Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2021-09-02

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 2
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,322 head
▼ 2,802 vs last sale 4,124▼ 688 vs year ago 2,010 · −34.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Had very few steers for todays auction so trend not applicable. Heifers 800-900 lbs. sold 2.00-4.00 lower. State Fair going on in SD this week, may be why low numbers today. Demand was fair, most heifers sold in load lots. The next feeder cattle auction will be Sept. 9th, expecting 3500 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 $146.13/cwt on 1,159 head.
Average price
$146.13
1,159 head · 845 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,235
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$217
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$37.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.88
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1834147.551,230988
Medium and Large 1-2739145.051,07188
Large 11,108131.931,46277
Large 2921110.001,0136thin
One grade step is worth $37.55/cwt here — about $217 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 sale1,159 hd
146.13
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SD average7 barns · 6,446 hd
157.01
−10.88
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

24 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned328200.00/cwt200.00–200.006564
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned458181.00/cwt181.00–181.0082910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2779147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,14524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy817126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0293
Steers—Medium and Large 1860155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,33368
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2885146.75/cwt146.75–146.751,29925
Steers—Medium and Large 1930148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,38152
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2356168.00/cwt168.00–168.0059813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned404171.00/cwt171.00–171.006917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462172.00/cwt172.00–172.0079512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577161.00/cwt161.00–161.009298
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631163.07/cwt159.75–164.001,029121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1684153.89/cwt153.50–154.001,05373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2722151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2830138.76/cwt138.25–140.001,15260
Heifers—Medium and Large 1838145.78/cwt143.50–149.251,222246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1865144.52/cwt143.50–147.001,250240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1907143.22/cwt142.75–145.501,29982
Heifers—Large 2921110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2947128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,2174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1970141.37/cwt133.50–142.001,371207
Heifers—Large 11,026135.63/cwt134.25–136.001,39224
Heifers—Large 11,066128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,3647
Heifers—Large 11,158130.59/cwt130.50–131.501,51246

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.