Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-10-05

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 5
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,017 head
▼ 2,317 vs last sale 3,334▼ 1,340 vs year ago 2,357 · −56.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold on a lower undertone, feeder heifers sold on a lower undertone, heifers 900-950 lbs. sold 2.00 lower. Demand was fair. Quality and flesh were determining factors in todays prices. The next feeder cattle auction will be Oct. 12th, expecting 2500 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.37/cwt on 643 head.
Average price
$216.37
643 head · 823 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,781
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$74.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.99
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2604238.481,43975
Medium and Large 1855221.111,891447
Large 11,031213.502,2017thin
Large 2843191.001,61082
Large 1-21,098165.001,8123thin
Medium and Large 2765163.931,25529
One grade step is worth $74.55/cwt here — about $185 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 sale643 hd
216.37
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SD average8 barns · 7,405 hd
240.37
−23.99
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2526249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,31014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,4535
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,53025
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,6286
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2806230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,85410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2854218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,8625
Steers—Large 2891157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,39916
Steers—Large 11,004204.00/cwt204.00–204.002,0487
Steers—Large 11,113209.10/cwt209.10–209.102,327123
Steers—Large 11,179195.50/cwt195.50–195.502,3056
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,0054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,1696
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,35726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627238.09/cwt237.50–243.001,49346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,52813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,48810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2686170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,16613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy699183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,2795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2719227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,63612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1786227.75/cwt225.50–234.001,79055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy799221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,76653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2805212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,7077
Heifers—Medium and Large 2830159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,32016
Heifers—Large 2843191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,61082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1904216.25/cwt216.25–216.251,955117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy939214.45/cwt212.75–215.252,014131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy950213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,02412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1958232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,22320
Heifers—Large 11,031213.50/cwt213.50–213.502,2017
Heifers—Large 1-21,098165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,8123

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.