Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2021-06-03

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jun 3
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,696 head
862 vs last sale 3,558 1,134 vs year ago 1,562 · +72.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 850-1100 lbs. sold steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers 800-950 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 higher. An unevenly steady undertone was noted on heifers over 950 lbs. Many load lots in todays offering Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be June 10th, expecting 6000 head of feeders, starting at 8:00 am. This auction will be Mitchell Livestocks special BBQ APPRECIATION DAY to all sellers and buyers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.13/cwt on 1,448 head.
Average price
$127.13
1,448 head · 864 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,098
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$386
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$22.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.57
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2613138.7985149
Medium and Large 1831129.081,0721,151
Large 11,068115.801,237248
One grade step is worth $22.99/cwt here — about −$386 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 sale1,448 hd
127.13
SD average4 barns · 3,543 hd
129.70
−2.57
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
SteersMedium and Large 1734149.25/cwt149.25–149.251,09532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2656148.00/cwt148.00–148.0097111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2484166.00/cwt166.00–166.008035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2614151.50/cwt151.50–151.5093011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2608132.00/cwt132.00–132.008036
HeifersMedium and Large 1987117.51/cwt116.25–118.751,160156
HeifersMedium and Large 1875125.27/cwt118.25–127.251,096318
SteersMedium and Large 1-2558146.00/cwt146.00–146.008153
HeifersMedium and Large 1564156.00/cwt156.00–156.008808
SteersMedium and Large 1685156.67/cwt156.00–156.751,07344
SteersMedium and Large 1-2373186.00/cwt186.00–186.006945
HeifersMedium and Large 1927121.90/cwt120.75–122.851,130176
SteersMedium and Large 1966129.58/cwt127.50–130.851,252135
HeifersMedium and Large 1437179.04/cwt164.00–181.0078224
HeifersMedium and Large 1626142.94/cwt140.50–146.50895104
SteersMedium and Large 1908135.96/cwt135.25–136.751,235168
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376161.00/cwt161.00–161.0060518
SteersMedium and Large 1-2733137.80/cwt137.50–138.001,01010
HeifersMedium and Large 1839126.55/cwt122.25–130.001,062159
SteersMedium and Large 1796141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,1229
HeifersMedium and Large 1673137.50/cwt137.50–137.5092512
SteersLarge 11,011126.63/cwt123.75–127.001,280132
SteersLarge 11,139115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3107
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2899117.25/cwt117.25–117.251,0546
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2830120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,00010
SteersLarge 11,062124.74/cwt121.75–126.751,325186
SteersLarge 1-21,073115.34/cwt106.00–117.501,23816
Dairy HeifersLarge 2739103.50/cwt103.50–103.507654
HeifersMedium and Large 1507155.00/cwt155.00–155.007863
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement415165.00/cwt165.00–165.0068521
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed810145.75/cwt145.75–145.751,18165
SteersMedium and Large 1639161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,0325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2744133.25/cwt133.25–133.259915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2551134.00/cwt134.00–134.007384
SteersMedium and Large 1816138.96/cwt136.00–140.751,134110
SteersMedium and Large 1879135.96/cwt133.50–137.751,195181
HeifersMedium and Large 1783132.71/cwt125.25–139.501,03992
HeifersMedium and Large 1728136.21/cwt131.50–139.2599278
SteersMedium and Large 1576167.39/cwt163.50–171.5096420
SteersMedium and Large 1453178.50/cwt178.50–178.5080912
SteersLarge 11,275114.87/cwt114.50–115.001,46519
SteersLarge 11,168118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,3784
HeifersLarge 11,032116.61/cwt116.50–117.101,203153
HeifersLarge 11,075112.91/cwt112.00–113.001,21446
HeifersLarge 11,191117.25/cwt117.25–117.251,39635
HeifersLarge 11,135112.75/cwt112.75–112.751,28014

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.