Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2021-11-18

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 18
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,305 head
319 vs last sale 3,986 1,609 vs year ago 5,914 · 27.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A higher undertone was noted on steers up to 700 lbs. Steers 900-950 lbs. were 1.00 higher. Steers over 1000 lbs. sold on a higher undertone. A higher undertone was noted on heifers up to 600 lbs. and heifers over 1000 lbs. Heifers 850-950 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good, with some load lots in yearlings. The next feeder cattle auction will be Dec. 2nd , expecting 4000 head of feeders, starting at 8:30 am. "HAPPY THANKSGIVING"

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.92/cwt on 2,397 head.
Average price
$150.92
2,397 head · 781 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,178
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$176
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$21.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.38
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1780151.951,1852,159
Medium and Large 1-2616144.17889144
Large 11,049138.301,45187
Large 1-21,043130.501,3617thin
One grade step is worth $21.45/cwt here — about −$176 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 sale2,397 hd
150.92
SD average8 barns · 14,767 hd
153.31
−2.38
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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy717142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,01832
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy994134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,33246
HeifersLarge 11,077129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,39515
HeifersLarge 11,043140.13/cwt140.00–142.001,46272
HeifersMedium and Large 1561159.00/cwt159.00–159.0089213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2816138.80/cwt133.00–142.001,13326
SteersMedium and Large 1825158.49/cwt155.00–161.751,308213
SteersMedium and Large 1910162.16/cwt152.50–162.751,476252
SteersMedium and Large 1494188.00/cwt188.00–188.009295
SteersMedium and Large 1771161.21/cwt158.25–163.751,24370
SteersMedium and Large 1951155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,47472
SteersMedium and Large 1896157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,41185
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584157.60/cwt155.00–163.0092021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2919140.09/cwt135.75–145.001,28721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531158.44/cwt151.00–170.0084138
SteersMedium and Large 1-2389197.50/cwt197.50–197.507685
SteersMedium and Large 1640169.22/cwt162.50–172.501,083162
SteersMedium and Large 1559179.70/cwt170.00–184.751,005213
SteersLarge 11,025155.87/cwt145.50–157.101,59867
SteersMedium and Large 1659167.43/cwt161.50–170.501,103119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2707158.66/cwt158.00–159.001,12212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2627139.91/cwt130.00–146.5087724
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526143.01/cwt139.00–145.5075218
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2371171.88/cwt170.00–175.0063813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2678139.45/cwt136.00–145.0094510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2969126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2562144.63/cwt143.00–149.0081349
HeifersMedium and Large 1918145.86/cwt140.75–147.251,339154
HeifersMedium and Large 1876150.05/cwt147.25–153.101,314323
HeifersMedium and Large 1689155.20/cwt148.00–156.001,069189
HeifersMedium and Large 1618153.35/cwt151.00–155.25948134
HeifersMedium and Large 1826151.03/cwt149.10–154.751,248379
HeifersLarge 1-21,043130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,3617
SteersLarge 11,105152.36/cwt150.50–152.751,684214
HeifersMedium and Large 1528163.66/cwt157.00–169.50864121
HeifersMedium and Large 1736154.68/cwt151.00–155.501,13886
HeifersMedium and Large 1968139.84/cwt139.00–148.001,35474
HeifersMedium and Large 1478172.72/cwt169.00–178.0082643
HeifersMedium and Large 1775152.82/cwt147.50–155.251,184565
SteersMedium and Large 1515184.05/cwt177.00–186.0094843
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628156.65/cwt153.00–158.0098415
SteersMedium and Large 1-2685146.25/cwt131.00–156.001,00213

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.