Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2021-03-11

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 11
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,851 head
1,768 vs last sale 5,619 107 vs year ago 3,744 · +2.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 650-700 lbs. sold 2.00 higher, steers 750 lbs. and up sold steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers 600 lbs. and up sold steady to 3.00 lower. There were some top red angus replacement heifers in todays auction. Demand was good, with some load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be March 18th, expecting 5500 head of feeders, starting at 8:30 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.35/cwt on 2,221 head.
Average price
$133.35
2,221 head · 854 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,138
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$452
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$27.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.23
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2562148.5883633
Medium and Large 1825135.091,1141,881
Large 11,064121.051,288307
One grade step is worth $27.53/cwt here — about −$452 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 sale2,221 hd
133.35
SD average8 barns · 16,165 hd
142.58
−9.23
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

50 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 1638136.24/cwt132.75–139.5086968
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement875131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,15128
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement808145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,17614
SteersMedium and Large 1534172.09/cwt168.50–177.0091927
SteersMedium and Large 1563166.50/cwt166.50–166.509379
HeifersMedium and Large 1725130.64/cwt127.50–134.75947159
HeifersMedium and Large 1817122.03/cwt120.60–122.50997143
SteersMedium and Large 1818130.58/cwt123.50–133.351,068175
SteersMedium and Large 1671150.02/cwt145.50–154.501,007148
HeifersMedium and Large 1567143.39/cwt141.00–150.5081359
HeifersMedium and Large 1403158.31/cwt157.00–164.0063822
SteersMedium and Large 1617157.75/cwt153.00–161.0097342
SteersMedium and Large 1733139.64/cwt133.00–141.601,02434
SteersMedium and Large 1433182.00/cwt182.00–182.007886
SteersMedium and Large 1455179.50/cwt179.50–179.508175
HeifersMedium and Large 1340173.00/cwt173.00–173.005887
SteersMedium and Large 1879130.80/cwt127.50–134.851,150464
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed511180.00/cwt180.00–180.009206
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement907130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,17935
HeifersLarge 11,072106.25/cwt106.25–106.251,13916
HeifersLarge 11,119103.98/cwt100.50–108.501,1647
SteersLarge 11,075120.60/cwt120.60–120.601,29660
SteersLarge 11,213112.25/cwt112.25–112.251,3625
SteersLarge 11,005124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,246130
SteersLarge 11,119118.25/cwt118.25–118.251,323112
SteersMedium and Large 1923127.43/cwt124.75–128.251,176179
HeifersMedium and Large 1950115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,09318
HeifersMedium and Large 1942118.27/cwt115.00–120.251,11478
SteersMedium and Large 1976125.00/cwt122.75–127.851,220243
SteersMedium and Large 1777138.50/cwt132.00–142.851,076462
HeifersMedium and Large 1665132.93/cwt128.50–137.00884166
HeifersMedium and Large 1865122.92/cwt120.60–124.851,063238
HeifersMedium and Large 1470157.89/cwt153.00–161.5074218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629138.50/cwt138.50–138.5087117
HeifersMedium and Large 1769125.88/cwt122.25–130.50968267
HeifersMedium and Large 1530157.65/cwt156.00–160.0083621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2646127.50/cwt127.50–127.508246
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2836118.25/cwt118.25–118.2598910
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy651139.00/cwt139.00–139.0090510
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy768129.75/cwt129.75–129.7599671
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2384159.06/cwt157.50–161.0061113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2311184.00/cwt184.00–184.005729
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy712122.00/cwt122.00–122.0086918
BullsMedium and Large 1429179.00/cwt179.00–179.007684
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy930105.25/cwt105.25–105.2597915
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy599137.00/cwt137.00–137.0082118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2724127.50/cwt127.50–127.509237
BullsMedium and Large 1347201.00/cwt201.00–201.006975
HeifersLarge 11,043106.75/cwt106.00–109.501,11346
HeifersLarge 11,171106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,2476

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.