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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-10

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 10

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Oct 3Oct 10Oct 17 →

Receipts

2,452 head

▼ 632 vs last sale 3,084▲ 2,452 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 750-1050 lbs. sold 2.00-5.00 lower, steers 1050 lbs. and up sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers up to 850 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 lower, heifers 851-1000 lbs. sold 3.00-6.00 higher, heifers over 1000 lbs sold 6.00 lower on a light test. Many load lots in todays offering. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Oct. 17th, expecting 2000 head of feeder cattle. Starting at 10:00 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 $135.16/cwt on 1,139 head.

Average price

$135.16

1,139 head · 818 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,106

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$35

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$25.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.44

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	832	136.21	1,133	968
Medium and Large 1-2	662	133.92	886	136
Large 1	1,052	111.07	1,168	35

One grade step is worth $25.14/cwt here — about −$35 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 sale1,139 hd

135.16

—

SD average8 barns · 8,188 hd

135.60

−0.44

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

Every lot

25 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,023	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	748	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,158	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,143	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	789	136.18/cwt	131.00–139.25	1,074	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	836	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,191	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	837	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,314	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	880	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,234	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	931	135.13/cwt	134.75–138.25	1,258	185
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	972	135.59/cwt	131.85–139.00	1,318	450
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	984	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,127	4
Steers	—	Large 1	1,016	128.90/cwt	127.25–132.75	1,310	40
Steers	—	Large 1	1,085	129.29/cwt	119.00–130.10	1,403	218
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	768	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	762	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	139.83/cwt	136.00–141.25	877	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	955	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	716	130.60/cwt	125.00–134.75	935	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	742	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,076	129
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	140.74/cwt	140.25–141.25	1,085	127
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	807	136.16/cwt	133.00–137.25	1,099	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	133.77/cwt	131.00–135.50	1,170	341
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	931	128.90/cwt	124.25–130.10	1,200	217
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,022	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,109	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,057	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,179	30
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Large 1	986	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,094	9

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 Oct 10, 2019

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

Receipts 2,452Last week 3,084Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	771	140.25–141.25	140.74
91	—	663	144.00	144.00
63	—	807	133.00–137.25	136.16
341	—	875	131.00–135.50	133.77
217	—	931	124.25–130.10	128.90
129	—	742	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	627	136.00–141.25	139.83
19	—	584	130.50	130.50
9	—	537	143.00	143.00
71	—	716	125.00–134.75	130.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,057	111.50	111.50
5	—	1,022	108.50	108.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	880	140.25	140.25
9	—	836	142.50	142.50
9	—	664	154.00	154.00
450	—	972	131.85–139.00	135.59
185	—	931	134.75–138.25	135.13
75	—	748	154.75	154.75
34	—	787	145.25	145.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	984	114.50	114.50
16	—	789	131.00–139.25	136.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	837	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
218	—	1,085	119.00–130.10	129.29
40	—	1,016	127.25–132.75	128.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	986	111.00	111.00

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.