Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2021-08-26

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 26
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,124 head
▼ 742 vs last sale 4,866▲ 3,052 vs year ago 1,072 · +284.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: A lower undertone was noted on steers up to 800 lbs. Steers 800 lbs. and up were steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers 700 lbs. and up were steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good with many large lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be Sept. 2nd, expecting 3000 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 $154.47/cwt on 2,140 head.
Average price
$154.47
2,140 head · 894 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,380
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$54.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.16
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1856158.041,3541,664
Large 11,057143.441,517386
Medium and Large 1-2835141.701,18476
Large 1-21,112104.001,15614thin
One grade step is worth $54.04/cwt here — about $197 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 sale2,140 hd
154.47
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SD average6 barns · 6,224 hd
158.63
−4.16
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1516185.50/cwt185.50–185.509574
Steers—Medium and Large 1564183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,0328
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2596158.00/cwt158.00–158.0094222
Steers—Medium and Large 1619168.65/cwt166.85–176.751,04491
Steers—Medium and Large 1679165.75/cwt165.75–165.751,12593
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0653
Steers—Medium and Large 1712162.98/cwt160.75–164.001,160125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2762139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0596
Steers—Medium and Large 1789154.77/cwt152.00–157.501,22118
Steers—Medium and Large 1816161.28/cwt157.00–162.001,316233
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed827165.10/cwt165.10–165.101,36586
Steers—Medium and Large 1881157.60/cwt155.75–160.001,388332
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy882144.10/cwt144.10–144.101,27161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2885134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1864
Steers—Medium and Large 1942154.75/cwt154.35–155.351,458207
Steers—Medium and Large 1969152.52/cwt147.00–154.751,478406
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2979133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,30741
Steers—Large 11,027142.95/cwt140.50–143.751,46885
Steers—Large 11,066143.58/cwt140.00–148.501,531301
Steers—Large 1-21,112104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,15614
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2358160.00/cwt160.00–160.005734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432176.00/cwt176.00–176.007609
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523172.81/cwt170.50–178.0090431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584147.50/cwt147.50–147.508618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1652166.47/cwt166.00–166.501,08554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1737156.54/cwt153.00–157.251,154197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2743138.76/cwt125.00–144.501,03117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2769144.94/cwt142.50–149.001,1158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777153.17/cwt148.50–154.501,19079
Heifers—Medium and Large 1828150.13/cwt146.00–157.001,243309
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2831145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,20517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1872147.23/cwt145.00–152.751,284522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed910156.75/cwt156.75–156.751,42699
Heifers—Medium and Large 1931144.36/cwt141.00–149.501,344368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1957145.10/cwt145.10–145.101,38954
Heifers—Large 11,016135.39/cwt133.00–140.501,37653
Heifers—Large 1-21,077123.25/cwt121.50–125.501,3279

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.