Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2021-12-02

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 2
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,517 head
212 vs last sale 4,305 572 vs year ago 5,089 · 11.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers 550-850 lbs. sold steady to 6.00 higher. A higher undertone was noted on steers over 1000 lbs. Heifers 600-950 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good with many large lots in yearlings. The next feeder cattle auction will be Dec. 9th, expecting 4500 yearlings and 3000 head of spring calves, starting at 8:00 am. Also Dec.9th Mitchell Livestock is having their Special Appreciation BBQ lunch at noon.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.57/cwt on 2,206 head.
Average price
$169.57
2,206 head · 773 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,311
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$290
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2
$40.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.53
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521180.7794193
Medium and Large 1659175.771,1591,390
Large 11,055158.461,672615
Large 1-21,026144.921,48775
Large 2465140.0065133
One grade step is worth $40.77/cwt here — about $290 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 sale2,206 hd
169.57
SD average6 barns · 10,349 hd
172.10
−2.53
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

59 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 1-2425179.00/cwt179.00–179.0076112
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed657165.25/cwt165.25–165.251,08627
SteersMedium and Large 1-2902141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,2726
SteersLarge 11,073155.72/cwt153.75–161.001,671339
SteersMedium and Large 1-2342213.00/cwt213.00–213.007286
SteersLarge 2487140.00/cwt140.00–140.0068222
SteersMedium and Large 1522194.33/cwt185.50–198.001,014127
SteersMedium and Large 1891156.75/cwt156.75–156.751,39731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2733161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1808
SteersMedium and Large 1-2761156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,1917
SteersMedium and Large 1-2588166.00/cwt166.00–166.009766
SteersMedium and Large 1-2354196.25/cwt186.00–209.0069518
SteersMedium and Large 1467205.20/cwt203.00–209.0095886
SteersLarge 2421140.00/cwt140.00–140.0058911
SteersMedium and Large 1621174.07/cwt165.25–178.751,081314
SteersMedium and Large 1726168.57/cwt164.00–174.501,224254
SteersMedium and Large 1678168.93/cwt163.50–171.751,145152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2492187.58/cwt180.00–189.0092330
SteersLarge 1-21,026144.92/cwt130.00–147.001,48775
SteersMedium and Large 1430214.41/cwt208.00–218.0092214
SteersMedium and Large 1787167.63/cwt161.50–169.751,319211
SteersMedium and Large 1582179.70/cwt177.50–184.001,046120
SteersMedium and Large 1836161.28/cwt158.50–163.501,34841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2685148.55/cwt141.00–154.501,01823
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2836143.00/cwt132.00–146.001,19514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2392169.00/cwt169.00–169.006627
HeifersLarge 2419125.00/cwt125.00–125.005248
HeifersMedium and Large 1923150.66/cwt142.00–153.501,391225
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy923140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,29210
HeifersMedium and Large 1624158.34/cwt152.00–166.75988199
HeifersMedium and Large 1465173.41/cwt172.50–175.0080693
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2738139.37/cwt136.00–142.001,0299
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2321174.01/cwt170.00–180.0055915
HeifersLarge 2456125.00/cwt125.00–125.0057018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2871138.94/cwt126.00–145.001,21050
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515157.55/cwt156.50–158.0081129
HeifersLarge 1-21,055138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,4565
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2603154.50/cwt154.50–154.5093212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2586158.24/cwt157.50–159.0092738
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482164.22/cwt153.00–175.0079241
HeifersMedium and Large 1576167.02/cwt162.50–172.00962206
HeifersMedium and Large 1529166.61/cwt164.00–172.0088156
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2427171.00/cwt171.00–171.007303
HeifersMedium and Large 1380179.00/cwt179.00–179.0068023
HeifersLarge 11,146136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,55912
HeifersMedium and Large 1670156.10/cwt152.00–158.501,046131
HeifersMedium and Large 1729155.15/cwt150.00–158.251,131112
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy598166.00/cwt166.00–166.0099310
HeifersMedium and Large 1818151.53/cwt148.00–153.501,24061
HeifersMedium and Large 1423173.71/cwt173.50–174.0073528
HeifersMedium and Large 1972146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,4196
HeifersLarge 11,080148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,5985
HeifersMedium and Large 1785152.67/cwt150.25–154.351,198167
SteersMedium and Large 1381217.95/cwt217.00–220.0083019
HeifersMedium and Large 1886152.62/cwt149.00–155.251,352410
SteersLarge 11,027162.70/cwt153.00–163.851,671257
SteersLarge 11,116150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,67419
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy924150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3867
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy998145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,4524

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.