Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2024-01-04

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 4
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,712 head
▲ 3,269 vs last sale 1,443▼ 2,461 vs year ago 7,173 · −34.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 600-850 lbs. sold 2.00-6.00 higher. Trend not applicable in heifers due to light numbers to compare. A steady to higher undertone was noted on heifers. Demand was good. We had 5 consignors with over 1400 head of char. influenced feeder. The next feeder cattle auction will be Jan. 11th, expecting 4000 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 $217.09/cwt on 2,483 head.
Average price
$217.09
2,483 head · 790 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,716
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$342
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$64.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.62
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2626231.531,450175
Medium and Large 1788217.901,7182,168
Large 11,042188.351,962123
Medium and Large 2684183.001,2526thin
Large 1-21,073167.001,79211thin
One grade step is worth $64.53/cwt here — about −$342 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 sale2,483 hd
217.09
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SD average4 barns · 5,921 hd
225.71
−8.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

63 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1391325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2716
Steers—Medium and Large 1419341.51/cwt329.00–349.001,43114
Steers—Medium and Large 1462321.87/cwt312.50–330.001,48713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,3845
Steers—Medium and Large 1532308.19/cwt305.00–309.001,64061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538293.50/cwt291.00–295.001,57916
Steers—Medium and Large 1584294.05/cwt284.00–297.001,71755
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2596276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,6455
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed602289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,74010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6097
Steers—Medium and Large 1633277.60/cwt275.00–281.001,757155
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy636255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6227
Steers—Medium and Large 1667265.07/cwt260.00–272.001,768117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2687250.36/cwt248.50–254.001,72023
Steers—Medium and Large 1723244.54/cwt235.00–255.001,76857
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy731235.26/cwt233.00–236.501,72041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6753
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy766228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,75013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2766225.28/cwt215.00–229.001,72628
Steers—Medium and Large 1768237.85/cwt230.50–244.501,827321
Steers—Medium and Large 1823227.72/cwt222.00–232.501,874339
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy841220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8508
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy878217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,9059
Steers—Medium and Large 1882225.71/cwt222.00–229.501,991141
Steers—Medium and Large 2908206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,8705
Steers—Medium and Large 1920224.60/cwt220.00–226.502,066257
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2925183.29/cwt181.00–185.001,69519
Steers—Medium and Large 1984220.17/cwt214.50–222.252,166172
Steers—Large 11,031210.73/cwt203.25–212.502,173148
Steers—Large 11,176177.50/cwt177.50–177.502,0878
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2321302.50/cwt302.50–302.509715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413296.64/cwt290.00–302.501,22511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419266.81/cwt264.00–269.001,11819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473278.60/cwt274.00–280.001,31817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508267.06/cwt263.00–280.001,35726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed510289.50/cwt289.50–289.501,47648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540252.64/cwt251.50–255.001,36412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582249.61/cwt242.00–261.001,45386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed600250.25/cwt250.25–250.251,50225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632229.09/cwt221.00–231.501,44866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634242.98/cwt232.00–247.501,540231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658239.07/cwt226.50–245.001,57341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy666227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,5127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,51315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2684183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,2526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2718215.63/cwt211.00–217.751,54845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724222.51/cwt217.75–232.501,611182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy734213.13/cwt213.00–213.501,564105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2764193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,4754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1782215.17/cwt211.25–218.501,683189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy790207.84/cwt201.00–208.501,64280
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2823193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,5886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy826196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,619108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1833213.67/cwt204.50–217.001,780304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy871194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,69050
Heifers—Medium and Large 1890199.25/cwt199.25–199.251,77361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy913191.63/cwt189.50–192.501,75060
Heifers—Medium and Large 1927204.25/cwt194.85–214.501,893450
Heifers—Medium and Large 1959192.75/cwt190.00–193.501,84887
Heifers—Large 11,032189.25/cwt189.25–189.251,95360
Heifers—Large 11,051187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,97163
Heifers—Large 1-21,073167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,79211

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.