Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-04-07

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 7
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,861 head
▼ 276 vs last sale 4,137▲ 317 vs year ago 3,544 · +8.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 700-800 lbs. sold 4.00-9.00 lower, 800 lbs. and up sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 650-800 lbs. sold 1.00-2.00 higher, 800 lbs. and up sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Demand was good, with many load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 14, expecting 3500 head of feeders, starting at 8:30 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.49/cwt on 2,333 head.
Average price
$142.49
2,333 head · 812 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,157
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$459
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$31.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.86
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2647149.30966205
Medium and Large 1809142.781,1561,983
Large 11,049131.651,381116
Large 1-21,210117.751,42529
One grade step is worth $31.55/cwt here — about −$459 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 sale2,333 hd
142.49
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SD average6 barns · 5,975 hd
148.35
−5.86
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

50 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335197.50/cwt197.50–197.506626
Steers—Medium and Large 1397199.00/cwt199.00–199.007906
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2416163.50/cwt163.50–163.506807
Steers—Medium and Large 1477204.53/cwt201.00–209.009769
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0303
Steers—Medium and Large 1562195.64/cwt194.00–203.501,09924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2594174.82/cwt174.25–182.001,03893
Steers—Medium and Large 1615184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,1324
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626167.24/cwt160.00–175.001,04715
Steers—Medium and Large 1683172.14/cwt171.00–174.001,1768
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2695165.67/cwt158.00–166.501,15182
Steers—Medium and Large 1722169.64/cwt164.50–171.501,225184
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,09816
Steers—Medium and Large 1770160.11/cwt156.75–162.501,23390
Steers—Medium and Large 1818153.75/cwt150.00–154.251,25842
Steers—Medium and Large 1872150.78/cwt147.00–154.001,315121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2893142.60/cwt142.50–144.001,27358
Steers—Medium and Large 1921145.64/cwt142.75–148.001,34164
Steers—Medium and Large 1967144.76/cwt139.00–148.851,400210
Steers—Large 2978130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,2764
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy996139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,3897
Steers—Large 11,030141.37/cwt131.00–143.351,45656
Steers—Large 11,054141.60/cwt141.60–141.601,49218
Steers—Large 21,089125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,36160
Steers—Large 11,114139.33/cwt138.00–139.751,55234
Steers—Large 21,144123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,40713
Steers—Large 11,160136.26/cwt135.00–137.251,581176
Steers—Large 11,228133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,63912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384211.00/cwt211.00–211.008106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2411185.00/cwt185.00–185.007605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461178.50/cwt178.50–178.508234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513168.69/cwt167.00–169.0086519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2548160.50/cwt160.50–160.5088025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580153.01/cwt147.00–154.5088733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584167.50/cwt167.50–167.5097829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624155.32/cwt153.50–158.0096935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2652148.89/cwt146.00–149.5097176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674156.91/cwt152.50–160.001,058297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy674143.00/cwt143.00–143.009648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1706152.16/cwt145.50–156.001,074253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2739139.74/cwt136.50–142.001,03354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772144.25/cwt144.25–144.251,11449
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2802130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,0478
Heifers—Medium and Large 1836135.47/cwt132.50–140.251,133319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1864137.01/cwt133.50–140.851,184495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1923135.41/cwt130.00–137.851,250452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1977134.25/cwt134.25–134.251,31221
Heifers—Large 11,030133.05/cwt128.50–134.601,37044
Heifers—Large 11,061130.80/cwt130.50–130.851,38872
Heifers—Large 1-21,210117.75/cwt117.75–117.751,42529

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.