Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-08-04

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 4
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,361 head
3,678 vs last sale 6,039 1,460 vs year ago 3,821 · 38.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A light number of steers so trend not applicable. A higher undertone was noted on lighter steers. Steers over 1000 lbs. were dollars lower, due to lower volume of big load lots to fill large lots. Heifers 700-900 lbs. sold steady. 900-950 lbs. sold 5.00 lower. Demand was good , Few load lots today. Next feeder cattle auction will be Aug.11th, expecting 4000-5000 head of feeders, starting at 8:30 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $168.61/cwt on 1,537 head.
Average price
$168.61
1,537 head · 793 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,338
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$397
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$46.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.82
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1789170.781,3481,350
Medium and Large 1-2834157.831,316160
Medium and Large 2764124.3795127
One grade step is worth $46.41/cwt here — about $397 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 sale1,537 hd
168.61
SD average4 barns · 3,187 hd
169.43
−0.82
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
HeifersMedium and Large 1880160.25/cwt160.25–160.251,41078
HeifersMedium and Large 1768177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,35946
HeifersMedium and Large 2880138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,21411
HeifersMedium and Large 2685115.00/cwt115.00–115.0078816
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2946149.75/cwt149.75–149.751,4178
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2629180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1328
SteersMedium and Large 1969166.75/cwt166.75–166.751,61618
SteersMedium and Large 1792183.27/cwt180.00–186.001,451137
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725176.68/cwt176.50–177.001,2818
SteersLarge 2700140.00/cwt140.00–140.009805
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,13120
SteersMedium and Large 1832178.07/cwt173.00–178.751,48264
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,23871
SteersMedium and Large 1-2544194.20/cwt183.50–205.001,05614
HeifersMedium and Large 1821170.02/cwt165.00–178.251,396264
SteersLarge 11,236150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8545
SteersMedium and Large 1680198.30/cwt195.00–204.001,34824
SteersMedium and Large 1865173.86/cwt172.00–178.501,50457
SteersLarge 11,074158.60/cwt156.00–159.751,703127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2646184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,1897
HeifersMedium and Large 1921156.24/cwt152.75–160.501,439327
HeifersMedium and Large 1635184.79/cwt180.00–187.001,173229
SteersMedium and Large 2950145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,37818
SteersMedium and Large 2731119.28/cwt114.00–123.0087219
HeifersMedium and Large 1584180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0517
HeifersMedium and Large 1739176.19/cwt171.00–179.501,302386
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2786150.50/cwt146.00–155.501,18317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2883156.61/cwt150.50–159.751,38350
SteersLarge 11,113157.85/cwt157.85–157.851,75751
SteersLarge 11,035163.36/cwt160.00–164.751,69190
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2822158.78/cwt155.25–159.501,30577
HeifersMedium and Large 1662180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,19513

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.