Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-05-05

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 5
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,599 head
▼ 990 vs last sale 4,589▲ 1,326 vs year ago 2,273 · +58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers up to 900 lbs. sold on an unevenly steady undertone. Steers 900-1000 lbs. sold 4.00-8.00 higher, steers 1000-1150 lbs. sold 6.00-12.00 higher. Heifers up to 850 lbs. sold on an unevenly steady undertone. Heifers 850-1000 lbs. sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Demand was good with many load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 12th, expecting 3000 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 $143.43/cwt on 2,266 head.
Average price
$143.43
2,266 head · 822 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,179
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$196
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$22.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.30
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1819143.701,1772,167
Medium and Large 1-2732142.551,04455
Large 11,026136.321,39929
Large 1-21,133121.301,37415thin
One grade step is worth $22.40/cwt here — about −$196 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 sale2,266 hd
143.43
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SD average5 barns · 4,696 hd
148.73
−5.30
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

53 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1432216.00/cwt216.00–216.0093310
Steers—Medium and Large 1456216.00/cwt216.00–216.009856
Steers—Medium and Large 1517206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0653
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2544166.00/cwt166.00–166.009039
Steers—Medium and Large 1582189.81/cwt180.00–191.001,10556
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed634192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,21710
Steers—Medium and Large 1637184.06/cwt173.00–186.001,17232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0897
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed653180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,17921
Steers—Medium and Large 1680164.09/cwt163.00–166.001,11628
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682154.50/cwt153.00–163.001,05420
Steers—Medium and Large 1733158.68/cwt157.75–159.001,16323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2734153.05/cwt152.50–154.501,12311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,12510
Steers—Medium and Large 2765133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,01711
Steers—Medium and Large 1770157.60/cwt152.00–163.501,21423
Steers—Medium and Large 1822157.03/cwt154.00–159.501,29170
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2825141.24/cwt138.50–148.251,16535
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2863149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,29023
Steers—Medium and Large 1887151.71/cwt148.75–153.001,34652
Steers—Large 2896125.05/cwt123.50–127.501,12018
Steers—Medium and Large 1935149.89/cwt148.25–151.751,40197
Steers—Medium and Large 1968150.33/cwt142.75–152.251,455203
Steers—Large 11,038148.80/cwt145.00–149.751,545152
Steers—Large 1-21,048133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,3968
Steers—Large 1-21,065136.75/cwt136.75–136.751,4568
Steers—Large 11,071151.07/cwt147.75–152.351,61878
Steers—Large 11,117143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,60656
Steers—Large 11,158144.40/cwt142.00–147.001,672129
Steers—Large 11,229136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,67812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423177.00/cwt177.00–177.007497
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463178.00/cwt178.00–178.008243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1497176.00/cwt176.00–176.0087512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530166.00/cwt166.00–166.0088038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530146.00/cwt146.00–146.007744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy549151.00/cwt151.00–151.008295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571165.06/cwt160.00–166.5094227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629156.94/cwt154.50–162.50987121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629145.03/cwt144.00–146.0091210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668146.43/cwt146.00–147.0097814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669152.92/cwt149.00–154.001,02346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy684145.50/cwt145.50–145.5099518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1743147.55/cwt142.50–151.251,096285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772145.43/cwt139.50–150.851,123330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2783138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1826140.63/cwt136.50–141.501,162287
Heifers—Medium and Large 1881139.35/cwt136.50–142.251,228417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2913133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,21418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1922138.82/cwt135.25–143.001,280400
Heifers—Medium and Large 1974137.03/cwt135.75–138.001,335174
Heifers—Large 11,026136.32/cwt135.00–138.251,39929
Heifers—Large 1-21,075126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,3603
Heifers—Large 1-21,147120.00/cwt116.50–122.501,37612

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.