Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2021-03-25

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 25
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,642 head
940 vs last sale 2,702 163 vs year ago 3,805 · 4.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A higher undertone was noted on steers up to 650 lbs., steers 650-800 lbs. were 6.00-9.00 higher, steers 800-950 were steady to 3.00 higher, steers over 1000 lbs. were steady to 2.00 lower. A higher undertone was noted on heifers up to 650 lbs. Only a couple of weight class's to make trend for todays heifers, will call it 650 lbs. and up unevenly steady. Many load lots in todays offering. Demand was good. Over the last two weeks we have had snow and rain, many feeders were caring alot of mud. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 1st, starting at 8:30 am., expecting 4000 head of feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.00/cwt on 2,417 head.
Average price
$138.00
2,417 head · 891 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,230
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$191
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$25.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.41
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2695143.75999104
Medium and Large 1855140.881,2041,845
Large 11,080125.461,355463
Large 1-21,004118.501,1905thin
One grade step is worth $25.25/cwt here — about −$191 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 sale2,417 hd
138.00
SD average7 barns · 10,263 hd
143.41
−5.41
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

46 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
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1,250111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,3886
HeifersLarge 11,047118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,23560
SteersLarge 11,144124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,424106
SteersLarge 11,037127.85/cwt127.85–127.851,32662
SteersLarge 11,062125.60/cwt124.75–126.501,334289
SteersLarge 1-21,004118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,1905
SteersMedium and Large 1776146.68/cwt138.50–151.001,138182
SteersMedium and Large 1528184.07/cwt176.00–187.0097217
HeifersMedium and Large 1763131.28/cwt124.50–134.501,00273
HeifersMedium and Large 1665133.99/cwt131.50–137.0089142
SteersMedium and Large 1830140.03/cwt131.75–142.251,162171
SteersMedium and Large 1978129.08/cwt125.25–134.751,262494
HeifersMedium and Large 1974121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1794
HeifersMedium and Large 1436182.75/cwt182.75–182.757977
SteersMedium and Large 1921133.19/cwt129.00–136.751,227427
HeifersMedium and Large 1476158.50/cwt158.50–158.5075415
SteersMedium and Large 1576172.73/cwt167.00–180.0099558
HeifersMedium and Large 1568144.05/cwt141.00–150.5081858
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2609131.78/cwt130.00–133.0080310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2913121.92/cwt121.50–122.001,11318
SteersMedium and Large 1662160.97/cwt152.75–165.001,066158
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed922138.75/cwt138.75–138.751,27993
HeifersMedium and Large 1720135.11/cwt131.25–136.10973119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2536141.33/cwt140.50–144.0075812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2408156.00/cwt156.00–156.006364
SteersMedium and Large 1885135.31/cwt132.25–137.251,197124
SteersMedium and Large 1470194.97/cwt185.50–203.0091644
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy887126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1183
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy792121.50/cwt121.50–121.5096218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2536149.50/cwt149.50–149.508017
SteersMedium and Large 1420204.00/cwt204.00–204.008573
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy846121.34/cwt120.50–122.751,0278
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy852113.00/cwt113.00–113.009633
SteersMedium and Large 1-2634150.17/cwt147.50–152.0095244
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383174.12/cwt173.00–178.0066713
HeifersMedium and Large 1828127.30/cwt125.00–130.251,05451
HeifersMedium and Large 1526154.88/cwt153.50–157.0081551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565163.00/cwt163.00–163.009213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2790134.32/cwt132.00–136.501,06142
SteersMedium and Large 1629160.18/cwt160.00–161.001,00816
HeifersMedium and Large 1920132.91/cwt128.00–134.101,22382
SteersMedium and Large 1737149.96/cwt148.00–150.501,10555
HeifersMedium and Large 1608142.98/cwt139.10–143.5086934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2969120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,1684
SteersMedium and Large 1-2470171.00/cwt171.00–171.008044
HeifersMedium and Large 1887123.71/cwt122.25–125.001,097616

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.