Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-02-10

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 10
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
6,756 head
▲ 3,223 vs last sale 3,533▲ 3,016 vs year ago 3,740 · +80.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A higher undertone was noted on steers and heifers up to 650 lbs. Steers 650 -950 lbs. were steady to 4.00 higher. Heifer 650-900 lbs. were steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good , some load lots in todays offering. There was alot of flesh on many of todays offering, witch affected the price. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb.17th, this will be there special auction featuring Hereford influenced cattle, expecting 4000-4500 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 $166.01/cwt on 3,894 head.
Average price
$166.01
3,894 head · 833 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,382
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$29.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.42
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1776170.161,3212,821
Medium and Large 1-2724168.161,217288
Large 11,078151.471,633699
Large 21,052140.971,48386
One grade step is worth $29.19/cwt here — about −$162 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 sale3,894 hd
166.01
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SD average7 barns · 17,682 hd
171.43
−5.42
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

61 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2298237.00/cwt237.00–237.007063
Steers—Medium and Large 1428226.00/cwt226.00–226.009676
Steers—Medium and Large 1494215.84/cwt212.00–222.001,06632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522187.79/cwt181.00–197.0098021
Steers—Medium and Large 1530206.34/cwt202.00–218.001,09429
Steers—Medium and Large 1574198.91/cwt193.00–202.501,14281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580178.30/cwt172.00–189.001,03427
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612175.52/cwt168.00–176.501,07436
Steers—Medium and Large 1619192.06/cwt184.00–193.501,18974
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy641180.86/cwt179.75–185.501,15998
Steers—Medium and Large 1668183.91/cwt175.50–189.751,229233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680172.19/cwt167.50–176.501,17179
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy690173.71/cwt169.00–174.001,19984
Steers—Medium and Large 1720173.81/cwt163.50–178.501,251276
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731163.36/cwt159.25–167.001,19442
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed741180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,33880
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy742168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,24770
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed755180.75/cwt180.75–180.751,365101
Steers—Medium and Large 1763166.08/cwt162.00–169.501,267378
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2773155.81/cwt154.50–156.501,2049
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy776160.65/cwt159.00–161.001,24765
Steers—Medium and Large 1838162.44/cwt159.25–165.501,361464
Steers—Medium and Large 1877160.09/cwt154.50–164.751,404467
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy889154.47/cwt154.00–154.501,37361
Steers—Medium and Large 1919160.63/cwt155.50–163.001,476105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2944153.25/cwt153.25–153.251,44748
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy965153.10/cwt153.10–153.101,47754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2967148.75/cwt148.75–148.751,43823
Steers—Medium and Large 1969157.69/cwt152.75–159.351,52863
Steers—Large 11,024152.94/cwt151.00–153.001,566317
Steers—Large 21,052140.97/cwt139.25–143.251,48386
Steers—Large 11,089151.39/cwt148.00–152.251,649111
Steers—Large 11,118148.78/cwt145.00–150.001,663161
Steers—Large 11,165151.25/cwt151.25–151.251,762110
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429202.68/cwt197.50–208.0086914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2448193.00/cwt193.00–193.008654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466192.76/cwt190.00–197.0089821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2499170.00/cwt170.00–170.008484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514162.38/cwt158.00–176.0083512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527178.88/cwt178.00–182.0094353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564174.50/cwt170.00–180.00984124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588162.25/cwt159.50–166.0095417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy595169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,00663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624169.92/cwt163.00–174.001,060256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632158.10/cwt157.50–159.0099960
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy633160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,01649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677160.84/cwt156.50–166.001,089249
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684153.94/cwt153.00–155.001,05317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718159.09/cwt154.00–162.251,142571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2724146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,06124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy733151.90/cwt151.50–152.251,11379
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2775146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,13319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776153.52/cwt149.10–155.501,191403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819150.56/cwt146.00–156.001,233164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy819147.66/cwt147.00–148.001,20959
Heifers—Medium and Large 1877148.67/cwt146.00–149.501,304201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2892141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,2583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1935146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,36546
Heifers—Large 1-21,048128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,3413
Heifers—Large 1-21,100130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,4365
Heifers—Large 1-21,182124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,4663

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.