Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-03-31

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 31
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,137 head
1,219 vs last sale 5,356 1,882 vs year ago 6,019 · 31.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers, a lower undertone was noted on steers up to 700 lbs. 750-850 lbs. sold on an unevenly steady market, steers 850 lbs. and up were 2.00-4.00 higher. A lower undertone was noted on heifers up to 700 lbs. heifers 700-800 lbs. sold 5.00-8.00 lower, heifers 800 lbs. and up were steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good. Many large load lots in todays offering, setting price range. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 7th, expecting 3500 plus head of feeder cattle, starting at 8:30 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.76/cwt on 2,139 head.
Average price
$154.76
2,139 head · 884 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,368
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$205
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$31.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.21
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2705166.671,17593
Medium and Large 1841157.371,3241,545
Large 11,050144.831,521483
Large 1-21,018135.561,38018thin
One grade step is worth $31.11/cwt here — about −$205 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 sale2,139 hd
154.76
SD average8 barns · 12,422 hd
164.97
−10.21
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

48 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 1Fleshy889127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,1336
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy679146.50/cwt146.50–146.509957
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy824130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,0758
HeifersLarge 11,013132.60/cwt129.50–133.501,34331
HeifersMedium and Large 1467190.21/cwt184.00–192.0088818
HeifersMedium and Large 1926139.06/cwt139.00–139.101,28881
SteersMedium and Large 1978148.03/cwt142.25–149.251,448251
SteersMedium and Large 1866153.40/cwt147.25–155.251,328389
SteersMedium and Large 1566192.40/cwt188.50–196.501,08916
SteersMedium and Large 1474227.69/cwt222.00–231.501,07924
SteersMedium and Large 1619180.37/cwt177.00–187.001,11641
SteersMedium and Large 1727178.18/cwt177.00–178.751,29580
SteersMedium and Large 1-2427210.36/cwt202.00–219.0089810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2714155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,10710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,21911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2989135.16/cwt135.00–135.251,33716
SteersMedium and Large 1814156.53/cwt154.00–161.001,274176
SteersMedium and Large 1757164.65/cwt157.00–169.001,246203
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673165.77/cwt162.00–174.001,11629
SteersMedium and Large 1-2839146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,2298
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2377219.00/cwt219.00–219.008266
SteersMedium and Large 1526210.61/cwt196.00–217.501,10830
SteersLarge 1-21,018135.56/cwt134.50–137.251,38018
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy736166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2225
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy791145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1478
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy868141.08/cwt133.50–146.751,22519
SteersLarge 11,130143.43/cwt143.35–143.601,621168
SteersLarge 11,008145.58/cwt142.50–146.001,467315
SteersMedium and Large 1914148.02/cwt143.00–149.601,353187
HeifersMedium and Large 1617161.75/cwt155.00–164.0099853
HeifersMedium and Large 1953136.75/cwt136.75–136.751,30365
HeifersMedium and Large 1577166.49/cwt163.50–171.0096173
HeifersMedium and Large 1446194.00/cwt194.00–194.008656
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy834148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,23847
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy934137.62/cwt137.00–137.751,28569
HeifersMedium and Large 1838139.98/cwt136.50–141.751,173251
HeifersMedium and Large 1865139.33/cwt132.50–142.001,205256
HeifersMedium and Large 1728149.81/cwt144.00–154.501,091342
HeifersMedium and Large 1791141.76/cwt137.00–147.751,121392
HeifersMedium and Large 1676155.29/cwt152.00–164.251,050171
HeifersMedium and Large 1527174.66/cwt173.00–177.0092023
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2999124.25/cwt124.25–124.251,2416
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2486169.00/cwt169.00–169.008217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2678148.62/cwt144.00–150.501,00816
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2628142.88/cwt130.50–158.5089722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520171.00/cwt171.00–171.008894
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2352212.00/cwt212.00–212.007466

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.