Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2021-10-28

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 28
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
5,641 head
2,970 vs last sale 2,671 1,594 vs year ago 7,235 · 22.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 900-1000 lbs. sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Steers 1050-1100 lbs. sold 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers 750-1050 lbs. sold unevenly steady. Demand was good, with many large load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be Nov. 4th, expecting 5000 head , 2000 yearlings, 3000 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 $147.51/cwt on 2,774 head.
Average price
$147.51
2,774 head · 861 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,269
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$193
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$11.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.73
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1866148.281,2842,359
Medium and Large 1-2678146.80995256
Large 11,077137.201,477159
One grade step is worth $11.08/cwt here — about −$193 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 sale2,774 hd
147.51
SD average12 barns · 21,270 hd
159.24
−11.73
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
SteersMedium and Large 1944158.05/cwt153.00–161.751,492379
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy862144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,24123
HeifersLarge 11,079138.75/cwt138.75–138.751,49748
HeifersLarge 11,019137.32/cwt135.50–139.001,39955
HeifersLarge 11,131135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,53556
HeifersMedium and Large 1774151.69/cwt148.00–154.751,174118
HeifersMedium and Large 1720156.45/cwt155.75–158.001,126251
SteersLarge 11,160135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,57220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500150.00/cwt150.00–150.0075016
SteersLarge 11,083151.33/cwt140.00–154.251,639781
SteersMedium and Large 1844159.38/cwt157.25–163.251,34568
SteersMedium and Large 1780164.21/cwt161.00–166.001,281152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2685147.94/cwt145.00–151.501,01313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2830153.72/cwt143.00–156.751,27622
SteersMedium and Large 1989151.00/cwt149.00–152.751,493298
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2627144.73/cwt144.00–149.0090740
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2720145.43/cwt143.00–149.001,04767
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2676148.91/cwt135.00–154.501,007118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2925145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,34116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2893147.29/cwt146.00–150.001,31519
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578158.24/cwt157.00–160.5091526
HeifersMedium and Large 1820150.37/cwt145.85–153.751,233380
HeifersMedium and Large 1878145.96/cwt144.25–149.851,282967
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2888135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,2036
SteersLarge 1-21,028137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,40815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2736157.27/cwt154.00–160.001,15824
SteersMedium and Large 1882155.50/cwt152.00–162.501,372355
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2781143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,1217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530148.00/cwt148.00–148.0078414
HeifersMedium and Large 1957147.51/cwt143.10–151.001,412503
HeifersMedium and Large 1929143.86/cwt142.75–144.501,336117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565147.00/cwt147.00–147.008314
SteersLarge 11,044151.75/cwt151.75–151.751,58440

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.