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Mitchell Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 8

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Aug 1Aug 8Aug 29 →

Receipts

4,857 head

▲ 2,326 vs last sale 2,531▲ 4,857 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 800-850 lbs. sold 4.00 higher, steers 851-1000 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 lower, steers over 1000 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Many load lots in todays offering. Demand was very good, with seats full of cattle buyers. Next feeder cattle auction will be Aug. 15th 2019, expecting 2000 head of cattle, starting at 9:00 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 $137.81/cwt on 2,549 head.

Average price

$137.81

2,549 head · 927 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,277

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$277

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2

$35.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.93

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	659	154.59	1,019	94
Medium and Large 1	861	143.25	1,233	1,681
Large 1	1,102	123.99	1,366	767
Large 1-2	1,089	119.00	1,296	7thin

One grade step is worth $35.59/cwt here — about −$277 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 sale2,549 hd

137.81

—

SD average2 barns · 3,484 hd

130.88

+6.93

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

Every lot

41 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	461	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	770	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	172.06/cwt	168.00–174.50	914	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	938	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,104	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,038	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	1,109	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	767	145.49/cwt	145.00–146.00	1,116	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	151.51/cwt	147.75–154.25	1,168	171
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	842	151.77/cwt	150.50–153.10	1,278	450
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	846	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,180	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	141.96/cwt	136.00–148.25	1,228	175
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	934	132.55/cwt	127.75–134.85	1,238	206
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	970	128.62/cwt	125.60–130.25	1,248	499
Steers	—	Large 1	1,021	131.54/cwt	128.00–133.35	1,343	151
Steers	—	Large 1	1,069	125.17/cwt	121.85–127.60	1,338	359
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,089	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,296	7
Steers	—	Large 1	1,124	121.60/cwt	121.25–121.75	1,367	69
Steers	—	Large 1	1,221	116.54/cwt	113.50–117.00	1,423	188
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	456	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	723	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	731	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	143.93/cwt	141.00–145.00	756	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	150.21/cwt	148.00–152.50	865	122
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	148.95/cwt	147.75–151.00	943	312
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	1,015	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	140.43/cwt	140.25–141.00	1,001	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	736	130.06/cwt	128.00–133.50	957	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	135.17/cwt	132.00–137.25	1,042	231
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	821	124.71/cwt	122.00–127.75	1,024	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	137.25/cwt	132.85–138.75	1,136	506
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	859	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	911	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	880	128.00/cwt	126.25–130.75	1,126	244
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	928	124.42/cwt	122.00–126.50	1,155	227
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	929	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,045	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	940	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,034	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	968	121.39/cwt	118.50–122.00	1,175	89
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,042	118.68/cwt	116.25–119.00	1,237	60
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,059	115.25/cwt	115.25–115.25	1,220	23
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	762	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	876	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	917	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	908	7
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,123	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	1,084	6
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,189	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,112	8

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 8, 2019

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

Receipts 4,857Last week 2,531Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,123	96.50	96.50
8	—	1,189	93.50	93.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	917	99.00	99.00
9	—	762	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,059	115.25	115.25
60	—	1,042	116.25–119.00	118.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	940	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	456	158.50	158.50
70	—	669	151.75	151.75
89	—	968	118.50–122.00	121.39
90	—	713	140.25–141.00	140.43
122	—	576	148.00–152.50	150.21
227	—	928	122.00–126.50	124.42
231	—	771	132.00–137.25	135.17
244	—	880	126.25–130.75	128.00
312	—	633	147.75–151.00	148.95
506	—	828	132.85–138.75	137.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	859	106.00	106.00
13	—	736	128.00–133.50	130.06
23	—	525	141.00–145.00	143.93
24	—	929	112.50	112.50
41	—	486	150.50	150.50
47	—	821	122.00–127.75	124.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,124	121.25–121.75	121.60
151	—	1,021	128.00–133.35	131.54
188	—	1,221	113.50–117.00	116.54
359	—	1,069	121.85–127.60	125.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,089	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	731	151.75	151.75
73	—	657	168.00	168.00
87	—	531	168.00–174.50	172.06
171	—	771	147.75–154.25	151.51
175	—	865	136.00–148.25	141.96
206	—	934	127.75–134.85	132.55
450	—	842	150.50–153.10	151.77
499	—	970	125.60–130.25	128.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	461	167.00	167.00
16	—	683	152.00	152.00
16	—	767	145.00–146.00	145.49
18	—	846	139.50	139.50
29	—	572	164.00	164.00

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.