Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-03-10

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 10
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
5,923 head
▼ 1,424 vs last sale 7,347▲ 2,072 vs year ago 3,851 · +53.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 550-700 lbs. sold 5.00-10.00 lower, steers 700 lbs. and up sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 650-800 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 higher, heifers 800-950 lbs. sold 2.00 -6.00 lower. Demand was fair, many load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be March 17th, expecting 4500 head of feeders, starting at 8:00-8:30 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.74/cwt on 3,479 head.
Average price
$155.74
3,479 head · 827 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,288
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$47.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.26
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1810157.981,2792,744
Medium and Large 1-2715157.221,124365
Large 11,053139.871,473334
Large 1-21,184121.101,43421
Large 21,111110.001,22215thin
One grade step is worth $47.98/cwt here — about $57 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 sale3,479 hd
155.74
—
SD average9 barns · 14,700 hd
164.00
−8.26
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

58 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2414197.00/cwt197.00–197.0081610
Steers—Medium and Large 1468197.85/cwt196.00–201.0092619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2494185.67/cwt185.00–192.0091750
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539178.37/cwt168.00–190.0096117
Steers—Medium and Large 1548198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,0853
Steers—Medium and Large 1562190.44/cwt186.00–196.501,070116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2591172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,01736
Steers—Medium and Large 1634180.70/cwt172.50–186.501,146162
Steers—Medium and Large 1685173.81/cwt170.00–178.501,191155
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy686164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,1257
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686159.49/cwt156.00–166.001,09435
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy692166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1499
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2728161.32/cwt155.50–184.501,17447
Steers—Medium and Large 1730171.65/cwt167.00–177.751,253310
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy751162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,2174
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765143.60/cwt140.50–153.001,09928
Steers—Medium and Large 1780159.22/cwt153.50–167.501,242579
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy808148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,19612
Steers—Medium and Large 1822157.24/cwt151.50–160.001,293295
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2828141.06/cwt133.50–146.501,16844
Steers—Medium and Large 1877145.21/cwt142.00–150.001,273266
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2878135.90/cwt133.00–139.001,19379
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy892143.25/cwt143.25–143.251,27822
Steers—Medium and Large 1919145.32/cwt140.00–147.001,335484
Steers—Medium and Large 1974139.94/cwt132.75–144.001,363310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2990128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,27210
Steers—Large 1-21,005121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,2163
Steers—Large 11,008141.91/cwt136.00–142.751,430179
Steers—Large 11,096132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,4528
Steers—Large 11,106137.78/cwt135.75–138.101,524147
Steers—Large 21,111110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,22215
Steers—Large 1-21,195118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,41011
Steers—Large 1-21,244126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,5677
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424172.00/cwt172.00–172.0072919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468165.17/cwt162.00–174.0077315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471181.89/cwt181.00–183.0085734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527159.59/cwt159.00–168.0084190
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533172.06/cwt169.00–178.0091751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574170.58/cwt170.00–171.5097971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy618148.00/cwt148.00–148.0091520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632158.96/cwt157.00–161.001,00520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642152.45/cwt150.50–153.0097927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663144.90/cwt134.00–152.0096115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668158.45/cwt150.50–161.501,058214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy694146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,01310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714150.48/cwt145.50–155.001,074189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement718157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,13158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774143.00/cwt141.50–144.001,107191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2780133.59/cwt125.00–137.501,04222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy792132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement818144.93/cwt144.50–145.501,186116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1821139.77/cwt137.00–143.501,148571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2826118.00/cwt118.00–118.009759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1881136.10/cwt135.85–138.501,199286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1933136.11/cwt132.50–137.101,270173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2960120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,1574
Heifers—Large 21,098105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,1586
Heifers—Large 11,127121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,36912

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.