Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-07-07

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jul 7
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,687 head
1,881 vs last sale 1,806 2,922 vs year ago 6,609 · 44.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A lower undertone was noted on steers up to 900 lbs. Steers 900-950 lbs. were steady, steers 1050-1100 lbs. sold 3.00 lower. Heifers 800-1000 lbs. were unevenly steady. Demand was good, with many large load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be July 14th, expecting 3000 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 $159.95/cwt on 2,043 head.
Average price
$159.95
2,043 head · 1,003 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$37.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.81
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1884166.791,475802
Medium and Large 1-2803166.061,33356
Large 11,093155.371,6981,170
Large 21,111129.001,43315thin
One grade step is worth $37.79/cwt here — about $42 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 sale2,043 hd
159.95
SD average2 barns · 2,497 hd
157.15
+2.81
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

32 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 11,073144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,55051
HeifersLarge 11,019144.97/cwt144.00–145.251,47763
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2832157.85/cwt155.00–158.501,31326
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2698165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1523
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2791157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,2468
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585167.00/cwt167.00–167.009776
SteersLarge 11,227148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,81660
SteersLarge 11,102155.60/cwt155.60–155.601,715113
SteersLarge 2789123.50/cwt123.50–123.509746
SteersLarge 21,399129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,8056
Dairy SteersLarge 3679122.50/cwt122.50–122.5083228
Dairy SteersLarge 3804114.50/cwt114.50–114.5092137
SteersMedium and Large 1729177.04/cwt175.50–179.001,29137
SteersMedium and Large 1874166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,45548
SteersLarge 11,035157.44/cwt155.50–158.251,630380
SteersMedium and Large 1824169.27/cwt167.75–173.001,395130
SteersLarge 11,165152.90/cwt146.00–154.001,781280
SteersLarge 11,072156.33/cwt153.35–159.251,676337
SteersLarge 21,177140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6483
SteersMedium and Large 1-2824166.12/cwt165.50–167.001,36930
HeifersMedium and Large 1977149.65/cwt148.75–150.251,462326
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2716160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,14610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2778166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,29126
SteersMedium and Large 1770172.80/cwt170.00–175.751,33146
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2547160.00/cwt160.00–160.008756
HeifersMedium and Large 1839164.13/cwt160.00–167.251,377512
HeifersMedium and Large 1731169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,23521
HeifersMedium and Large 1873158.10/cwt153.25–162.001,380119
SteersMedium and Large 1925164.47/cwt160.00–166.251,521530
SteersMedium and Large 1669191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,27811
HeifersMedium and Large 1778166.89/cwt166.75–167.001,298134
HeifersMedium and Large 1926151.49/cwt150.00–153.751,403234

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.