Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2021-04-22

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 22
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,043 head
643 vs last sale 3,686 260 vs year ago 3,303 · 7.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 800-850 lbs. sold 7.00 lower, steers 900-950 lbs. sold steady, steers 1000-1150 lbs. sold 3.00-7.00 lower. Feeder heifers 750-800 lbs. sold 9.00 lower, heifers 800-1000 lbs. sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Many load lots in todays offering. Demand was good. Price of grains were up today . The next feeder cattle auction will be April 29th, expecting 5000 head of feeder cattle. Starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.21/cwt on 1,455 head.
Average price
$124.21
1,455 head · 819 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,018
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$316
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$26.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.05
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2624137.52858200
Medium and Large 1838122.721,0291,185
Large 11,055111.291,17470
One grade step is worth $26.24/cwt here — about −$316 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 sale1,455 hd
124.21
SD average7 barns · 6,020 hd
132.26
−8.05
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

42 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 11,118116.69/cwt115.75–117.101,305188
SteersLarge 11,019123.62/cwt122.35–124.751,260227
SteersLarge 11,068116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,24416
HeifersLarge 11,202100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2029
HeifersLarge 11,033112.95/cwt111.00–113.251,16761
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy798116.00/cwt116.00–116.009269
SteersMedium and Large 1306220.00/cwt220.00–220.006735
SteersMedium and Large 1979122.19/cwt121.50–122.501,196111
SteersMedium and Large 1923131.33/cwt127.50–133.351,212210
SteersMedium and Large 1416201.00/cwt201.00–201.008367
SteersMedium and Large 1586177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0377
SteersMedium and Large 1618167.62/cwt163.00–171.001,03617
HeifersMedium and Large 1837121.91/cwt120.10–124.101,020303
SteersMedium and Large 1827133.02/cwt128.00–135.001,100296
SteersMedium and Large 1785140.23/cwt136.50–141.501,10148
SteersMedium and Large 1730147.26/cwt145.50–151.001,07561
SteersMedium and Large 1676157.06/cwt150.50–161.501,06263
SteersMedium and Large 1877132.10/cwt132.10–132.101,15972
HeifersMedium and Large 1972116.19/cwt115.50–118.101,129116
HeifersMedium and Large 1928117.15/cwt116.00–118.751,087188
HeifersMedium and Large 1776124.48/cwt123.50–126.75966190
HeifersMedium and Large 1876121.05/cwt118.75–122.251,060208
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2529150.96/cwt149.00–152.0079948
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2636134.46/cwt134.00–135.7585553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2881108.00/cwt108.00–108.009517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476155.97/cwt152.00–160.5074213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440156.00/cwt156.00–156.0068615
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2802115.75/cwt115.75–115.7592816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2804129.75/cwt129.75–129.751,0438
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680143.50/cwt143.50–143.509769
SteersMedium and Large 1-2552164.00/cwt164.00–164.0090517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2688128.50/cwt128.50–128.5088419
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2733120.97/cwt118.50–122.0088721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2280207.50/cwt207.50–207.505813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2914110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,0105
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528167.00/cwt167.00–167.008826
HeifersMedium and Large 1375181.00/cwt181.00–181.006794
HeifersMedium and Large 1561149.50/cwt149.50–149.508397
HeifersMedium and Large 1633138.47/cwt136.50–141.5087741
HeifersMedium and Large 1686133.83/cwt133.00–134.0091842
HeifersMedium and Large 1721130.41/cwt125.50–132.0094077
SteersMedium and Large 1-2748135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,0147

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.