Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-08-11

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 11
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
4,476 head
2,115 vs last sale 2,361 390 vs year ago 4,866 · 8.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A light number of light steers made trend not applicable. A higher undertone was noted on steers under 1000 lbs. Steers over 1000 lbs. were dollars higher, due to many large load lots for buyers to fill large pens, with one mans cattle . Heifers 700-850 lbs. were 1.00-2.00 higher. Demand was good with many large load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be Aug. 18th, expecting 1500 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.01/cwt on 2,451 head.
Average price
$175.01
2,451 head · 1,006 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,761
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$37.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.76
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1874185.111,617844
Large 11,091169.991,8541,517
Medium and Large 1-2768169.251,29972
Large 1-21,057148.001,56418thin
One grade step is worth $37.11/cwt here — about $53 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 sale2,451 hd
175.01
SD average3 barns · 4,979 hd
175.78
−0.76
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

31 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
BullsLarge 1-21,300127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,6517
BullsMedium and Large 1744176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,3097
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy855157.75/cwt157.75–157.751,34956
HeifersMedium and Large 1644178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,15028
HeifersMedium and Large 1718177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,274141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2735168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,2385
SteersMedium and Large 1-2817165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,34824
SteersMedium and Large 1872183.62/cwt178.00–185.001,601314
SteersMedium and Large 1753188.69/cwt181.00–189.251,42177
SteersLarge 1-21,057148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,56418
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed982184.10/cwt184.10–184.101,808118
SteersMedium and Large 1716196.50/cwt196.50–196.501,40722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2879146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,28815
SteersLarge 11,033167.84/cwt166.00–170.851,734242
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed850193.60/cwt193.60–193.601,646183
SteersLarge 11,113169.08/cwt168.50–169.751,882917
SteersMedium and Large 1-2647193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,24912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1516
SteersMedium and Large 1936177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,66162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2783155.79/cwt153.00–158.001,22034
SteersMedium and Large 1-2710179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,27415
HeifersMedium and Large 1810172.73/cwt168.25–176.751,399365
HeifersMedium and Large 1957166.18/cwt152.50–169.001,59095
HeifersMedium and Large 1771165.94/cwt165.00–166.501,279161
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy888170.10/cwt170.10–170.101,51068
HeifersMedium and Large 1878165.45/cwt158.50–177.351,453696
SteersLarge 11,072173.77/cwt169.35–175.751,863358
HeifersMedium and Large 1661178.82/cwt178.00–179.751,18272
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2888150.25/cwt150.25–150.251,33465
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2834164.25/cwt164.25–164.251,370130
HeifersMedium and Large 1945163.25/cwt163.25–163.251,54336

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.