Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2021-02-04

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 4
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
5,287 head
▲ 461 vs last sale 4,826▲ 544 vs year ago 4,743 · +11.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 500-600 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 lower, steers 600-800 lbs. sold 1.00-3.00 lower and steers 800 lbs. and up sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 550-750 lbs. were 2.00-4.00 lower, heifers 750-850 lbs. sold steady to 1.00 higher, a steady to lower undertone was noted on heifers 850 lbs. and up. Demand was good with many load lots in the offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 11th, expecting 5000 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 $139.51/cwt on 2,908 head.
Average price
$139.51
2,908 head · 786 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,096
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$387
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$18.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.47
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2656144.22946144
Medium and Large 1780139.871,0922,642
Large 11,057126.061,332122
One grade step is worth $18.16/cwt here — about −$387 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 sale2,908 hd
139.51
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SD average6 barns · 13,725 hd
145.98
−6.47
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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290201.00/cwt201.00–201.005834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2388171.00/cwt171.00–171.006634
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424169.00/cwt169.00–169.007178
Steers—Medium and Large 1466176.06/cwt174.00–178.0082017
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed508183.00/cwt183.00–183.0093010
Steers—Medium and Large 1530166.50/cwt166.50–166.5088212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2546157.00/cwt157.00–157.008578
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561153.50/cwt153.50–153.508617
Steers—Medium and Large 1567155.89/cwt154.00–165.00884258
Steers—Medium and Large 1619155.36/cwt151.75–164.00962122
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy623150.00/cwt150.00–150.009355
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629145.90/cwt136.00–149.0091855
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667142.84/cwt141.50–145.5095312
Steers—Medium and Large 1678148.89/cwt143.50–153.251,009354
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715126.00/cwt126.00–126.009014
Steers—Medium and Large 1717141.50/cwt134.85–144.751,015342
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy745133.00/cwt133.00–133.0099113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2755133.36/cwt125.00–138.251,00719
Steers—Medium and Large 1776138.03/cwt132.50–144.751,071298
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2815122.01/cwt117.50–125.509949
Steers—Medium and Large 1820134.40/cwt132.35–136.501,102267
Steers—Medium and Large 1878130.35/cwt126.50–133.751,144331
Steers—Medium and Large 1920131.32/cwt128.75–133.501,208251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2920123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,13214
Steers—Medium and Large 1969129.41/cwt123.75–130.851,254362
Steers—Large 11,015129.10/cwt123.50–131.101,31058
Steers—Large 11,073128.10/cwt128.10–128.101,37535
Steers—Large 11,121117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,31729
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422159.16/cwt157.00–161.0067220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434151.70/cwt150.00–158.0065821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2452143.00/cwt143.00–143.006463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476154.94/cwt154.50–156.0073831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515126.50/cwt126.50–126.5065110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532144.80/cwt138.50–149.0077090
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584142.54/cwt135.00–148.50832110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585126.70/cwt121.00–130.007418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2601117.00/cwt117.00–117.0070319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628135.61/cwt131.00–139.75852347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683131.65/cwt127.00–134.00899205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2695112.00/cwt112.00–112.007786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy724122.25/cwt122.25–122.2588514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732129.74/cwt127.50–131.00950356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2763119.00/cwt119.00–119.009085
Heifers—Medium and Large 1771128.56/cwt124.00–131.00991403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy791122.25/cwt122.25–122.259677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829125.87/cwt121.25–130.501,043273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2856112.50/cwt112.50–112.509637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1881123.21/cwt123.00–123.751,08589
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2907113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1919124.16/cwt123.25–124.501,14169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2958106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,02010
Heifers—Large 11,042108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,12510
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 362471.00/cwt71.00–71.004437
Dairy Steers—Large 378260.00/cwt60.00–60.0046910

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.