Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2021-09-16

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 16
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,380 head
▼ 1,012 vs last sale 3,392▼ 213 vs year ago 2,593 · −8.2%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 850-1050 lbs. were 2.00-4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 750 and up were 1.00-3.00 lower. Demand was fair, with many load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be Sept. 23rd, 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 $144.63/cwt on 1,126 head.
Average price
$144.63
1,126 head · 944 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,366
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$12.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.72
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1910149.931,364594
Medium and Large 1-2729144.481,053115
Large 11,052137.131,443417
One grade step is worth $12.81/cwt here — about −$79 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 sale1,126 hd
144.63
—
SD average7 barns · 7,533 hd
166.35
−21.72
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518156.00/cwt156.00–156.008085
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2642147.20/cwt133.00–152.5094544
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2692130.65/cwt126.00–133.0090412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0479
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2778147.99/cwt146.00–150.001,15124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2831140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,1684
Steers—Medium and Large 1836158.48/cwt155.50–159.251,32539
Steers—Medium and Large 1873151.09/cwt149.50–155.501,319117
Steers—Medium and Large 1913150.72/cwt144.50–157.101,376361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2953139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,32917
Steers—Medium and Large 1988140.16/cwt140.10–140.501,38577
Steers—Large 11,018139.18/cwt137.35–141.101,417223
Steers—Large 11,089134.97/cwt133.75–135.501,470190
Steers—Large 11,240125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,5504
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533143.50/cwt143.50–143.507659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588141.51/cwt141.51–141.518323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636152.00/cwt152.00–152.0096773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720143.35/cwt143.00–143.501,03226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1748148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,11121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2788139.78/cwt136.50–143.501,10146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1799146.42/cwt146.00–146.601,17099
Heifers—Medium and Large 1835143.58/cwt140.35–149.501,199371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2842130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,09915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1869143.52/cwt142.00–147.251,24766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1931139.77/cwt138.75–140.751,301143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2940122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1985138.98/cwt137.00–139.501,369122
Heifers—Large 11,030134.26/cwt131.75–134.601,38338
Heifers—Large 11,107131.60/cwt131.60–131.601,45733

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.