Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-11-03

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 3
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,868 head
▼ 3,478 vs last sale 6,346▼ 2,750 vs year ago 5,618 · −48.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: An unevenly steady undertone was noted on steers up to 850 lbs. Steers 850-900 were 2.00 higher, steers 900-1100 lbs. sold 2.00 lower. A lower undertone was noted on heifers up to 750 lbs. Heifers 800-900 lbs. were steady to 2.00 lower, heifers 900-1000 lbs. sold 2.00 higher. Demand was good. Many large load lots in Yearlings today. The next feeder cattle auction will be Nov. 10th, 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 $167.84/cwt on 1,498 head.
Average price
$167.84
1,498 head · 826 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,387
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$621
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$12.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.06
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568172.14978112
Medium and Large 1839167.901,4091,322
Large 11,005159.151,59964
One grade step is worth $12.99/cwt here — about −$621 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 sale1,498 hd
167.84
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SD average11 barns · 17,787 hd
186.90
−19.06
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

48 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1348247.50/cwt247.50–247.508613
Steers—Medium and Large 1358244.70/cwt242.50–247.508767
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360216.00/cwt216.00–216.007785
Steers—Medium and Large 1430232.00/cwt232.00–232.0099812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467201.78/cwt200.00–206.0094213
Steers—Medium and Large 1525200.20/cwt197.00–205.001,05169
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2543195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,05916
Steers—Medium and Large 1580202.41/cwt196.00–206.501,17423
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy627182.04/cwt180.00–184.001,1418
Steers—Medium and Large 1629197.32/cwt193.00–198.001,24170
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy675179.52/cwt178.00–183.001,21246
Steers—Medium and Large 1683185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,26427
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2957
Steers—Medium and Large 1796178.55/cwt178.50–179.501,42180
Steers—Medium and Large 1839177.83/cwt176.50–178.501,49275
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2856159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,3655
Steers—Medium and Large 1874178.59/cwt176.75–181.001,561216
Steers—Medium and Large 1977174.17/cwt171.50–175.501,702122
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,000157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,57035
Steers—Large 11,032170.35/cwt170.35–170.351,75866
Steers—Large 11,075167.38/cwt167.35–168.501,799236
Steers—Large 11,171166.15/cwt166.10–166.251,946135
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1339237.50/cwt237.50–237.508057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368235.00/cwt235.00–235.008654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372208.53/cwt206.00–212.0077614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415206.00/cwt206.00–206.0085513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424182.00/cwt182.00–182.007724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474171.18/cwt163.00–186.0081122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484189.11/cwt186.00–195.5091533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523184.14/cwt180.00–186.5096321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540172.00/cwt172.00–172.009296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy540170.00/cwt170.00–170.0091820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558179.09/cwt176.50–182.0099914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2559170.00/cwt170.00–170.009507
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633169.06/cwt165.00–170.001,07049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy657167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,09730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719176.25/cwt176.25–176.251,26785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768172.92/cwt172.10–173.751,328163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2816136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,11010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818167.43/cwt167.25–167.751,37050
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy859158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,3576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1885163.38/cwt162.50–164.001,446399
Heifers—Medium and Large 1914164.73/cwt158.00–166.601,506234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1970162.29/cwt160.00–163.601,574243
Heifers—Large 11,001159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,59761
Heifers—Large 11,087152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,6523
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1406212.00/cwt212.00–212.008618
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522189.00/cwt189.00–189.0098725

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.