Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2021-01-07

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 7
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,729 head
475 vs last sale 5,204 1,304 vs year ago 6,033 · 21.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers were 2.00-5.00 lower, steers 1000 lbs. and up were steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers 600-850 lbs. were 2.00-5.00 lower, heifers 850-1000 lbs. were steady, a lower undertone was noted on heifers over 1000 lbs. Demand was good. Many large load lots on yearlings today. The next feeder cattle auction will be Jan. 14th, expecting 6000 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.13/cwt on 2,856 head.
Average price
$137.13
2,856 head · 885 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,214
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$381
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$41.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.60
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2618149.8292748
Medium and Large 1804140.901,1332,004
Large 11,103127.071,401801
Large 1-21,205108.501,3073thin
One grade step is worth $41.32/cwt here — about −$381 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 sale2,856 hd
137.13
SD average5 barns · 13,581 hd
140.73
−3.60
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

62 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy595139.00/cwt139.00–139.0082713
HeifersMedium and Large 1325193.33/cwt186.00–198.0062811
HeifersMedium and Large 1664136.68/cwt131.25–139.0090878
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy646132.96/cwt132.00–134.5085913
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy931128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,19237
HeifersMedium and Large 1385176.00/cwt176.00–176.006787
HeifersMedium and Large 1626139.80/cwt134.00–142.50875168
SteersMedium and Large 1818136.65/cwt135.25–138.501,118283
SteersMedium and Large 1924131.66/cwt130.00–134.251,217238
HeifersMedium and Large 1962123.75/cwt123.75–123.751,19089
HeifersMedium and Large 1830125.36/cwt124.00–126.101,040296
HeifersMedium and Large 1465155.79/cwt154.00–159.0072414
HeifersMedium and Large 1422168.17/cwt168.00–168.5071015
SteersMedium and Large 1563168.52/cwt159.00–171.50949106
SteersMedium and Large 1432186.08/cwt181.00–189.5080421
HeifersMedium and Large 1537150.79/cwt149.00–153.0081060
SteersMedium and Large 1684146.65/cwt142.50–157.501,003237
SteersMedium and Large 1860136.10/cwt133.00–137.751,170221
SteersMedium and Large 1532172.02/cwt166.00–178.0091550
SteersMedium and Large 1631155.19/cwt150.00–160.0097978
SteersMedium and Large 1334208.00/cwt208.00–208.006955
SteersMedium and Large 1371199.08/cwt195.00–203.007396
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed512160.50/cwt160.50–160.5082239
SteersMedium and Large 1968133.08/cwt127.00–134.851,288371
SteersMedium and Large 1782138.15/cwt136.50–140.501,08076
HeifersLarge 11,120107.48/cwt106.00–109.001,204100
HeifersLarge 11,055111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,1767
SteersLarge 11,152125.33/cwt125.25–125.501,444349
SteersLarge 11,388103.50/cwt103.50–103.501,4375
SteersLarge 11,026131.72/cwt127.25–132.001,351181
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1,036114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,1865
SteersLarge 11,076126.93/cwt123.85–128.601,366204
SteersLarge 11,119126.60/cwt126.60–126.601,41757
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2463147.46/cwt142.00–149.5068319
SteersMedium and Large 1-2337193.00/cwt193.00–193.006506
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy819131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,0778
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy672141.50/cwt141.50–141.509515
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy965126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,21619
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy704138.00/cwt138.00–138.0097218
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2280173.00/cwt173.00–173.004844
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy732127.25/cwt127.25–127.2593120
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy892123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,1023
SteersLarge 1-21,205108.50/cwt108.50–108.501,3073
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420153.50/cwt153.50–153.506453
SteersMedium and Large 1-2783132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0343
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy838123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0316
HeifersMedium and Large 1718132.53/cwt128.00–135.50952170
SteersMedium and Large 1-2594153.50/cwt153.50–153.509125
SteersMedium and Large 1732141.09/cwt135.75–143.751,033200
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2670112.00/cwt112.00–112.007503
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2987112.17/cwt105.50–119.001,1078
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy687124.00/cwt124.00–124.008523
HeifersMedium and Large 1569142.96/cwt142.00–149.0081386
SteersMedium and Large 1-2686138.63/cwt135.50–140.2595127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2546161.00/cwt161.00–161.008797
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy776135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,04822
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy753129.50/cwt129.50–129.509758
HeifersMedium and Large 1907126.81/cwt123.75–128.601,150194
HeifersMedium and Large 1793125.75/cwt125.50–126.5099796
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2642133.00/cwt133.00–133.0085415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2798112.00/cwt112.00–112.008943
HeifersMedium and Large 1861124.34/cwt123.25–126.101,071246

How this sale compares

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.