Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-06-16

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jun 16
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,885 head
▼ 5,846 vs last sale 9,731▲ 849 vs year ago 3,036 · +28.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 850-1000 lbs. sold steady to 4.00 higher, steers 1150-1200 lbs. sold 4.00 higher. A steady undertone was noted on heifers up to 800 lbs. Heifers 800-1000 lbs. sold 1.00-4.00 higher. Demand was good, many load lots in larger feeders, The next feeder cattle auction will be June 23rd, expecting 3000 head of feeders , starting at 9:00 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.14/cwt on 2,448 head.
Average price
$151.14
2,448 head · 878 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,328
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$175
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2
$39.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.30
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2576167.3996555
Medium and Large 1876151.451,3262,262
Large 11,064139.851,489121
Large 2889128.251,14010thin
One grade step is worth $39.14/cwt here — about −$175 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 sale2,448 hd
151.14
—
SD average3 barns · 3,724 hd
151.44
−0.30
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1482210.50/cwt202.00–219.001,01513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0049
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2644190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,22712
Steers—Medium and Large 1658191.13/cwt190.50–193.001,25816
Steers—Medium and Large 1711190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,3547
Steers—Medium and Large 1782167.05/cwt165.50–169.501,30618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2830159.52/cwt155.00–163.001,3247
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,3676
Steers—Medium and Large 1887170.37/cwt160.50–171.001,511306
Steers—Medium and Large 1917163.43/cwt158.00–168.751,499441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2944158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,49214
Steers—Medium and Large 1954160.85/cwt160.85–160.851,535116
Steers—Large 2995124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,23413
Steers—Large 11,029147.80/cwt145.50–149.751,52122
Steers—Large 11,069142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,5216
Steers—Large 11,138153.37/cwt150.75–154.001,745212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2344190.00/cwt190.00–190.006545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425179.00/cwt179.00–179.007613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1442188.00/cwt188.00–188.008315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2501172.00/cwt172.00–172.008625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572169.06/cwt161.00–173.5096727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631166.60/cwt165.00–168.001,05191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed665176.25/cwt176.25–176.251,17286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2694157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0909
Heifers—Medium and Large 1731156.15/cwt153.50–157.751,14179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2752147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770155.75/cwt155.75–155.751,19917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1805154.69/cwt148.75–156.001,245320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1879151.26/cwt146.25–155.101,330572
Heifers—Large 2889128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,14010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1924148.99/cwt142.30–150.001,377624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1975143.92/cwt139.75–147.751,403468
Heifers—Large 11,023140.83/cwt140.75–142.501,44164
Heifers—Large 11,111138.75/cwt138.75–138.751,54257

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.