Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-08-04

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 4
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,361 head
▼ 3,678 vs last sale 6,039▼ 1,460 vs year ago 3,821 · −38.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A light number of steers so trend not applicable. A higher undertone was noted on lighter steers. Steers over 1000 lbs. were dollars lower, due to lower volume of big load lots to fill large lots. Heifers 700-900 lbs. sold steady. 900-950 lbs. sold 5.00 lower. Demand was good , Few load lots today. Next feeder cattle auction will be Aug.11th, expecting 4000-5000 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 $168.61/cwt on 1,537 head.
Average price
$168.61
1,537 head · 793 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,338
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$397
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$46.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.82
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1789170.781,3481,350
Medium and Large 1-2834157.831,316160
Medium and Large 2764124.3795127
One grade step is worth $46.41/cwt here — about $397 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 sale1,537 hd
168.61
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SD average4 barns · 3,187 hd
169.43
−0.82
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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2544194.20/cwt183.50–205.001,05614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,13120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2646184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,1897
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,23871
Steers—Medium and Large 1680198.30/cwt195.00–204.001,34824
Steers—Large 2700140.00/cwt140.00–140.009805
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725176.68/cwt176.50–177.001,2818
Steers—Medium and Large 2731119.28/cwt114.00–123.0087219
Steers—Medium and Large 1792183.27/cwt180.00–186.001,451137
Steers—Medium and Large 1832178.07/cwt173.00–178.751,48264
Steers—Medium and Large 1865173.86/cwt172.00–178.501,50457
Steers—Medium and Large 2950145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,37818
Steers—Medium and Large 1969166.75/cwt166.75–166.751,61618
Steers—Large 11,035163.36/cwt160.00–164.751,69190
Steers—Large 11,074158.60/cwt156.00–159.751,703127
Steers—Large 11,113157.85/cwt157.85–157.851,75751
Steers—Large 11,236150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8545
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635184.79/cwt180.00–187.001,173229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,19513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2685115.00/cwt115.00–115.0078816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1739176.19/cwt171.00–179.501,302386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,35946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2786150.50/cwt146.00–155.501,18317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1821170.02/cwt165.00–178.251,396264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2822158.78/cwt155.25–159.501,30577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1880160.25/cwt160.25–160.251,41078
Heifers—Medium and Large 2880138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,21411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2883156.61/cwt150.50–159.751,38350
Heifers—Medium and Large 1921156.24/cwt152.75–160.501,439327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2946149.75/cwt149.75–149.751,4178

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.