Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-09-07

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 7
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,208 head
▲ 1,511 vs last sale 697▼ 3,480 vs year ago 5,688 · −61.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder cattle too lightly tested last sale to offer a good comparison with this week's much larger offering. A higher undertone was noted. Demand was good, a few large load lots in todays offering. Next auction will be Sept. 14th, expecting 3500 plus, starting at 9:30 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $243.24/cwt on 1,034 head.
Average price
$243.24
1,034 head · 922 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,242
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$468
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$47.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.87
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1921245.302,260947
Medium and Large 2713229.001,6335thin
Medium and Large 1-2932226.282,10956
Large 11,013217.352,20213thin
Large 2905198.001,79213thin
One grade step is worth $47.30/cwt here — about $468 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 sale1,034 hd
243.24
—
SD average4 barns · 2,693 hd
242.37
+0.87
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1400290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1603
Steers—Medium and Large 1675265.23/cwt263.00–274.001,79029
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2706250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7657
Steers—Medium and Large 2713229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6335
Steers—Medium and Large 1829248.50/cwt248.50–248.502,06024
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy861233.74/cwt230.00–236.002,01392
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed871255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,22172
Steers—Medium and Large 1879243.14/cwt239.00–246.002,137121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2892236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,10510
Steers—Large 2905198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,79213
Steers—Medium and Large 1927242.30/cwt233.00–243.002,24672
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed958249.99/cwt248.75–251.252,395248
Steers—Medium and Large 1976241.42/cwt233.00–246.502,356286
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2983219.53/cwt215.50–227.002,15839
Steers—Large 11,013217.35/cwt217.35–217.352,20213
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,56015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,53710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2650215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,39810
Heifers—Large 2665230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1704244.05/cwt239.50–245.501,71833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776242.84/cwt236.00–248.501,88425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2790224.78/cwt224.00–229.001,77677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2800227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,81613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814227.94/cwt227.00–232.001,85549
Heifers—Medium and Large 1886226.68/cwt223.75–230.002,008204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed910237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,15711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2922210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,93631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1941221.46/cwt219.50–223.352,084136
Heifers—Large 2952203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,93756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1968221.56/cwt221.25–223.002,14575
Heifers—Large 1-21,008189.25/cwt189.25–189.251,90845
Heifers—Large 11,014219.71/cwt207.00–222.002,22835
Heifers—Large 11,062214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,2736
Heifers—Large 1-21,082178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,9266
Heifers—Large 1-21,122184.17/cwt184.00–184.252,06628
Heifers—Large 1-21,178179.50/cwt179.50–179.502,1153
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,227183.00/cwt183.00–183.002,2455

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.