Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-05-11

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 11
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,864 head
▲ 431 vs last sale 1,433▼ 2,451 vs year ago 4,315 · −56.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 600 lbs. and up sold on a higher undertone . Numbers made for trend not applicable. Demand was good, Quality was really good. Had some load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 18th, expecting 2500 head of feeders, starting at 9:00-9:30 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $192.60/cwt on 1,327 head.
Average price
$192.60
1,327 head · 791 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,523
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$636
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$46.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.89
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2557212.791,18576
Medium and Large 1803191.721,5391,234
Medium and Large 2763168.001,2826thin
Large 11,097166.001,82111thin
One grade step is worth $46.79/cwt here — about −$636 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 sale1,327 hd
192.60
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SD average6 barns · 6,627 hd
207.50
−14.89
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1436299.14/cwt296.00–301.001,30419
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466248.88/cwt248.00–250.001,16019
Steers—Medium and Large 1524265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3899
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,33728
Steers—Medium and Large 1590255.02/cwt252.00–261.001,50535
Steers—Medium and Large 1627253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,5866
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2642187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,2045
Steers—Medium and Large 1676242.42/cwt234.50–244.001,63943
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681210.23/cwt200.00–217.001,43220
Steers—Medium and Large 1721226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,62919
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2739215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5896
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2764202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5434
Steers—Medium and Large 1772224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,72918
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2800193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,5485
Steers—Medium and Large 1807212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,7117
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy885185.24/cwt182.00–189.501,6397
Steers—Medium and Large 1918187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,7213
Steers—Medium and Large 1977192.92/cwt192.10–193.751,885120
Steers—Large 1-21,051177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,8604
Steers—Large 11,057183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,94038
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2363237.50/cwt237.50–237.508623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,1729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479229.52/cwt227.00–234.001,09943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,1013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1591228.60/cwt228.00–233.001,35167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621221.17/cwt214.00–225.501,37358
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677189.19/cwt184.00–195.001,28121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685202.71/cwt195.00–213.001,38961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732198.78/cwt194.50–203.501,455231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2763168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,2826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772188.79/cwt188.00–189.501,45730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2810164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,3286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818183.69/cwt174.00–189.101,503309
Heifers—Medium and Large 1862185.40/cwt181.00–187.751,598215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy888173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,5366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1909184.04/cwt182.00–184.251,67398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1969175.49/cwt171.85–179.001,700147
Heifers—Large 11,097166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,82111
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 31,04592.00/cwt92.00–92.009616

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.