Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-12-08

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 8
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
6,957 head
▲ 1,991 vs last sale 4,966▼ 20 vs year ago 6,977 · −0.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 500-600 lbs. sold 8.00-9.00 higher, 650-950 lbs. sold 1.00-300 higher, steers 950-1150 lbs. sold steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs. sold steady, 700-950 lbs. sold unevenly steady . Demand was good , buyers had many large load lots of heavy feeders to fill big pens with one persons feeders. The next feeder cattle auction will be Dec. 15th,, expecting 5000 head of feeders, starting at 8:30 am. NO Feeder cattle SALE on Dec.22nd,

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $186.30/cwt on 3,669 head.
Average price
$186.30
3,669 head · 842 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,568
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$36.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.89
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1812191.781,5572,626
Medium and Large 1-2678178.081,207261
Large 11,070172.631,848626
Medium and Large 2567165.59939114
Large 1-21,069154.931,65642
One grade step is worth $36.85/cwt here — about −$99 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 sale3,669 hd
186.30
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SD average9 barns · 29,227 hd
201.20
−14.89
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

82 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2328230.00/cwt230.00–230.0075410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2349241.00/cwt241.00–241.0084110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368210.00/cwt210.00–210.0077311
Steers—Medium and Large 2394172.00/cwt172.00–172.0067811
Steers—Medium and Large 1420236.00/cwt236.00–236.0099114
Steers—Medium and Large 2433195.00/cwt195.00–195.0084412
Steers—Medium and Large 1468229.23/cwt223.50–236.001,07379
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477212.45/cwt212.00–213.001,0139
Steers—Medium and Large 2510150.00/cwt145.00–162.0076533
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530178.00/cwt178.00–178.0094311
Steers—Medium and Large 1545223.27/cwt214.00–225.001,217109
Steers—Medium and Large 1570217.39/cwt210.00–222.501,239277
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy588207.56/cwt206.00–208.001,22032
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2591201.64/cwt200.00–205.001,19243
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy601191.41/cwt191.00–191.501,15016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624155.91/cwt152.00–160.0097323
Steers—Medium and Large 1632195.58/cwt194.00–198.001,23641
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664164.61/cwt163.00–168.001,09363
Steers—Medium and Large 2673158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,06318
Steers—Medium and Large 1690196.30/cwt191.75–198.751,354277
Steers—Medium and Large 2706153.98/cwt147.00–160.001,08713
Steers—Medium and Large 1714182.93/cwt180.00–188.251,30638
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,31921
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy747175.26/cwt161.00–179.751,30958
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2761170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,2988
Steers—Medium and Large 1765187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,43150
Steers—Medium and Large 2806150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,20917
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,3667
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy828170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,40810
Steers—Medium and Large 1837183.64/cwt178.00–187.001,537208
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2856149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,2755
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy862173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,4919
Steers—Medium and Large 1868182.59/cwt181.00–183.501,585201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2917165.32/cwt163.00–166.001,51650
Steers—Medium and Large 1932185.78/cwt183.50–187.001,731439
Steers—Medium and Large 1968181.47/cwt175.50–185.251,757768
Steers—Large 1Fancy1,016180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,829117
Steers—Large 1-21,021158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,61315
Steers—Large 11,037175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,820161
Steers—Large 11,059176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,86480
Steers—Large 1-21,079153.43/cwt152.00–154.001,65623
Steers—Large 11,115164.87/cwt160.00–166.751,838185
Steers—Large 1Fancy1,124170.75/cwt170.75–170.751,91983
Steers—Large 1-21,191152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,8104
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2282220.00/cwt220.00–220.006209
Heifers—Medium and Large 1349215.00/cwt215.00–215.007505
Heifers—Medium and Large 1351220.00/cwt220.00–220.0077211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2355202.00/cwt202.00–202.007177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429210.76/cwt206.00–215.0090428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463204.89/cwt203.00–215.0094926
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465146.00/cwt146.00–146.0067917
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528144.19/cwt135.00–155.0076115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536196.52/cwt192.00–203.001,053116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538180.46/cwt176.00–183.0097116
Heifers—Medium and Large 2556135.00/cwt135.00–135.0075172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569189.72/cwt188.00–194.001,08031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy569173.13/cwt168.00–175.0098519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2598170.29/cwt160.00–172.001,01821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627167.32/cwt165.00–169.501,04932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy629166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,04721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632181.60/cwt174.00–182.751,148177
Heifers—Medium and Large 2647133.50/cwt133.50–133.5086415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665174.82/cwt172.00–176.001,16347
Heifers—Medium and Large 2677152.76/cwt151.00–155.001,03435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy682152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,03716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy711171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,21614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715162.34/cwt150.00–168.001,16141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733175.49/cwt173.00–178.001,286171
Heifers—Medium and Large 2771123.00/cwt123.00–123.0094814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1782172.02/cwt169.00–173.001,345161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2788153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,20613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2826162.93/cwt158.00–164.001,34617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1828171.05/cwt166.00–174.501,416284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1882167.73/cwt164.00–170.001,479475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1922173.42/cwt160.00–175.601,599756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2926142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,3155
Heifers—Medium and Large 2933123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,14813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1952168.18/cwt168.00–168.501,601177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy955151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,4426
Heifers—Large 11,026165.76/cwt151.00–169.751,701154
Heifers—Large 11,068151.73/cwt147.00–156.001,62014
Heifers—Large 1-21,171137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,60412

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.