Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-03-17

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 17
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
6,559 head
▲ 636 vs last sale 5,923▲ 3,857 vs year ago 2,702 · +142.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 600-750 lbs. were steady to 5.00 lower, steers 750-900 lbs. were steady to 6.00 higher, steers 900 lbs. and up were unevenly steady. Heifers 650 lbs. and up were unevenly steady. Demand was good, with many large load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be March 24th, expecting 3500 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 $154.02/cwt on 3,793 head.
Average price
$154.02
3,793 head · 860 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,324
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$30.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.87
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1823157.771,2982,679
Medium and Large 1-2705154.191,087388
Large 11,091141.491,544653
Large 1-21,016134.001,3616thin
Large 2945126.961,19967
One grade step is worth $30.82/cwt here — about $99 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 sale3,793 hd
154.02
—
SD average7 barns · 14,796 hd
159.89
−5.87
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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1441230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0147
Steers—Medium and Large 1490197.00/cwt197.00–197.0096510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514162.00/cwt162.00–162.008337
Steers—Medium and Large 1561188.72/cwt183.50–194.251,05991
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2596175.25/cwt173.00–176.001,04416
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed601190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1427
Steers—Medium and Large 1635179.50/cwt178.00–192.001,14091
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy636173.25/cwt173.25–173.251,10240
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2658158.03/cwt151.00–164.501,040225
Steers—Medium and Large 1674172.88/cwt167.00–180.501,16583
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2702154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,08110
Steers—Medium and Large 1732166.84/cwt161.25–172.001,221341
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy743160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,19329
Steers—Medium and Large 1773160.23/cwt154.00–164.001,239135
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy782144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1265
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2786151.42/cwt143.50–153.001,19048
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed804164.35/cwt164.35–164.351,321135
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2821141.01/cwt140.75–144.501,15878
Steers—Medium and Large 1828157.05/cwt148.50–163.001,300717
Steers—Medium and Large 1860151.92/cwt144.00–154.501,307251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2889131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1654
Steers—Medium and Large 1919144.86/cwt138.00–147.251,331273
Steers—Large 2929125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,16628
Steers—Large 2956128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,22439
Steers—Medium and Large 1978143.55/cwt141.75–147.001,404464
Steers—Large 11,004142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,431125
Steers—Large 1-21,016134.00/cwt133.00–135.001,3616
Steers—Large 11,069139.92/cwt136.00–141.501,496225
Steers—Large 11,144142.23/cwt138.50–143.851,627303
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457186.00/cwt186.00–186.008507
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471170.50/cwt170.50–170.508039
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509175.00/cwt175.00–175.008914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538154.84/cwt151.00–158.5083339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570164.65/cwt164.00–165.0093912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579167.32/cwt167.00–169.0096955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630162.45/cwt159.00–171.001,023140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement641166.00/cwt165.75–166.251,06475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2645155.59/cwt151.00–156.251,00456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672160.52/cwt154.00–165.251,07949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674160.09/cwt149.00–162.251,07938
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy699147.25/cwt147.25–147.251,02971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy721138.00/cwt138.00–138.009957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734146.31/cwt143.50–155.501,07496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2734142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,04615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed746163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,21622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761144.13/cwt133.00–146.501,097256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy763139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2767136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,0479
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2812126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830138.45/cwt135.50–141.501,149215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy835132.66/cwt132.50–134.001,10856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy857132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,13112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1867136.82/cwt133.00–140.851,186859
Heifers—Medium and Large 1910137.18/cwt136.00–137.251,248153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2959131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,2619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1986135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,33863
Heifers—Large 1-21,004119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,20010
Heifers—Large 11,063137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,46448
Heifers—Large 11,114139.75/cwt139.75–139.751,55788
Heifers—Large 1-21,207118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,42420
Heifers—Large 11,216136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,66079

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.