Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2021-12-09

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 9
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
6,977 head
▲ 2,460 vs last sale 4,517▲ 430 vs year ago 6,547 · +6.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 600-650 lbs. sold 4.00 higher,700-750 sold 1.00 higher, 1000-1100 lbs. sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers 650-700 lbs. sold 4.00 higher, 750-800 steady, 800-900 lbs. sold 1.00 higher 900-950 1.00 lower. Demand was good. Today we had three major consignments of over 1725 total, This made for buyers to fill big pens with one mans feeders of 850-1200 lbs. The next feeder cattle auction will be Dec.16th, expecting 4500-5000 head of feeders, starting at 8:30 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.39/cwt on 4,322 head.
Average price
$162.39
4,322 head · 940 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,527
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$30.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.70
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1838167.241,4012,377
Large 11,088157.271,7111,749
Medium and Large 1-2764155.231,186133
Large 1-21,084136.621,48163
One grade step is worth $30.62/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 sale4,322 hd
162.39
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SD average9 barns · 21,297 hd
177.09
−14.70
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

59 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1408212.00/cwt212.00–212.0086513
Steers—Medium and Large 1481202.48/cwt201.00–213.0097433
Steers—Medium and Large 1527196.62/cwt188.00–205.001,03684
Steers—Medium and Large 1590180.76/cwt180.00–181.001,06679
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,03611
Steers—Medium and Large 1645178.30/cwt174.00–181.501,150123
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy676168.13/cwt167.00–169.001,13744
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2692160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1076
Steers—Medium and Large 1730169.92/cwt163.50–172.501,240164
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730157.89/cwt155.00–159.001,15358
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy745163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,2144
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2781149.20/cwt146.00–153.501,16526
Steers—Medium and Large 1786160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,25812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2800147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,17612
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy812156.75/cwt156.75–156.751,27312
Steers—Medium and Large 1832162.81/cwt159.00–165.251,355169
Steers—Medium and Large 1876163.03/cwt157.50–169.351,428662
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed908172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,562283
Steers—Medium and Large 1932158.90/cwt153.75–163.251,481563
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2936148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,38520
Steers—Medium and Large 1960167.16/cwt155.50–168.001,605132
Steers—Large 1-21,036142.30/cwt128.00–151.501,47423
Steers—Large 11,038160.00/cwt155.50–162.101,661336
Steers—Large 11,069158.15/cwt148.25–162.851,691771
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,074145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5575
Steers—Large 1-21,087138.15/cwt128.00–140.001,50219
Steers—Large 1-21,125125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,40614
Steers—Large 11,130155.66/cwt154.35–156.501,759530
Steers—Large 1-21,150137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,5767
Steers—Large 11,171150.90/cwt147.50–154.501,767107
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372181.46/cwt179.00–183.0067511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412181.09/cwt176.00–185.007467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471172.72/cwt170.00–175.0081447
Heifers—Medium and Large 1502169.00/cwt169.00–169.008486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2544160.00/cwt160.00–160.0087016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558157.01/cwt151.00–158.0087666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,01992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy634152.62/cwt151.50–154.5096852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643151.76/cwt150.00–154.0097634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1689160.41/cwt155.00–164.601,105216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2695147.92/cwt131.00–150.501,02830
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,13045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2734148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy741147.33/cwt147.00–148.001,09212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774157.80/cwt154.00–160.501,221356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2774147.58/cwt141.00–149.501,14214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2833148.75/cwt148.75–148.751,23926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1840153.20/cwt152.00–155.501,287178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy868142.91/cwt135.00–146.001,24027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1869153.95/cwt151.25–156.001,338474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2887145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1924148.75/cwt145.00–150.851,374231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2948138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,3086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1959148.57/cwt143.00–150.251,425193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy971134.93/cwt133.00–135.751,31023
Heifers—Large 11,024141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,4445
Heifers—Large 1-21,052133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,3993
Heifers—Large 11,103142.58/cwt141.00–144.501,57331
Heifers—Large 1Natural1,106149.60/cwt149.60–149.601,655111

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.