Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2024-02-08

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 8
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
5,751 head
▲ 429 vs last sale 5,322▼ 2,341 vs year ago 8,092 · −28.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 600-750 lbs. were 3.00-7.00 higher, steers 750-1000 lbs. were 3.00-7.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-1000 lbs. were unevenly steady. Demand was good. We had 12 consignors with over 150 head of feeders. Many feeders were caring some mud. Next week is their "HEREFORD" influenced feeder cattle auction, Feb. 15th, expecting 4500 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $243.84/cwt on 3,363 head.
Average price
$243.84
3,363 head · 822 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,004
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$565
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$74.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.51
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2607279.921,699237
Medium and Large 1814244.431,9892,858
Large 11,100205.722,264268
One grade step is worth $74.20/cwt here — about −$565 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 sale3,363 hd
243.84
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SD average7 barns · 15,348 hd
263.36
−19.51
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

51 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2357370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3217
Steers—Medium and Large 1379390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4784
Steers—Medium and Large 1466349.84/cwt347.00–355.001,63036
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472335.12/cwt334.00–337.501,5829
Steers—Medium and Large 1508320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6266
Steers—Medium and Large 1577303.28/cwt296.00–317.501,75095
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577285.02/cwt283.00–297.001,645114
Steers—Medium and Large 1622289.60/cwt285.00–298.001,801108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622274.74/cwt263.00–282.001,70966
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662259.04/cwt257.00–261.001,71510
Steers—Medium and Large 1684277.85/cwt270.00–283.501,900184
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,8016
Steers—Medium and Large 1730260.59/cwt251.00–274.251,902480
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy743229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,70121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2773240.89/cwt239.00–242.001,86225
Steers—Medium and Large 1781248.76/cwt244.50–253.501,943374
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy797241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,921116
Steers—Medium and Large 1834233.83/cwt230.00–239.501,950114
Steers—Medium and Large 1875229.33/cwt225.00–240.502,007441
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy881222.84/cwt220.00–224.001,963102
Steers—Medium and Large 1914222.58/cwt217.50–226.502,034396
Steers—Medium and Large 1978214.54/cwt211.25–216.252,098381
Steers—Large 11,020211.75/cwt211.75–211.752,16060
Steers—Large 11,121204.95/cwt204.25–205.752,297202
Steers—Large 11,210170.50/cwt170.50–170.502,0633
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,213172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,0863
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2392265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1411313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,2864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462299.17/cwt296.00–307.501,38232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,4084
Heifers—Medium and Large 2499265.50/cwt265.50–265.501,32514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528258.26/cwt244.00–269.001,36437
Heifers—Medium and Large 2542225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,22052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy581261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,51613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582263.48/cwt254.00–270.001,533146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2614239.73/cwt236.00–241.001,47290
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637248.45/cwt247.00–252.001,583139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664215.11/cwt211.00–233.001,42896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675241.39/cwt231.00–249.501,629306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy700228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,59641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727235.19/cwt225.50–244.501,710296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784222.85/cwt218.00–241.501,747273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy792205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2796215.78/cwt195.00–217.501,71838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy815212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,72823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1821219.92/cwt217.50–223.001,806236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy884208.09/cwt193.00–209.501,840222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1890213.02/cwt210.00–214.001,896161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1915213.25/cwt213.25–213.251,95133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1965201.58/cwt196.00–207.251,94532
Heifers—Large 11,233169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,0843

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.