Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2021-12-16

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 16
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,871 head
2,106 vs last sale 6,977 165 vs year ago 5,036 · 3.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 600-900 lbs. sold 1.00-3.00 lower, steers 1050 - 1100 lbs. sold 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 650-850 lbs. sold 3.00-7.00 lower, heifers 900-950 lbs. sold steady. Demand was good. NO SALE next week, the next feeder cattle auction will be Dec. 30th, expecting 6000 head of feeders, starting at 8:30 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.75/cwt on 2,169 head.
Average price
$167.75
2,169 head · 766 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,286
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$509
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$17.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.87
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1701171.581,2021,551
Medium and Large 1-2610165.401,009220
Large 11,110154.111,711398
One grade step is worth $17.47/cwt here — about −$509 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 sale2,169 hd
167.75
SD average7 barns · 16,706 hd
175.62
−7.87
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

52 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 1Fleshy684130.00/cwt130.00–130.008899
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy924129.11/cwt127.50–132.001,19320
HeifersLarge 11,128137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,54516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2667149.01/cwt146.50–151.5099451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2736137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0086
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2411170.81/cwt169.00–171.0070232
SteersMedium and Large 1777162.04/cwt157.00–168.501,259178
SteersMedium and Large 1727168.26/cwt163.50–174.251,223230
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574173.03/cwt172.00–174.0099327
SteersMedium and Large 1405219.00/cwt219.00–219.0088729
SteersMedium and Large 1-2822151.12/cwt146.00–154.001,24220
SteersMedium and Large 1682171.75/cwt166.00–178.001,171328
SteersMedium and Large 1623175.14/cwt169.00–183.001,091140
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420196.19/cwt194.00–199.0082425
SteersMedium and Large 1390222.31/cwt222.00–223.0086716
SteersMedium and Large 1870160.26/cwt156.00–162.001,394115
SteersMedium and Large 1532193.24/cwt191.00–199.001,02878
SteersMedium and Large 1575184.81/cwt178.00–189.251,063111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2903138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,2466
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy975140.29/cwt140.00–140.501,36817
SteersMedium and Large 1484203.88/cwt201.00–206.0098747
SteersMedium and Large 1-2487174.50/cwt174.50–174.5085017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2549171.02/cwt168.25–180.2593926
SteersMedium and Large 1-2689152.20/cwt140.00–161.001,04923
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy766155.60/cwt155.00–156.001,19232
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy683161.62/cwt158.00–165.001,10435
SteersMedium and Large 1-2624159.99/cwt142.00–169.0099852
SteersMedium and Large 1-2747154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,1507
SteersLarge 11,175147.78/cwt127.00–152.501,73675
SteersMedium and Large 1820160.92/cwt155.00–166.001,320173
HeifersMedium and Large 1667154.77/cwt152.00–160.251,032377
HeifersMedium and Large 1460174.97/cwt170.00–176.0080546
SteersMedium and Large 1-2799147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1759
SteersMedium and Large 1-2383166.00/cwt166.00–166.006368
HeifersMedium and Large 1834149.76/cwt147.75–150.751,249294
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy921135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2435
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580152.03/cwt151.50–153.0088234
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378170.00/cwt170.00–170.006437
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy737157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,16117
SteersLarge 11,095155.58/cwt142.50–158.851,704323
HeifersMedium and Large 1726152.35/cwt149.00–157.001,106236
HeifersMedium and Large 1627159.51/cwt153.00–163.251,000317
HeifersLarge 11,162121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,40614
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635148.68/cwt140.50–152.00944107
HeifersMedium and Large 1522167.96/cwt163.00–171.0087778
HeifersMedium and Large 1878150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3175
HeifersMedium and Large 1927148.36/cwt144.00–151.001,375173
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2463156.95/cwt146.00–165.5072732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2531154.53/cwt146.00–161.0082175
HeifersLarge 1-21,037122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,2656
HeifersMedium and Large 1773150.05/cwt147.25–152.501,160101
HeifersMedium and Large 1569165.73/cwt163.25–175.00943108

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.