Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2021-05-27

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 27
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,558 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 3,508▲ 305 vs year ago 3,253 · +9.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 900-1000 lbs. sold 3.00-6.00 higher, steers 1050-1100 lbs. sold steady. Feeder heifers 650-950 lbs. sold 1.00-5.00 higher, a higher undertone was noted on heifers over 950 lbs. Many load lots in todays offering. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be June 3rd, expecting 3000 head of cattle, 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 $133.01/cwt on 1,741 head.
Average price
$133.01
1,741 head · 952 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,266
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$282
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$39.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.79
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2623155.3296880
Medium and Large 1851141.371,203795
Large 11,075123.291,326863
Large 1-21,082115.501,2503thin
One grade step is worth $39.82/cwt here — about −$282 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 sale1,741 hd
133.01
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SD average6 barns · 9,989 hd
137.80
−4.79
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1461183.00/cwt183.00–183.0084416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478173.56/cwt168.50–178.0083023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2544169.00/cwt169.00–169.009194
Steers—Medium and Large 1580173.90/cwt173.50–178.001,00946
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580157.50/cwt157.50–157.5091418
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633147.00/cwt147.00–147.009313
Steers—Medium and Large 1642170.75/cwt170.75–170.751,09618
Steers—Medium and Large 1680154.05/cwt152.00–156.001,04834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2689145.75/cwt145.50–146.001,00414
Steers—Medium and Large 1711152.27/cwt148.25–154.251,08366
Steers—Medium and Large 1779142.49/cwt140.25–146.251,11078
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2792135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,07510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2845135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,1458
Steers—Medium and Large 1866137.69/cwt137.50–137.751,19264
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed902139.40/cwt139.40–139.401,2576
Steers—Medium and Large 1921136.20/cwt133.60–137.101,254273
Steers—Medium and Large 1969129.68/cwt115.00–135.001,257194
Steers—Large 11,004126.75/cwt126.75–126.751,273163
Steers—Large 11,076123.25/cwt120.00–124.601,326456
Steers—Large 1-21,082115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,2503
Steers—Large 11,117121.40/cwt121.00–121.601,356228
Steers—Large 11,182116.20/cwt115.50–116.751,37316
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386179.50/cwt179.50–179.5069310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515147.70/cwt140.00–159.0076125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555155.50/cwt155.50–155.5086351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572140.66/cwt140.50–141.5080538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632148.10/cwt145.00–150.5093655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683137.36/cwt134.00–139.50938165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740132.18/cwt131.25–133.25978137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772130.83/cwt128.75–131.601,010328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1805125.81/cwt123.00–126.501,013106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2825106.00/cwt106.00–106.008755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy846112.50/cwt112.50–112.509524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1877122.68/cwt118.50–126.001,076330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1916121.16/cwt119.75–122.001,110191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1963116.50/cwt113.50–117.251,12292
Heifers—Large 11,046115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,20357
Heifers—Large 11,061114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,21537
Heifers—Large 11,117112.51/cwt111.00–114.001,25730
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 2608144.00/cwt144.00–144.0087615
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 2612112.50/cwt112.50–112.5068913

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.