Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-10-19

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 19
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,920 head
▲ 588 vs last sale 1,332▼ 1,537 vs year ago 3,457 · −44.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Good light calves sold on a higher undertone. Not enough heavy steers for a good trend. Heifers 850-1000 lbs, sold 1.00-4.00 lower. Demand was good, with a few large load lots in the heifers .The next feeder cattle auction will be Oct. 26th, expecting 6000 head of feeders, around 3000 of locally home raised spring calves for this auction , starting at 8:00 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.73/cwt on 1,365 head.
Average price
$216.73
1,365 head · 869 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,883
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$613
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$64.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−43.52
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553240.771,332166
Medium and Large 1912219.281,999937
Large 11,015209.332,12562
Medium and Large 2528201.921,06513thin
Large 2871188.091,638155
Large 1-21,102176.471,94532
One grade step is worth $64.29/cwt here — about −$613 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 sale1,365 hd
216.73
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SD average10 barns · 16,846 hd
260.26
−43.52
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1414304.68/cwt294.00–327.501,26134
Steers—Medium and Large 2439206.00/cwt206.00–206.009048
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468275.03/cwt265.00–281.001,2878
Steers—Medium and Large 1493301.83/cwt295.00–316.001,48891
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2505274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,38414
Steers—Medium and Large 1544293.03/cwt285.00–297.001,59415
Steers—Medium and Large 1568287.49/cwt283.00–301.001,63344
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575254.86/cwt244.00–264.001,46529
Steers—Medium and Large 2605230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3923
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy642246.66/cwt240.00–250.001,58412
Steers—Medium and Large 1644263.87/cwt262.00–264.501,69951
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy692251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,7376
Steers—Medium and Large 1852237.50/cwt233.00–240.502,02415
Steers—Large 2852198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,68710
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2389252.50/cwt252.50–252.5098211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420260.86/cwt252.00–273.001,09612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422296.62/cwt286.00–301.001,25237
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432195.00/cwt195.00–195.008424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,16220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1507274.38/cwt263.00–279.001,39128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525249.45/cwt248.75–249.501,31047
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2552243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,3415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3986
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1699
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616230.43/cwt224.00–231.001,41951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2685227.03/cwt224.00–230.001,55512
Heifers—Large 2711186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,3226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2722228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6468
Heifers—Medium and Large 1782231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,81016
Heifers—Large 2789177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,3979
Heifers—Large 2816192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,56776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1878218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,91480
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy892212.60/cwt212.60–212.601,89658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy926209.25/cwt209.25–209.251,93818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1936214.09/cwt213.35–219.502,004198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy962197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,8956
Heifers—Large 2962185.21/cwt170.00–186.501,78264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1977213.26/cwt210.35–216.752,084490
Heifers—Large 1-21,012194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,9638
Heifers—Large 11,013209.75/cwt209.75–209.752,12559
Heifers—Large 11,060201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,1313
Heifers—Large 1-21,132170.63/cwt170.00–173.001,93224

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.