Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-05-25

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 25
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,153 head
▼ 227 vs last sale 3,380▲ 582 vs year ago 2,571 · +22.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 850-1100 lbs. sold 8.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers up to 800 lbs. sold on a higher undertone, heifers 800-1000 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 higher Demand was good, wth many large load lots for buyers to fill large pens. The next feeder cattle auction will be June 1st, expecting 2000 head of feeders, 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 $193.02/cwt on 1,501 head.
Average price
$193.02
1,501 head · 849 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$202
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2
$57.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.41
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2659209.681,382137
Medium and Large 1867191.521,6611,358
Large 21,042152.001,5846thin
One grade step is worth $57.68/cwt here — about −$202 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 sale1,501 hd
193.02
—
SD average5 barns · 5,491 hd
207.43
−14.41
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

47 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,0437
Steers—Medium and Large 1512260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,33111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,3483
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2553250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3833
Steers—Medium and Large 1565258.76/cwt256.00–261.501,46228
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619232.35/cwt228.00–240.501,43816
Steers—Medium and Large 1621265.17/cwt257.50–268.501,64740
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679216.39/cwt202.00–230.001,46922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715207.54/cwt194.00–215.001,48424
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed752251.75/cwt251.75–251.751,89379
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2764218.76/cwt215.00–222.001,67113
Steers—Medium and Large 1770240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,84862
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2822203.17/cwt200.00–208.501,6708
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy855201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,7193
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2881185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,63014
Steers—Medium and Large 1887211.98/cwt204.50–214.101,880101
Steers—Medium and Large 1927207.53/cwt195.00–212.101,924289
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy960187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,80015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2968178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,7233
Steers—Medium and Large 1980192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,88712
Steers—Large 11,037196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,033152
Steers—Large 11,074190.37/cwt185.00–193.352,045209
Steers—Large 1-21,077169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,8203
Steers—Large 11,148185.75/cwt185.75–185.752,13255
Steers—Large 11,171185.15/cwt184.50–185.852,168106
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472234.39/cwt230.00–238.001,10613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,27010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514230.94/cwt221.00–236.001,1879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2592233.14/cwt232.00–233.501,38037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2602214.02/cwt200.00–230.001,28815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650234.25/cwt234.25–234.251,523119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705217.69/cwt212.50–218.001,53592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2737189.04/cwt181.00–215.001,39340
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,56811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2830182.72/cwt181.00–194.001,51723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1837189.82/cwt189.50–191.001,58995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1870186.70/cwt184.25–190.001,624305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy899181.66/cwt176.00–182.501,63362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy917172.10/cwt172.10–172.101,57872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1924186.16/cwt184.10–187.501,720414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1966182.26/cwt175.00–183.601,761138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy978165.75/cwt165.75–165.751,62140
Heifers—Large 21,042152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,5846
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1561250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4039
Bulls—Medium and Large 1767189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,4506
Bulls—Medium and Large 1845176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,4875
Bulls—Medium and Large 1919170.93/cwt165.00–174.001,5719

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.