Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2023-12-21

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 21
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,072 head
▼ 154 vs last sale 3,226▼ 3,885 vs year ago 6,957 · −55.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 600-750 lbs. slod 3.00-8.00 higher, 800 lbs. and up sold unevenly steady . Feeder heifers 550-650 lbs. sold 6.00 higher, 650-700 lbs. sold 1.00 lower, 900-950 lbs. sold 7.00 higher. Demand was good. Had one feature consignment of 600 head of feeders. The next feeder cattle auction will be Dec. 28th, expecting 4000 head of feeders, starting at 9:30 am, with World Champion Livestock Auctioneer Jacob Massey auctioneering. "MERRY CHRISTMAS " From Mitchell Livestock Market

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $249.01/cwt on 1,410 head.
Average price
$249.01
1,410 head · 741 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,846
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$84.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.37
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1734251.441,8441,324
Medium and Large 1-2692235.501,63056
Large 1-21,168166.961,95130
One grade step is worth $84.48/cwt here — about −$106 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 sale1,410 hd
249.01
—
SD average5 barns · 6,859 hd
242.64
+6.37
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

54 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,1873
Steers—Medium and Large 1423335.53/cwt324.00–345.001,4197
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2455301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,3705
Steers—Medium and Large 1481314.66/cwt313.00–317.001,51412
Steers—Medium and Large 1533304.38/cwt290.00–308.501,62288
Steers—Medium and Large 1558292.54/cwt274.00–300.001,63280
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy597263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,5703
Steers—Medium and Large 1626266.70/cwt259.00–276.001,670157
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641243.22/cwt240.00–245.001,55911
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy642251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,61148
Steers—Medium and Large 1670264.55/cwt255.00–271.501,772248
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2724226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,63614
Steers—Medium and Large 1727250.51/cwt241.00–253.251,821190
Steers—Medium and Large 1762240.46/cwt237.00–246.251,83277
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy762210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6008
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2791212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,67723
Steers—Medium and Large 1830224.39/cwt223.00–225.001,86253
Steers—Medium and Large 1872211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,84014
Steers—Medium and Large 1905221.26/cwt215.00–224.002,002224
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy968205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,98465
Steers—Medium and Large 1983215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,11350
Steers—Large 1-21,101166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,8287
Steers—Large 1-21,189167.25/cwt167.25–167.251,98923
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2347289.50/cwt289.00–290.001,0056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429258.56/cwt249.00–265.001,10910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433295.71/cwt295.00–296.001,28017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471273.32/cwt272.00–274.001,28723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,2865
Heifers—Medium and Large 1506263.27/cwt261.00–277.001,33242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2543231.11/cwt227.50–250.001,25563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy548244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,3376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565248.73/cwt237.00–266.001,40592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581259.03/cwt250.00–274.001,505128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622253.32/cwt242.75–259.501,576197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635215.93/cwt211.00–219.501,37148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,4665
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673234.77/cwt233.50–238.001,580141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy676221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,49420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2717196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,40511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721213.00/cwt211.50–217.001,53633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy748191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,42923
Heifers—Large 2753177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,33312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy756199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,5087
Heifers—Medium and Large 1759216.18/cwt212.00–221.501,641192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1802217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,74034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy802199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,60015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2838180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1914196.86/cwt196.10–198.001,799153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1973187.45/cwt186.10–196.001,82477
Heifers—Large 11,005184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,8495
Heifers—Large 1-21,097163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,7886
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,135171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,9413
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1559276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,5439
Bulls—Medium and Large 1671247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,6578

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.