Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-03-03

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 3
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
7,347 head
3,498 vs last sale 3,849 1,728 vs year ago 5,619 · +30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers up to 600 lbs. had a higher undertone, steers 650-750 lbs. sold 6.00 higher, steers 750 lbs. and up were 1.00-6.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-700 lbs. were steady to 3.00 higher, heifers 700 lbs. and up were 3.00-7.00 lower. Demand was good, with many large load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be March 10th, expecting 6500 head of cattle, starting at 8:00 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.21/cwt on 3,431 head.
Average price
$149.21
3,431 head · 768 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,145
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$101
per head · Small and Medium 1 over Large 1-2
$39.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.40
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small and Medium 1658157.001,0333thin
Medium and Large 1767149.701,1483,138
Medium and Large 1-2709146.681,039244
Large 11,176131.501,54638
Large 1-2961118.001,1348thin
One grade step is worth $39.00/cwt here — about −$101 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 sale3,431 hd
149.21
SD average6 barns · 11,105 hd
152.62
−3.40
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

57 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 1985137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,35418
SteersMedium and Large 1884149.00/cwt147.85–152.501,317304
SteersMedium and Large 1-2529198.84/cwt197.00–200.001,0528
SteersMedium and Large 1565196.17/cwt187.00–203.001,108177
SteersMedium and Large 1773159.93/cwt154.75–171.501,236183
SteersMedium and Large 1722172.71/cwt168.00–179.751,247378
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy842148.05/cwt144.50–148.601,247101
SteersMedium and Large 1534221.97/cwt212.00–225.001,185120
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy806136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0967
SteersMedium and Large 1831157.14/cwt149.50–164.001,306403
SteersMedium and Large 1-2979131.78/cwt125.00–135.501,29020
SteersMedium and Large 1-2785151.79/cwt142.00–154.751,19250
SteersMedium and Large 1-2835145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,21511
SteersMedium and Large 1465229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,06536
SteersMedium and Large 1907145.99/cwt141.75–147.001,324395
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed775172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,33318
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed716180.25/cwt180.25–180.251,29168
SteersLarge 1-21,154134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,54614
SteersMedium and Large 1624190.43/cwt187.75–193.251,188161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2441201.00/cwt201.00–201.008864
SteersMedium and Large 1-2712160.00/cwt157.00–162.001,13930
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580179.62/cwt179.00–180.001,0428
SteersMedium and Large 1662184.58/cwt180.00–187.001,222168
SteersMedium and Large 1-2681163.88/cwt161.50–165.751,11638
HeifersLarge 1-2961118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1348
HeifersMedium and Large 1577182.11/cwt175.00–183.501,051135
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy768142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,09122
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy912134.67/cwt134.50–135.001,22815
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy740144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,06617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573160.80/cwt153.00–171.0092131
HeifersSmall and Medium 1658157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0333
HeifersMedium and Large 1730148.02/cwt142.25–154.251,081368
HeifersMedium and Large 1611167.22/cwt155.50–176.751,022101
HeifersMedium and Large 1870142.52/cwt136.00–146.001,240447
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2817137.34/cwt134.00–145.251,12260
HeifersMedium and Large 1534176.00/cwt172.50–181.00940128
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement815153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,25159
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2538167.00/cwt167.00–167.008985
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2687151.61/cwt151.50–152.001,04239
HeifersLarge 11,176131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,54638
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2451180.00/cwt180.00–180.008128
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy879144.61/cwt144.50–145.501,27137
HeifersMedium and Large 1826142.34/cwt137.75–147.001,176429
HeifersMedium and Large 1785143.61/cwt141.25–149.001,127681
HeifersMedium and Large 1914139.09/cwt138.00–139.751,271195
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2738140.31/cwt138.50–142.001,03541
HeifersMedium and Large 1468190.00/cwt190.00–190.008893
SteersLarge 11,062144.23/cwt142.25–145.001,532110
SteersLarge 11,033141.77/cwt140.00–142.851,464109
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629175.59/cwt171.00–180.001,10439
HeifersMedium and Large 1670159.24/cwt154.75–163.501,067445
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2622149.00/cwt149.00–149.0092712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2402169.00/cwt169.00–169.006796
SteersMedium and Large 1985146.87/cwt145.00–149.251,447340
SteersMedium and Large 1-2925137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2677
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement877148.25/cwt148.25–148.251,30068
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2783138.60/cwt137.75–139.501,08542

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.