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

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jul 7
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,687 head
▲ 1,881 vs last sale 1,806▼ 2,922 vs year ago 6,609 · −44.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A lower undertone was noted on steers up to 900 lbs. Steers 900-950 lbs. were steady, steers 1050-1100 lbs. sold 3.00 lower. Heifers 800-1000 lbs. were unevenly steady. Demand was good, with many large load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be July 14th, expecting 3000 head of feeders, starting at 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 $159.95/cwt on 2,043 head.
Average price
$159.95
2,043 head · 1,003 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$37.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.81
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1884166.791,475802
Medium and Large 1-2803166.061,33356
Large 11,093155.371,6981,170
Large 21,111129.001,43315thin
One grade step is worth $37.79/cwt here — about $42 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 sale2,043 hd
159.95
—
SD average2 barns · 2,497 hd
157.15
+2.81
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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 1669191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,27811
Steers—Medium and Large 1729177.04/cwt175.50–179.001,29137
Steers—Medium and Large 1770172.80/cwt170.00–175.751,33146
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2778166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,29126
Steers—Large 2789123.50/cwt123.50–123.509746
Steers—Medium and Large 1824169.27/cwt167.75–173.001,395130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2824166.12/cwt165.50–167.001,36930
Steers—Medium and Large 1874166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,45548
Steers—Medium and Large 1925164.47/cwt160.00–166.251,521530
Steers—Large 11,035157.44/cwt155.50–158.251,630380
Steers—Large 11,072156.33/cwt153.35–159.251,676337
Steers—Large 11,102155.60/cwt155.60–155.601,715113
Steers—Large 11,165152.90/cwt146.00–154.001,781280
Steers—Large 21,177140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6483
Steers—Large 11,227148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,81660
Steers—Large 21,399129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,8056
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2547160.00/cwt160.00–160.008756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585167.00/cwt167.00–167.009776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2698165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2716160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,14610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1731169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,23521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778166.89/cwt166.75–167.001,298134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2791157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,2468
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2832157.85/cwt155.00–158.501,31326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1839164.13/cwt160.00–167.251,377512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1873158.10/cwt153.25–162.001,380119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1926151.49/cwt150.00–153.751,403234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1977149.65/cwt148.75–150.251,462326
Heifers—Large 11,019144.97/cwt144.00–145.251,47763
Heifers—Large 11,073144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,55051
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3679122.50/cwt122.50–122.5083228
Dairy Steers—Large 3804114.50/cwt114.50–114.5092137

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.