Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-02-17

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 17
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
5,816 head
▼ 940 vs last sale 6,756▲ 2,124 vs year ago 3,692 · +57.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Feeder Cattle Sale featuring Hereford and Hereford Influenced Cattle. Compared to last week, feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher, with the exception of those weighing 650 lb to 750 lb that sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers overall sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Buyer demand was good for a moderate sale supply, consisting of a heavy offering of Hereford influenced cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.23/cwt on 3,224 head.
Average price
$168.23
3,224 head · 797 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,341
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$217
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$18.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.43
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1769171.101,3162,576
Medium and Large 1-2685166.641,142199
Large 11,006152.461,533449
One grade step is worth $18.64/cwt here — about −$217 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 sale3,224 hd
168.23
—
SD average7 barns · 18,214 hd
173.66
−5.43
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

63 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
SteersLarge 1—1,019155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,57946
SteersLarge 1—974152.07/cwt147.00–153.601,48186
SteersLarge 1Fleshy—1,011142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,4418
SteersLarge 1Fancy—1,161151.10/cwt151.10–151.101,75497
SteersLarge 1—832163.04/cwt160.00–163.501,35679
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—780162.75/cwt162.75–162.751,26916
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—721178.83/cwt173.00–181.501,28949
SteersLarge 1—1,108144.36/cwt143.25–149.251,60072
SteersMedium and Large 1—402226.00/cwt226.00–226.009098
SteersMedium and Large 1—885156.96/cwt150.50–159.751,389381
SteersMedium and Large 1—524212.52/cwt207.00–221.001,11422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—543199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,08330
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—846158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,33721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—691169.06/cwt166.00–174.501,16828
SteersLarge 1—901149.88/cwt147.50–151.501,35052
SteersMedium and Large 1—728173.56/cwt163.00–179.501,264537
SteersLarge 1Value Added—876153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,3459
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—674182.90/cwt175.00–186.501,233144
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—568208.72/cwt206.00–212.001,18649
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—842160.92/cwt160.00–161.001,35525
SteersMedium and Large 1—933152.35/cwt146.50–156.501,421267
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—466180.06/cwt175.00–188.0083925
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—941126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,18618
SteersMedium and Large 1—820163.19/cwt151.25–169.101,338332
SteersMedium and Large 1—676181.38/cwt171.00–186.501,226157
HeifersMedium and Large 1—635167.69/cwt160.50–172.001,065157
HeifersMedium and Large 1—730155.59/cwt153.00–157.501,136121
HeifersLarge 1—1,226146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,7907
HeifersLarge 1—1,014145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,4754
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—769170.88/cwt169.10–174.001,314135
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—743168.97/cwt165.00–176.001,25547
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—754156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,17625
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—710160.30/cwt155.00–162.501,13867
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—475168.86/cwt158.00–172.0080231
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535178.71/cwt178.00–180.0095627
HeifersMedium and Large 1—409184.00/cwt184.00–184.0075311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—302210.00/cwt210.00–210.006346
HeifersMedium and Large 1—787151.55/cwt149.25–157.501,193262
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—574162.64/cwt153.00–168.0093421
HeifersMedium and Large 1—962145.16/cwt144.00–145.501,39682
HeifersLarge 1—815146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,19432
HeifersLarge 1—959145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,39121
HeifersLarge 1—1,125125.39/cwt123.00–130.001,4118
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—608173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,05210
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—878147.20/cwt146.50–147.751,292237
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—819151.85/cwt146.50–153.101,24469
HeifersMedium and Large 1—857147.85/cwt146.25–148.501,26762
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—928136.75/cwt136.75–136.751,26917
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572171.33/cwt164.00–181.0098083
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—555177.00/cwt177.00–177.009826
SteersMedium and Large 1—610197.75/cwt185.00–201.001,206193
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—860139.69/cwt138.25–141.001,20121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—522172.00/cwt172.00–172.008986
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—673161.99/cwt142.00–169.001,090145
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—635160.41/cwt142.00–168.001,01969
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—626170.82/cwt165.00–177.501,06933
SteersMedium and Large 1—485207.34/cwt206.00–209.001,0069
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—725160.17/cwt151.00–168.501,16117
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—554173.54/cwt167.00–174.0096145
HeifersMedium and Large 1—821147.62/cwt144.00–149.751,21262
HeifersMedium and Large 1—672165.61/cwt158.00–170.001,113187
SteersMedium and Large 1—594197.00/cwt192.00–199.001,17015
SteersMedium and Large 1—771169.34/cwt160.50–177.851,306372

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.