Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-04-13

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 13
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
5,180 head
▲ 2,723 vs last sale 2,457▲ 1,816 vs year ago 3,364 · +54.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 800-1000 lbs. sold steady. Feeder heifers 800-900 lbs. sold unevenly steady, flesh on feeders today was a big factor on prices paid. Top dollar was paid for calves 250-450 lbs. Demand was good, with many large load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 20th, expecting 3000 head, starting at 8:30 am

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $199.31/cwt on 2,788 head.
Average price
$199.31
2,788 head · 887 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,767
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$222
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$53.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.01
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1818208.631,7071,813
Medium and Large 1-2829194.201,609218
Large 11,076178.931,925725
Medium and Large 2806177.001,42719thin
Large 2958155.001,48513thin
One grade step is worth $53.63/cwt here — about $222 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 sale2,788 hd
199.31
—
SD average6 barns · 8,503 hd
208.32
−9.01
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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1388314.21/cwt307.00–332.501,21920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2391300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1734
Steers—Medium and Large 1429301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,2918
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2295
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed540269.82/cwt267.50–275.001,45771
Steers—Medium and Large 1542250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3556
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572216.18/cwt212.00–219.001,23712
Steers—Medium and Large 1617230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4199
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3503
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673211.25/cwt196.00–219.001,42242
Steers—Medium and Large 1687226.45/cwt224.50–229.001,556101
Steers—Medium and Large 1720220.39/cwt214.50–229.501,587166
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,5263
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy733212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,55487
Steers—Medium and Large 1769221.52/cwt212.00–230.501,703171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2788194.29/cwt190.00–198.001,53117
Steers—Medium and Large 2806177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,42719
Steers—Medium and Large 1816205.91/cwt198.25–209.501,680386
Steers—Medium and Large 1875195.32/cwt189.00–198.751,709281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2880183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,61011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2908188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,70760
Steers—Medium and Large 1926194.76/cwt189.50–197.001,803246
Steers—Large 2958155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,48513
Steers—Medium and Large 1967187.19/cwt181.00–193.851,810256
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2979174.28/cwt167.75–182.001,70661
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy991170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6855
Steers—Large 11,022178.81/cwt171.25–181.501,827282
Steers—Large 11,091180.22/cwt179.00–181.101,966320
Steers—Large 11,161175.85/cwt175.85–175.852,042123
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2227270.00/cwt270.00–270.006133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1314282.50/cwt282.50–282.508874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2358260.00/cwt260.00–260.009314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1407267.39/cwt265.00–269.001,08832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431222.00/cwt222.00–222.009577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2458220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1490242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,1887
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed512245.37/cwt237.00–247.001,25638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512232.48/cwt219.00–236.001,19015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2542219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580211.85/cwt210.50–219.001,22931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616213.80/cwt199.00–219.251,31737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642194.31/cwt187.00–197.501,24713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663210.16/cwt207.75–215.251,393186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680184.10/cwt182.00–188.001,25232
Heifers—Medium and Large 2701165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,16044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711196.08/cwt190.00–200.501,394127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement731206.50/cwt206.50–206.501,51056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2738172.11/cwt162.00–186.001,27023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1767193.30/cwt190.00–196.501,48388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2772184.25/cwt182.50–185.001,422154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy779186.64/cwt161.00–188.001,454107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1821184.02/cwt180.50–187.251,511420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2830166.67/cwt163.50–175.001,38333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement835193.35/cwt193.35–193.351,61459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1877187.39/cwt181.50–197.501,643666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2895178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,59813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1931182.47/cwt178.00–185.501,69975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2974154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,5007
Heifers—Medium and Large 1980173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,7008
Heifers—Large 1-21,252146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,8284
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,2849
Bulls—Medium and Large 1754185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3957
Bulls—Large 11,058163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,7256

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.