Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-06-16

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jun 16
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,885 head
▼ 5,846 vs last sale 9,731▲ 849 vs year ago 3,036 · +28.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 850-1000 lbs. sold steady to 4.00 higher, steers 1150-1200 lbs. sold 4.00 higher. A steady undertone was noted on heifers up to 800 lbs. Heifers 800-1000 lbs. sold 1.00-4.00 higher. Demand was good, many load lots in larger feeders, The next feeder cattle auction will be June 23rd, expecting 3000 head of feeders , starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.14/cwt on 2,448 head.
Average price
$151.14
2,448 head · 878 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,328
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$175
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2
$39.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.30
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2576167.3996555
Medium and Large 1876151.451,3262,262
Large 11,064139.851,489121
Large 2889128.251,14010thin
One grade step is worth $39.14/cwt here — about −$175 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 sale2,448 hd
151.14
—
SD average3 barns · 3,724 hd
151.44
−0.30
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

34 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
HeifersLarge 1—1,111138.75/cwt138.75–138.751,54257
HeifersLarge 1—1,023140.83/cwt140.75–142.501,44164
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—344190.00/cwt190.00–190.006545
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—501172.00/cwt172.00–172.008625
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—752147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1056
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—425179.00/cwt179.00–179.007613
SteersMedium and Large 1—482210.50/cwt202.00–219.001,01513
SteersMedium and Large 1—658191.13/cwt190.50–193.001,25816
SteersMedium and Large 1—782167.05/cwt165.50–169.501,30618
SteersMedium and Large 1—954160.85/cwt160.85–160.851,535116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—644190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,22712
SteersMedium and Large 1—917163.43/cwt158.00–168.751,499441
SteersLarge 1—1,069142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,5216
SteersLarge 1—1,029147.80/cwt145.50–149.751,52122
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—944158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,49214
SteersMedium and Large 1—711190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,3547
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—534188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0049
SteersLarge 2—995124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,23413
HeifersMedium and Large 1—770155.75/cwt155.75–155.751,19917
HeifersMedium and Large 1—731156.15/cwt153.50–157.751,14179
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—830159.52/cwt155.00–163.001,3247
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—865158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,3676
HeifersMedium and Large 1—805154.69/cwt148.75–156.001,245320
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—665176.25/cwt176.25–176.251,17286
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—694157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0909
HeifersLarge 2—889128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,14010
SteersLarge 1—1,138153.37/cwt150.75–154.001,745212
SteersMedium and Large 1—887170.37/cwt160.50–171.001,511306
HeifersMedium and Large 1—975143.92/cwt139.75–147.751,403468
HeifersMedium and Large 1—879151.26/cwt146.25–155.101,330572
HeifersMedium and Large 1—442188.00/cwt188.00–188.008315
HeifersMedium and Large 1—631166.60/cwt165.00–168.001,05191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—572169.06/cwt161.00–173.5096727
HeifersMedium and Large 1—924148.99/cwt142.30–150.001,377624

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.