Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2019-09-26

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-26

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 26

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Sep 19Sep 26Oct 3 →

Receipts

1,797 head

▲ 144 vs last sale 1,653▲ 1,797 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers 700-850 lbs. sold 1.00-4.00 higher, heifers 851-1000 lbs. sold steady. Demand was good. Next feeder cattle auction will be Oct. 3rd, expecting 2500 head of feeder cattle, starting at 9:00 AM.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.77/cwt on 1,096 head.

Average price

$133.77

1,096 head · 805 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,076

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$382

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

$20.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.98

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	646	135.48	875	77
Medium and Large 1	806	134.37	1,083	981
Large 1	1,096	114.69	1,257	38

One grade step is worth $20.78/cwt here — about −$382 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 sale1,096 hd

133.77

—

SD average8 barns · 8,695 hd

131.79

+1.98

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	412	168.12/cwt	165.00–173.00	693	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	911	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	164.75/cwt	160.00–167.00	942	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	153.55/cwt	153.00–154.00	975	11
Steers	—	Large 2-3	719	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	863	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	736	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,056	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	149.67/cwt	146.00–152.50	1,161	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	834	142.88/cwt	142.50–143.00	1,192	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	834	133.50/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,113	8
Steers	—	Large 2-3	837	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,021	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	853	142.90/cwt	141.75–144.00	1,219	125
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	932	133.27/cwt	132.50–134.50	1,242	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	955	134.69/cwt	128.00–136.00	1,286	87
Steers	—	Large 1	1,004	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	1,298	8
Steers	—	Large 1	1,051	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,193	25
Steers	—	Large 2-3	1,088	87.10/cwt	84.00–97.00	948	21
Steers	—	Large 2-3	1,148	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	918	8
Steers	—	Large 2-3	1,177	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	942	7
Steers	—	Large 1	1,178	101.75/cwt	101.75–101.75	1,199	6
Steers	—	Large 1	1,225	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,237	4
Steers	—	Large 2-3	1,240	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,029	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	677	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	150.26/cwt	146.00–152.00	796	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	818	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	606	145.34/cwt	143.00–146.00	881	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	136.72/cwt	136.00–141.00	842	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	146.46/cwt	143.75–148.00	986	181
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	138.31/cwt	135.00–140.00	947	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	872	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	734	142.21/cwt	139.00–143.50	1,044	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	135.72/cwt	134.75–137.00	1,072	129
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	135.55/cwt	134.00–135.75	1,099	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	874	130.21/cwt	128.75–131.50	1,138	121
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	123.76/cwt	120.00–127.25	1,141	133
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	944	116.25/cwt	116.25–116.25	1,097	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	952	122.52/cwt	122.00–123.50	1,166	190
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,037	124.02/cwt	121.00–124.50	1,286	14
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,089	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,329	4
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,138	106.70/cwt	105.25–108.50	1,214	20
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	962	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	717	8
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,158	74.05/cwt	72.00–81.50	857	14

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 Sep 26, 2019

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

Receipts 1,797Last week 1,653Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	582	140.50	140.50
9	—	685	135.00–140.00	138.31
7	—	700	124.50	124.50
29	—	616	136.00–141.00	136.72
6	—	944	116.25	116.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	434	156.00	156.00
129	—	790	134.75–137.00	135.72
121	—	874	128.75–131.50	130.21
45	—	530	146.00–152.00	150.26
181	—	673	143.75–148.00	146.46
32	—	606	143.00–146.00	145.34
133	—	922	120.00–127.25	123.76
78	—	811	134.00–135.75	135.55
66	—	734	139.00–143.50	142.21
190	—	952	122.00–123.50	122.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,138	105.25–108.50	106.70
14	—	1,037	121.00–124.50	124.02
4	—	1,089	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,240	83.00	83.00
21	—	1,088	84.00–97.00	87.10
10	—	719	120.00	120.00
7	—	1,177	80.00	80.00
8	—	1,148	80.00	80.00
8	—	837	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	635	153.00–154.00	153.55
87	—	955	128.00–136.00	134.69
71	—	932	132.50–134.50	133.27
58	—	776	146.00–152.50	149.67
12	—	512	178.00	178.00
125	—	853	141.75–144.00	142.90
45	—	834	142.50–143.00	142.88
31	—	572	160.00–167.00	164.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,051	113.50	113.50
8	—	1,004	129.25	129.25
6	—	1,178	101.75	101.75
4	—	1,225	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	412	165.00–173.00	168.12
8	—	834	131.00–136.00	133.50
5	—	736	143.50	143.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,158	72.00–81.50	74.05
8	—	962	74.50	74.50

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.