94/cwt on 2,470 head.
Average price
$177.94
2,470 head · 783 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,394
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$220
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$25.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.73
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1790178.511,4112,275
Medium and Large 1-2682172.191,174185
Large 11,077156.001,6805thin
Large 1-21,062153.501,6305thin
One grade step is worth $25.01/cwt here — about −$220 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 sale2,470 hd
177.94
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SD average5 barns · 7,301 hd
183.67
−5.73
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

63 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,0135
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476217.73/cwt215.00–220.001,03613
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed499260.50/cwt260.50–260.501,3008
Steers—Medium and Large 1511242.50/cwt239.00–244.001,23910
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed530257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,36211
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy530228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,2085
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1534
Steers—Medium and Large 1571229.85/cwt221.00–232.001,31215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577208.44/cwt208.00–210.001,20313
Steers—Medium and Large 1613218.09/cwt212.00–220.001,33722
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy620197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679193.58/cwt181.00–198.001,31421
Steers—Medium and Large 1683205.77/cwt204.00–212.001,40535
Steers—Medium and Large 1725204.69/cwt195.00–210.501,484100
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740190.70/cwt176.50–192.501,41133
Steers—Medium and Large 1762198.35/cwt188.75–202.001,511217
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2771176.12/cwt170.00–186.001,35839
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy797180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,43513
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy820160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3123
Steers—Medium and Large 1827191.24/cwt184.00–194.751,582374
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy864165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4264
Steers—Medium and Large 1882181.82/cwt176.00–187.501,604284
Steers—Medium and Large 1909180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,63626
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy912173.34/cwt172.75–177.001,58143
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy962174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,67412
Steers—Medium and Large 1969176.31/cwt173.75–177.001,70876
Steers—Large 1-21,002160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,6033
Steers—Large 11,011177.26/cwt175.75–179.101,792321
Steers—Large 11,095169.75/cwt169.75–169.751,85926
Steers—Large 11,128168.90/cwt162.50–169.751,905122
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432223.55/cwt223.00–224.0096613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439211.55/cwt211.00–212.0092911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,0488
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520206.67/cwt206.00–207.001,0759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559204.92/cwt203.00–207.001,14631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583181.19/cwt166.00–189.001,05644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618194.24/cwt184.00–202.501,20059
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy621181.54/cwt180.50–182.001,12756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2646186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,2024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668172.59/cwt171.00–173.501,15320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy671167.67/cwt163.00–176.501,12512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690187.42/cwt183.00–189.501,293371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1709178.40/cwt177.00–179.501,26563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy714174.69/cwt173.00–176.001,24714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement718192.77/cwt187.00–194.501,384107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2738164.09/cwt161.00–170.501,21181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2754156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,17611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement774182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,41346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy783162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,27229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1794181.78/cwt176.00–182.751,443311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement803180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,44556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2828168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,39114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830171.95/cwt170.00–173.601,427197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement863178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,54065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1870170.11/cwt166.00–176.001,480689
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy881158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,3968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1908170.82/cwt169.50–171.001,55158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1968166.44/cwt164.50–167.001,61173
Heifers—Large 1-21,062153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,6305
Heifers—Large 11,077156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,6805
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2652177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,1574
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2821157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2894
Bulls—Medium and Large 1932157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,4637

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.