Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-01-13

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 13
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
8,226 head
▲ 2,333 vs last sale 5,893▲ 2,255 vs year ago 5,971 · +37.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 600-650 lbs. were 1.00 higher, steers 650-1100 lbs. sold steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers 600-950 lbs. sold 1.00-4.00 lower. Many load lots in todays offering. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Jan. 20th, expecting 5500 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 $165.98/cwt on 4,179 head.
Average price
$165.98
4,179 head · 789 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,310
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$450
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$32.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.66
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2629175.221,103246
Medium and Large 1758167.261,2673,404
Large 11,067153.521,638525
Large 1-21,090142.501,5534thin
One grade step is worth $32.72/cwt here — about −$450 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 sale4,179 hd
165.98
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SD average9 barns · 25,609 hd
172.64
−6.66
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

66 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1334229.83/cwt227.50–235.0076810
Steers—Medium and Large 1383212.54/cwt212.00–213.008149
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed412227.00/cwt227.00–227.0093521
Steers—Medium and Large 1431212.54/cwt207.00–214.0091631
Steers—Medium and Large 1476204.06/cwt199.00–210.0097167
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed507212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0756
Steers—Medium and Large 1517195.14/cwt190.00–200.001,00967
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2541187.05/cwt181.00–189.501,01287
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578183.32/cwt173.00–188.001,06073
Steers—Medium and Large 1586185.02/cwt179.25–193.001,08453
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,06020
Steers—Medium and Large 1632181.09/cwt173.00–187.001,144532
Steers—Medium and Large 1681171.71/cwt167.00–174.101,169274
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,1236
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy695164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,14013
Steers—Medium and Large 1729165.78/cwt161.25–171.501,209500
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy736160.73/cwt159.50–161.501,18321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2743156.62/cwt156.00–157.501,16417
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2753153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,1525
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy760150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1404
Steers—Medium and Large 1776160.86/cwt155.00–163.751,248494
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy812147.67/cwt147.10–151.751,19983
Steers—Medium and Large 1826159.68/cwt153.00–165.001,319517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2829149.89/cwt149.00–150.501,24312
Steers—Medium and Large 1873156.93/cwt152.00–162.751,370140
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2874146.88/cwt145.00–150.501,28426
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy893147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,3133
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy912144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,31833
Steers—Medium and Large 1919155.61/cwt149.75–157.701,430154
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy953149.75/cwt149.75–149.751,42714
Steers—Medium and Large 1969156.57/cwt153.00–158.001,517358
Steers—Large 11,017154.10/cwt151.50–155.001,56785
Steers—Large 11,068155.89/cwt145.00–157.501,665366
Steers—Large 1-21,090142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,5534
Steers—Large 11,117141.14/cwt140.50–141.501,57774
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2299190.00/cwt190.00–190.005688
Heifers—Medium and Large 1302250.00/cwt250.00–250.007554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360207.00/cwt207.00–207.0074520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384187.47/cwt185.00–192.0072016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430197.79/cwt195.00–202.0085027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2442179.59/cwt171.00–185.0079410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469183.34/cwt180.00–191.0086059
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479172.75/cwt158.00–177.0082747
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524175.32/cwt173.50–178.00919149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527166.66/cwt164.00–168.0087827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2581146.50/cwt146.50–146.508515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583166.43/cwt162.75–171.25970403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy588160.50/cwt160.50–160.509447
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625149.84/cwt142.00–153.5093749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626160.22/cwt156.00–163.501,003371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy649152.00/cwt152.00–152.0098615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670155.73/cwt149.50–160.251,043467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2682147.45/cwt140.50–149.751,006202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722150.46/cwt147.00–155.001,086684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730133.83/cwt126.00–145.0097712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement747157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,17345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2772137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0585
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779148.68/cwt144.50–152.501,158284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy790142.86/cwt142.50–143.001,12911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816146.39/cwt144.50–149.001,19562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1884145.94/cwt142.25–146.501,290486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1902145.81/cwt145.00–146.351,315168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2922127.37/cwt122.00–132.501,17420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy946142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,34813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2980126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,23513
Heifers—Large 11,051139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,46654

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.