Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-08-18

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 18
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,107 head
3,369 vs last sale 4,476 1,107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Dakota Fest going on today in Mitchell made for small run of feeders. Trend not applicable. A steady to lower undertone was noted on light steers. Heavy steers were 3.00-11.00 lower, {1000-1100 lbs. } Heifers 800-950 lbs. sold 1.00 higher. Demand was fair. The next feeder cattle auction will be Aug. 25th, expecting 4500 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 $167.34/cwt on 596 head.
Average price
$167.34
596 head · 1,058 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,770
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$476
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$48.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.26
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1797194.711,55286
Medium and Large 1-2719178.511,28426
Large 11,128162.111,828477
Medium and Large 2737146.001,0767thin
One grade step is worth $48.71/cwt here — about $476 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 sale596 hd
167.34
SD average5 barns · 6,571 hd
177.60
−10.26
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

22 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 11,019136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,3864
BullsLarge 11,104125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,3864
BullsLarge 11,098126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,38312
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy937154.83/cwt153.00–155.001,45136
HeifersLarge 11,031157.42/cwt157.00–158.501,62339
HeifersLarge 11,134154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,75214
SteersLarge 11,077162.26/cwt162.00–162.501,748109
SteersMedium and Large 1859184.10/cwt184.10–184.101,58170
SteersLarge 11,161162.37/cwt162.00–162.751,885298
SteersMedium and Large 1707193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,3656
SteersMedium and Large 1-2818158.76/cwt157.50–162.001,29911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2647193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,24915
HeifersMedium and Large 1396242.50/cwt242.50–242.509608
HeifersMedium and Large 1953160.25/cwt160.25–160.251,52735
SteersMedium and Large 2737146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0767
SteersMedium and Large 1418270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,12910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2642170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0918
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2847158.20/cwt158.00–160.001,34040
HeifersMedium and Large 1868166.58/cwt166.10–173.001,446114
HeifersMedium and Large 1912164.35/cwt163.85–165.001,499204
SteersLarge 11,012164.67/cwt160.00–167.501,66655
SteersLarge 11,255146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,83915

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.