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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-01

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 1

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jul 25Aug 1Aug 8 →

Receipts

2,531 head

▼ 2,641 vs last sale 5,172▲ 2,531 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 800-1000 lbs. sold 2.00-6.00 lower. Feeder heifers 700-800 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 lower, heifers 800-1000 lbs. sold steady to 3.00 higher. Many load lots in the offering today. Demand was good. Next feeder cattle auction will be Aug. 8th 2019, expecting 5000 head of cattle, starting at 8:30 am

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.97/cwt on 1,607 head.

Average price

$136.97

1,607 head · 939 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,286

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$83

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$19.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.33

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	844	147.47	1,245	624
Medium and Large 1-2	833	141.51	1,178	182
Medium and Large 2	534	136.00	726	5thin
Large 1	1,040	127.71	1,328	796

One grade step is worth $19.76/cwt here — about −$83 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 sale1,607 hd

136.97

—

SD average5 barns · 8,232 hd

144.29

−7.33

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	842	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	534	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	726	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	167.05/cwt	167.00–167.10	1,032	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	156.09/cwt	148.00–158.25	1,130	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	731	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,133	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	758	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,165	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	158.75/cwt	158.75–158.75	1,232	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	136.91/cwt	134.50–142.50	1,143	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	839	146.74/cwt	142.25–149.00	1,231	230
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	871	148.31/cwt	145.35–151.50	1,292	192
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	888	133.76/cwt	133.50–135.50	1,188	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	928	132.17/cwt	132.00–132.50	1,227	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	933	137.90/cwt	134.00–141.25	1,287	46
Steers	—	Large 1	953	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,258	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	960	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	1,217	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	979	129.04/cwt	128.85–130.00	1,263	36
Steers	—	Large 1	1,030	128.97/cwt	123.00–131.85	1,328	471
Steers	—	Large 1	1,068	125.17/cwt	122.00–131.35	1,337	267
Steers	—	Large 1	1,164	116.75/cwt	116.75–116.75	1,359	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	149.95/cwt	146.50–153.50	867	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	127.25/cwt	126.00–128.50	833	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	940	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	727	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	952	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	141.71/cwt	136.00–144.50	1,032	251
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	786	135.37/cwt	133.75–136.00	1,064	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,000	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	133.10/cwt	129.00–135.25	1,095	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	858	130.66/cwt	128.50–131.50	1,121	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	110.25/cwt	110.25–110.25	1,009	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	935	124.19/cwt	123.00–124.50	1,161	103
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	955	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,132	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	964	124.19/cwt	123.50–124.75	1,197	120
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,038	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,220	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,046	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,192	23

This sale against other markets

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD

Thu Aug 1, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 2,531Last week 5,172Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	786	133.75–136.00	135.37
36	—	823	129.00–135.25	133.10
30	—	578	146.50–153.50	149.95
251	—	728	136.00–144.50	141.71
23	—	1,046	114.00	114.00
120	—	964	123.50–124.75	124.19
18	—	662	142.00	142.00
103	—	935	123.00–124.50	124.19
100	—	858	128.50–131.50	130.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	915	110.25	110.25
5	—	955	118.50	118.50
25	—	800	125.00	125.00
20	—	655	126.00–128.50	127.25
10	—	727	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,038	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
267	—	1,068	122.00–131.35	125.17
47	—	953	132.00	132.00
11	—	1,164	116.75	116.75
471	—	1,030	123.00–131.85	128.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	871	145.35–151.50	148.31
92	—	724	148.00–158.25	156.09
46	—	933	134.00–141.25	137.90
36	—	979	128.85–130.00	129.04
28	—	776	158.75	158.75
230	—	839	142.25–149.00	146.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	835	134.50–142.50	136.91
11	—	758	153.75	153.75
6	—	960	126.75	126.75
5	—	731	155.00	155.00
63	—	928	132.00–132.50	132.17
4	—	495	170.00	170.00
46	—	888	133.50–135.50	133.76
31	—	618	167.00–167.10	167.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	534	136.00	136.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.