Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-06-01

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jun 1
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,756 head
▼ 1,397 vs last sale 3,153▲ 379 vs year ago 1,377 · +27.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough steers for trend, trend not applicable. Steers 1000-1100 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers 850-950 lbs. sold 4.00-5.00 higher. Demand was good, many large load lots in heavy heifers. The next feeder cattle auction will be June 8th, this will be their SUMMER TIME BBQ, expecting 6000 head of feeders, starting at 8:00 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.54/cwt on 1,100 head.
Average price
$193.54
1,100 head · 867 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,679
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$736
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.77
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1876194.451,7021,008
Medium and Large 1-2787184.931,45587
Medium and Large 2604160.009665thin
One grade step is worth $34.45/cwt here — about $736 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 sale1,100 hd
193.54
—
SD average2 barns · 1,252 hd
192.77
+0.77
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,28812
Steers—Medium and Large 1608272.25/cwt272.25–272.251,65567
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634223.64/cwt222.00–225.001,4189
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy730211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5406
Steers—Medium and Large 1740220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6289
Steers—Medium and Large 1783220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7238
Steers—Medium and Large 1870208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,81022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2917187.66/cwt182.00–189.751,72130
Steers—Medium and Large 1918208.14/cwt205.50–210.001,91154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy947186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,7669
Steers—Medium and Large 1989191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,88949
Steers—Medium and Large 2997164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,6359
Steers—Large 11,020198.00/cwt198.00–198.002,02057
Steers—Large 1-21,021171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,7466
Steers—Large 11,072191.14/cwt186.00–198.002,049141
Steers—Large 21,078171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,84352
Steers—Large 1-21,148175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,0094
Steers—Large 1-21,268149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,8966
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,24827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,39028
Heifers—Medium and Large 2604160.00/cwt160.00–160.009665
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,31511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730180.40/cwt175.00–183.001,3179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2775196.28/cwt189.00–204.001,52118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2801177.29/cwt165.00–188.251,42034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1845188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,58953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1872192.56/cwt191.00–193.351,679351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2887183.22/cwt180.00–184.001,62515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1914190.87/cwt189.00–194.101,745522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1950184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,74827

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.