Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-07-28

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jul 28
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
6,039 head
4,096 vs last sale 1,943 3,577 vs year ago 2,462 · +145.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light number of light steers trend not applicable. Many large load lots in over 1000 lbs. steers, making much higher prices paid for larger steers. Heifers 850-950 lbs. were 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand was good, with buyers filling big lots with one mans feeders. Next feeder cattle auction will be Aug. 4th, 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 $169.99/cwt on 3,360 head.
Average price
$169.99
3,360 head · 1,046 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$474
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$35.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.60
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1902175.111,580541
Large 11,093170.671,8652,528
Medium and Large 1-2915155.891,427268
Large 2794139.351,10623
One grade step is worth $35.76/cwt here — about $474 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 sale3,360 hd
169.99
SD average5 barns · 7,106 hd
172.59
−2.60
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

41 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
BullsMedium and Large 1549188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,03510
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy884152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,3445
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy966150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,4546
HeifersLarge 11,048149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,56222
HeifersMedium and Large 1475198.00/cwt198.00–198.0094114
HeifersMedium and Large 1745176.75/cwt176.75–176.751,31741
SteersMedium and Large 1961173.26/cwt164.25–174.751,665247
SteersLarge 11,022167.99/cwt161.50–174.101,717134
SteersLarge 11,120169.70/cwt164.85–170.851,901985
SteersLarge 11,080171.68/cwt153.50–174.601,8541,405
SteersLarge 2820137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,1287
SteersMedium and Large 1491232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1428
SteersMedium and Large 1730190.45/cwt181.00–193.001,39024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2910154.21/cwt152.00–160.001,40372
SteersMedium and Large 1-2982153.48/cwt151.50–155.351,507126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2774170.85/cwt169.00–176.001,32228
SteersMedium and Large 1-2846161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,36222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2874138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,20614
SteersMedium and Large 1760185.75/cwt185.75–185.751,41238
SteersMedium and Large 1838174.82/cwt174.25–178.001,46544
SteersMedium and Large 1-2592180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0666
HeifersMedium and Large 1637174.12/cwt173.50–174.501,10913
SteersLarge 2754142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,07413
HeifersMedium and Large 1932161.56/cwt153.75–164.751,5061,100
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1,169142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,6664
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy988150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,4873
SteersMedium and Large 1908171.22/cwt167.10–174.501,555177
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2835145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,21123
SteersLarge 2905130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1773
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2626162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0145
HeifersMedium and Large 1981154.15/cwt151.50–155.001,51273
HeifersMedium and Large 1828170.24/cwt164.00–175.751,410261
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2548155.00/cwt155.00–155.008496
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2686166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,13930
HeifersMedium and Large 1780173.97/cwt166.75–180.601,357478
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2994145.25/cwt145.25–145.251,44417
HeifersMedium and Large 1540185.00/cwt185.00–185.009993
HeifersLarge 2714142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,01710
HeifersLarge 2857131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,12313
HeifersMedium and Large 1871160.64/cwt152.50–167.501,399331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2766163.75/cwt163.75–163.751,25426

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.