Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2021-09-30

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 30
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,404 head
73 vs last sale 2,477 2 vs year ago 2,402 · +0.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Very few steers again this week, trend not applicable. Start of spring calves today, many bull and heifers with no shots, lower undertone. Heifers 800-950 lbs. sold steady to 1.00 lower. Demand was good with many load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be Oct. 7th, expecting 2000-2500 head of feeders, starting at 9:30 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.98/cwt on 1,433 head.
Average price
$141.98
1,433 head · 785 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,114
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$24.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.92
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1789142.341,1231,310
Medium and Large 1-2664142.0894498
Large 11,026131.501,3499thin
Large 1-21,013118.161,19716thin
One grade step is worth $24.18/cwt here — about −$74 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 sale1,433 hd
141.98
SD average8 barns · 8,002 hd
151.91
−9.92
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

58 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 1647157.80/cwt157.75–158.001,02133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2778145.50/cwt145.00–146.501,1329
SteersMedium and Large 1710156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,10814
SteersMedium and Large 1441200.00/cwt200.00–200.0088213
SteersMedium and Large 1962135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,30612
SteersMedium and Large 1587168.00/cwt168.00–168.0098612
BullsMedium and Large 1477168.65/cwt163.00–170.0080427
BullsMedium and Large 1702141.50/cwt141.50–141.5099317
SteersLarge 11,013138.75/cwt138.75–138.751,40652
SteersMedium and Large 1546175.78/cwt173.50–177.5096035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2558140.00/cwt140.00–140.007813
HeifersMedium and Large 1524160.67/cwt160.50–161.0084246
HeifersMedium and Large 1624159.85/cwt158.00–161.0099734
SteersMedium and Large 1-2431171.00/cwt171.00–171.0073713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2363182.50/cwt182.50–182.506627
SteersMedium and Large 1-2678149.22/cwt141.00–155.501,0129
SteersMedium and Large 1-2935123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,1504
SteersMedium and Large 1770152.24/cwt151.50–152.501,17280
SteersMedium and Large 1859150.28/cwt148.75–152.501,29168
SteersLarge 1-21,021121.27/cwt120.00–129.501,23822
SteersMedium and Large 1658163.58/cwt152.00–166.001,07637
SteersMedium and Large 1923144.77/cwt143.25–152.501,33666
SteersMedium and Large 1493186.72/cwt184.50–187.0092158
SteersMedium and Large 1-2988123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,21530
SteersMedium and Large 1-2737146.00/cwt144.00–150.501,07613
BullsMedium and Large 1327200.00/cwt200.00–200.006547
BullsMedium and Large 1393181.00/cwt181.00–181.0071111
BullsMedium and Large 1542162.00/cwt162.00–162.0087810
BullsMedium and Large 1779140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0919
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665140.50/cwt140.50–140.509349
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2983125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2293
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2716134.49/cwt132.50–136.009637
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583152.00/cwt152.00–152.0088612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2768132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,01411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2907125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,13413
HeifersMedium and Large 1941132.10/cwt130.25–137.501,243168
HeifersMedium and Large 1775141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,09783
HeifersLarge 11,026131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,3499
BullsMedium and Large 1439180.00/cwt180.00–180.007905
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2617144.00/cwt144.00–144.008883
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2544154.00/cwt154.00–154.008387
HeifersMedium and Large 1699148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0356
HeifersMedium and Large 1430165.77/cwt163.00–170.0071334
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2405162.00/cwt162.00–162.0065621
HeifersLarge 1-21,050121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,2713
HeifersMedium and Large 1569162.50/cwt162.50–162.5092522
HeifersMedium and Large 1873135.46/cwt133.00–136.751,183445
SteersLarge 11,227118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,4546
HeifersMedium and Large 1471161.11/cwt158.00–163.0075952
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2814127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,03812
HeifersLarge 1-21,005117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,18113
HeifersMedium and Large 1968140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,35513
HeifersMedium and Large 1353174.00/cwt174.00–174.0061411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2453176.00/cwt176.00–176.007975
SteersMedium and Large 1-2817140.25/cwt135.00–148.001,14650
HeifersMedium and Large 1728147.57/cwt139.50–150.001,074221
HeifersMedium and Large 1825140.57/cwt136.00–145.001,160175
SteersLarge 11,078136.63/cwt136.35–136.851,473112

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.