Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2021-10-21

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 21
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,671 head
886 vs last sale 1,785 938 vs year ago 3,609 · 26.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 950-1000 lbs. sold 1.00 lower, steers 1050-1100 lbs. sold 3.00 higher. Heifers 800-950 lbs. sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Demand was good with many load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be Oct.28th, expecting 5000-6000 head of feeders, about half yearlings half spring calves, starting at 8:30 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.22/cwt on 1,547 head.
Average price
$148.22
1,547 head · 835 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,237
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$31
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$26.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.98
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1831149.081,2391,414
Medium and Large 1-2626148.5393050
Large 11,016134.841,37072
Large 1-21,033123.001,27111thin
One grade step is worth $26.08/cwt here — about −$31 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 sale1,547 hd
148.22
SD average12 barns · 16,834 hd
159.19
−10.98
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

33 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 1Fleshy963131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,2668
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy742149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,106367
HeifersLarge 11,119118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,3204
HeifersLarge 11,010135.83/cwt135.25–139.501,37268
HeifersMedium and Large 1910144.82/cwt144.00–145.251,318173
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2791145.25/cwt145.25–145.251,1499
SteersLarge 11,085149.97/cwt148.00–151.251,627195
SteersMedium and Large 1742164.75/cwt164.75–164.751,22218
SteersLarge 1-21,160122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,4156
SteersLarge 11,109144.75/cwt144.75–144.751,60517
SteersMedium and Large 1824160.64/cwt157.75–162.751,324119
SteersMedium and Large 1990154.20/cwt147.00–155.501,527215
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned538161.00/cwt161.00–161.0086610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2456178.00/cwt178.00–178.008124
SteersMedium and Large 1769163.92/cwt160.50–166.501,26116
HeifersLarge 1-21,033123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,27111
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy920152.25/cwt152.25–152.251,40114
SteersLarge 11,222115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,4116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2794156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,2396
SteersMedium and Large 1-2538162.00/cwt162.00–162.0087210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2958148.75/cwt148.75–148.751,42512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2494155.50/cwt155.50–155.5076814
HeifersMedium and Large 1699154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,08012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2640146.00/cwt146.00–146.0093427
SteersMedium and Large 1934156.71/cwt152.25–158.751,464360
SteersMedium and Large 1-2844154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,30015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2934143.23/cwt143.00–143.751,33830
HeifersMedium and Large 1838146.88/cwt142.50–152.501,231112
HeifersMedium and Large 1773157.69/cwt155.50–159.251,219154
HeifersMedium and Large 1879148.68/cwt146.00–159.001,307588
SteersLarge 11,003154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,54556
SteersLarge 11,152146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,68859
SteersMedium and Large 1-2572152.00/cwt152.00–152.008694

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.