Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-03-30

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 30
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
5,013 head
▲ 510 vs last sale 4,503▲ 876 vs year ago 4,137 · +21.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 700-900 lbs. sold 2.00-8.00 higher. A higher undertone was noted on steers over 1000 lbs. Feeder heifers 650-900 lbs. sold 4.00-7.00 higher, a higher undertone was noted on 900-1000 lbs. heifers. Demand was good . Many large load lots in todays offering. Sold many high quality heifers for replacements. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 6th, expecting 3500 plus starting at 9:00 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $173.08/cwt on 3,252 head.
Average price
$173.08
3,252 head · 817 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,413
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$349
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.45
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1784183.161,4362,124
Large 11,039162.051,68352
Medium and Large 1-2875153.921,3471,040
Medium and Large 2734148.171,08736
One grade step is worth $34.99/cwt here — about $349 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 sale3,252 hd
173.08
—
SD average8 barns · 11,626 hd
190.54
−17.45
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

74 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2367240.00/cwt240.00–240.008813
Steers—Medium and Large 1408249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,0165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,0504
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2458228.62/cwt228.00–230.001,04710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514225.45/cwt205.00–232.001,15918
Steers—Medium and Large 1517236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,2206
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,0627
Steers—Medium and Large 1587237.34/cwt230.00–240.001,39351
Steers—Medium and Large 1600224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,34423
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2611219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,33812
Steers—Medium and Large 2613185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1347
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660201.26/cwt198.00–208.001,32817
Steers—Medium and Large 1664228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,51458
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2706199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,4057
Steers—Medium and Large 2713133.00/cwt133.00–133.009488
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy715193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,38423
Steers—Medium and Large 1717206.90/cwt186.00–213.001,483118
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed763219.75/cwt219.75–219.751,677278
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770197.40/cwt197.00–198.001,52020
Steers—Medium and Large 1772205.20/cwt199.50–215.001,58499
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy782184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,43917
Steers—Medium and Large 1829194.26/cwt191.00–199.001,610202
Steers—Medium and Large 2842170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,43119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2861175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,5115
Steers—Medium and Large 1884190.35/cwt183.50–193.001,683609
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy884175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,55129
Steers—Medium and Large 1921186.63/cwt176.50–189.751,719378
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy930170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,58110
Steers—Medium and Large 1971182.92/cwt181.50–184.501,776120
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy976172.00/cwt170.70–173.001,67935
Steers—Large 11,027179.77/cwt172.00–180.851,84676
Steers—Large 11,109176.75/cwt176.75–176.751,96019
Steers—Large 1-21,305145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,8925
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410229.86/cwt226.00–235.0094214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472207.00/cwt207.00–207.009773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,14712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534203.06/cwt198.00–210.001,0847
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540172.00/cwt172.00–172.0092910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed569218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,24355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583200.32/cwt199.00–201.001,16818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,21116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613192.56/cwt179.00–211.001,18014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630194.81/cwt192.00–200.501,22768
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy641188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670195.06/cwt185.00–202.751,307251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2686172.05/cwt155.00–177.501,18026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy699170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727185.24/cwt181.25–190.501,347153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement748186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,39118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2748178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,3313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy748167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,25358
Heifers—Medium and Large 2749143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,07117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1756186.49/cwt185.75–187.001,410200
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2756175.92/cwt170.50–177.001,33051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy782178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,39677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement784188.75/cwt188.75–188.751,480221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2829148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1833179.47/cwt172.00–184.251,495370
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy875164.16/cwt151.00–168.001,436123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1876175.33/cwt172.10–180.251,536330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2877154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,3517
Heifers—Medium and Large 2898132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy901150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,352901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1916173.78/cwt171.75–174.851,59278
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy923162.94/cwt162.00–164.001,50429
Heifers—Medium and Large 2938131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1961169.42/cwt169.00–169.501,62839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2997158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,5755
Heifers—Large 11,002163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,6383
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,038162.10/cwt162.10–162.101,68341
Heifers—Large 11,056161.25/cwt161.25–161.251,7038
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1417214.00/cwt214.00–214.008923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1938154.44/cwt154.00–155.001,4499
Bulls—Large 11,018153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,56317

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.