Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-06-08

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jun 8
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
6,726 head
▲ 4,970 vs last sale 1,756▼ 3,005 vs year ago 9,731 · −30.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 10.00 to 20.00 higher. The market was red hot and fast paced for this year's special summer time BBQ sale. Demand was excellent as cash fed cattle continue to soar to new all-time record highs, 192.00 this week, which is spurring feeder cattle to all time record high prices. Cattle producers are feeling very optimistic as the fed cattle market continues to outperform the futures market, currently as much as 13.00 below the cash market. Many long strings of yearling steers and heifers offered in load lots and multiple load lots, flesh condition ranged from light grass type flesh, to heavier fleshed cattle coming out of grow yards. Quality was very attractive and the seats were full of buyers competing heavily to secure the cattle they need in order to have cattle to sell into the fall and winter months. The market was extremely active throughout the day, as final bids many times reached prices 30.00 higher than where the bidding started. Next feeder cattle sale with be Jun 15, expecting 3,000 feeder cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $206.65/cwt on 3,237 head.
Average price
$206.65
3,237 head · 826 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,706
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$193
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$29.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.97
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1826209.361,7302,581
Medium and Large 1-2732204.321,496421
Medium and Large 2698183.921,28554
Large 11,068180.081,924181
One grade step is worth $29.28/cwt here — about −$193 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 sale3,237 hd
206.65
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SD average5 barns · 13,245 hd
225.62
−18.97
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

59 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 1496302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,49815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed533288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,5358
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579245.72/cwt231.00–258.001,42331
Steers—Medium and Large 1597262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,56446
Steers—Medium and Large 2612212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,2978
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed625263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,6445
Steers—Medium and Large 1673261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,75715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683236.78/cwt220.00–247.001,61728
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3691168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,16120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed710246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,74730
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2711221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,57113
Steers—Medium and Large 1736243.69/cwt233.00–253.001,79490
Steers—Medium and Large 2746211.50/cwt211.50–211.501,57847
Steers—Medium and Large 1753256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,92814
Steers—Medium and Large 2765203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,5538
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,8427
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy812215.69/cwt210.00–219.001,75139
Steers—Medium and Large 1819235.00/cwt221.50–237.251,925152
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed833253.35/cwt253.35–253.352,110176
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed882243.50/cwt243.50–243.502,14870
Steers—Medium and Large 1889219.18/cwt216.00–223.001,949336
Steers—Medium and Large 1927227.05/cwt207.00–232.502,105988
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2940198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,86114
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed961228.10/cwt228.10–228.102,19265
Steers—Medium and Large 1975211.16/cwt200.00–212.752,059366
Steers—Large 11,029212.08/cwt198.75–214.502,182300
Steers—Large 11,075200.85/cwt200.85–200.852,15953
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,136187.26/cwt187.00–187.502,12725
Steers—Large 11,179188.92/cwt188.75–189.102,22790
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376263.00/cwt263.00–263.009896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486253.50/cwt253.50–253.501,23219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513232.54/cwt229.00–235.001,19312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2598228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,3636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2614197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,21020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,42120
Heifers—Medium and Large 2632190.74/cwt178.00–199.001,20515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670211.86/cwt192.00–222.001,419143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678230.20/cwt213.50–236.501,561336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed709227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,60924
Heifers—Medium and Large 2724181.30/cwt157.00–189.751,31339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1739222.01/cwt219.50–224.251,641160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772220.15/cwt203.00–227.751,700441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2783188.75/cwt188.75–188.751,47832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy799180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1828208.11/cwt200.50–218.001,723547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2841198.25/cwt198.25–198.251,66755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1863212.31/cwt205.50–216.501,832233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2867181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,57471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy874195.16/cwt190.00–198.601,706256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2904180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,63226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1924195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,80257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy927190.11/cwt186.00–193.851,762241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy957183.75/cwt183.75–183.751,75890
Heifers—Medium and Large 1971195.68/cwt194.75–197.501,900200
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,003180.25/cwt180.25–180.251,80827
Heifers—Large 11,047183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,91634
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,072176.75/cwt176.75–176.751,89557
Heifers—Large 11,104181.75/cwt181.75–181.752,00756
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,107179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,9827

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.