Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-08-17

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 17
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,298 head
▼ 199 vs last sale 1,497▲ 191 vs year ago 1,107 · +17.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Only a hand full of feeders under 900 lbs. Most steers were over 1000 lbs. last week very few over 1000 lbs. Undertone was lower. Heifers 900-1000 lbs. were unevenly steady. Almost all heavy feeders came in large load lots. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Aug.24th, expecting 2000 head of feeders , starting at 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 $226.92/cwt on 877 head.
Average price
$226.92
877 head · 878 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,992
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$410
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$12.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.45
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1885227.472,014832
Medium and Large 2490219.821,07711thin
Medium and Large 1-2937216.622,02913thin
Large 2746215.001,60421
One grade step is worth $12.47/cwt here — about $410 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 sale877 hd
226.92
—
SD average5 barns · 2,877 hd
227.37
−0.45
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

21 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2341190.00/cwt190.00–190.006484
Steers—Medium and Large 2435250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0885
Steers—Medium and Large 1538270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4537
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2886212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,8784
Steers—Medium and Large 1894226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,02011
Steers—Large 1-21,009209.50/cwt209.50–209.502,1144
Steers—Large 11,034226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,33760
Steers—Large 11,095219.50/cwt219.50–219.502,40462
Steers—Large 11,134217.41/cwt215.75–219.752,465220
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363223.00/cwt223.00–223.008096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,17015
Heifers—Medium and Large 2642216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3875
Heifers—Large 2746215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,60421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2813217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,7643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823230.96/cwt228.00–233.251,901333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1872224.75/cwt224.75–224.751,96066
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy873217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,8949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy923219.10/cwt219.10–219.102,02250
Heifers—Medium and Large 1927226.14/cwt219.50–226.502,096139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2974216.50/cwt216.50–216.502,10910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1979223.76/cwt219.50–224.852,191220

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.