Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-09-29

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 29
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,631 head
645 vs last sale 1,986 227 vs year ago 2,404 · +9.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Lower numbers today so trend not applicable. A lower undertone was noted on steers up to 600 lbs. steers 650-1000 lbs. a steady to higher undertone was noted. Heifers up to 750 lbs. a higher undertone was noted, On heifers 750-1000 lbs. a steady to lower undertone was noted. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Oct. 6th, expecting 2500 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $166.19/cwt on 1,318 head.
Average price
$166.19
1,318 head · 821 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,364
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$252
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2
$27.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.08
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2671170.411,143217
Medium and Large 1834167.121,3951,010
Large 11,114151.501,68732
Large 2978142.671,39559
One grade step is worth $27.74/cwt here — about −$252 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 sale1,318 hd
166.19
SD average6 barns · 5,326 hd
168.27
−2.08
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

40 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 1Fleshy1,092151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,6546
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy907161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,46047
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy995155.25/cwt155.25–155.251,54557
HeifersLarge 11,177147.30/cwt147.00–147.501,73410
HeifersLarge 11,082154.13/cwt151.75–159.501,66816
HeifersMedium and Large 1534189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,00929
SteersMedium and Large 1550201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,10611
SteersMedium and Large 1425234.84/cwt225.00–242.0099820
SteersMedium and Large 1694186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,29129
SteersMedium and Large 1-2914165.70/cwt160.00–167.751,51448
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,23914
SteersMedium and Large 1539204.50/cwt204.50–204.501,10235
SteersMedium and Large 1896181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,622117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450216.00/cwt216.00–216.009727
SteersMedium and Large 1495219.29/cwt216.00–223.001,08539
SteersLarge 11,137161.00/cwt155.50–166.851,831170
SteersMedium and Large 1-2956167.44/cwt160.00–169.001,60123
SteersMedium and Large 1960180.33/cwt179.50–181.001,731322
HeifersMedium and Large 1494189.00/cwt189.00–189.0093434
HeifersMedium and Large 1805167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,34475
SteersMedium and Large 1819179.03/cwt177.75–181.501,466108
SteersMedium and Large 1935182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,702114
HeifersMedium and Large 1865162.94/cwt162.10–164.001,409345
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1,160142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,6534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495184.00/cwt184.00–184.009114
HeifersMedium and Large 1763167.60/cwt167.60–167.601,27990
SteersLarge 11,018156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,5883
SteersLarge 11,064165.19/cwt155.50–166.001,758157
HeifersMedium and Large 1396213.00/cwt213.00–213.008439
HeifersMedium and Large 1441194.58/cwt188.00–202.0085815
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2593170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,00825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2511186.00/cwt186.00–186.0095043
HeifersMedium and Large 1930164.02/cwt162.25–170.251,52576
HeifersMedium and Large 1981160.39/cwt159.75–169.001,573141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2823152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,2516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2875156.76/cwt150.50–162.251,37213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2918154.12/cwt149.00–156.751,41515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2691168.76/cwt160.50–173.501,166111
HeifersMedium and Large 1701181.85/cwt181.85–181.851,27592
HeifersLarge 2978142.67/cwt138.00–143.101,39559

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.