Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-09-21

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 21
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,217 head
▼ 1,221 vs last sale 3,438▲ 231 vs year ago 1,986 · +11.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trend not applicable today light numbers for comparison in steers. Heifers 900-1000 lbs. were 5.00 lower. Demand was very active. Had some new spring calves today, those with shots and light flesh were sought after most bringing top money. The next feeder cattle auction will be Sept. 28th, expecting 3000 head of yearlings and spring calves, starting at 8:30 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $232.34/cwt on 1,436 head.
Average price
$232.34
1,436 head · 827 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,922
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$400
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2
$63.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.08
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542253.341,374180
Medium and Large 1857233.081,9971,123
Large 11,036217.552,25337
Large 2934190.001,77596
One grade step is worth $63.34/cwt here — about −$400 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 sale1,436 hd
232.34
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SD average8 barns · 11,935 hd
241.41
−9.08
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

52 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned237320.00/cwt320.00–320.007583
Steers—Medium and Large 1329365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2017
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned334360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2025
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned375366.61/cwt365.00–370.001,3759
Steers—Medium and Large 1412349.56/cwt345.00–355.001,44026
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3284
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned428331.63/cwt315.00–339.001,41951
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned471328.31/cwt301.00–343.001,54624
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2497280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3929
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned513311.99/cwt302.50–316.001,60150
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517247.11/cwt225.00–296.001,27810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned528300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5843
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned582298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,73418
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,3899
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned658275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8103
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,72412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,07624
Steers—Medium and Large 1884250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,210148
Steers—Large 2952193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,83734
Steers—Medium and Large 1978229.99/cwt228.75–232.502,24953
Steers—Large 11,016225.13/cwt215.00–226.752,287124
Steers—Large 11,085212.00/cwt212.00–212.002,3005
Steers—Large 11,108209.50/cwt209.50–209.502,3218
Steers—Large 21,111180.50/cwt180.50–180.502,00550
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned282327.38/cwt317.50–337.509238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2311312.50/cwt312.50–312.509729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned336325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned383327.09/cwt325.00–329.001,25314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413275.56/cwt260.00–305.001,13812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned423308.98/cwt295.00–337.501,30751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned474301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,4275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned516295.79/cwt288.00–302.501,52658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,26990
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,39820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned625257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,6063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy703242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,70154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,81712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2806225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,81410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy818230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,88586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1826250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1858229.60/cwt229.60–229.601,97072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy859221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,89826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2900217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,95817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy910218.84/cwt216.00–219.351,991129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1917226.79/cwt221.50–230.002,080282
Heifers—Large 2934190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,77596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1981219.44/cwt219.00–225.502,153145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy981212.74/cwt211.00–216.502,087182
Heifers—Large 11,013221.80/cwt221.00–222.502,24728
Heifers—Large 11,097201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,2053
Heifers—Large 11,111206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,2896

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.