Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2022-10-06

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 6
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,357 head
274 vs last sale 2,631 135 vs year ago 2,492 · 5.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light numbers today so trend not applicable. A higher undertone was noted on steers 800-900 lbs. Steers 1050-1100 lbs. were 3.00 lower. A higher undertone was noted on heifers up to 800 lbs. Heifers 800-1000 lbs. sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Many load lots in larger weight cattle today. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Oct.13th, 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 $165.95/cwt on 1,203 head.
Average price
$165.95
1,203 head · 895 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,486
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$745
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$34.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.89
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2451177.8480238
Medium and Large 1896166.591,4931,082
Large 11,088152.461,65980
Large 1-21,082143.001,5473thin
One grade step is worth $34.84/cwt here — about −$745 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 sale1,203 hd
165.95
SD average9 barns · 9,169 hd
171.84
−5.89
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

29 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 1-2466180.00/cwt180.00–180.008397
HeifersLarge 11,204139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,6807
HeifersLarge 11,129148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,67119
HeifersLarge 11,088151.38/cwt150.50–155.001,64720
HeifersLarge 11,042158.26/cwt150.00–160.001,64934
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474178.00/cwt178.00–178.0084411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2867155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3443
SteersMedium and Large 1875183.25/cwt183.25–183.251,60369
SteersMedium and Large 1605187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,1343
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed855190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,625176
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578182.73/cwt171.50–187.001,05626
SteersMedium and Large 1832192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,59759
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672170.74/cwt168.50–175.001,14734
SteersLarge 1-21,306128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,67216
SteersMedium and Large 1753191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,43882
HeifersMedium and Large 1849170.17/cwt169.50–170.251,44575
SteersLarge 11,081161.68/cwt156.75–167.501,748234
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2382189.00/cwt189.00–189.0072210
SteersLarge 11,177154.42/cwt153.75–155.101,81881
SteersMedium and Large 1924173.10/cwt173.10–173.101,59967
SteersMedium and Large 1-2536197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,0567
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579157.00/cwt157.00–157.009095
SteersMedium and Large 1-2956165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,58233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2434177.09/cwt173.00–179.0076912
HeifersMedium and Large 1718181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,30073
HeifersMedium and Large 1985162.81/cwt160.00–165.001,604236
HeifersMedium and Large 1863170.07/cwt166.25–171.351,468344
HeifersMedium and Large 1916162.01/cwt160.00–163.601,484354
HeifersLarge 1-21,082143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,5473

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.