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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-31

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 31

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Oct 24Oct 31Nov 7 →

Receipts

6,607 head

▲ 4,262 vs last sale 2,345▲ 6,607 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers up to 850 lbs. sold steady to 4.00 higher, steers 851 and up sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers up to 900 lbs. sold 2.00-5.00 higher, over 900 lbs. sold unevenly steady. Many large load lots in todays offering. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Nov. 7th, expecting 3000 head of cattle.

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 $146.74/cwt on 3,387 head.

Average price

$146.74

3,387 head · 809 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,187

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$342

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$16.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.42

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	743	150.63	1,120	2,539
Medium and Large 1-2	663	139.09	922	172
Large 1	1,091	134.08	1,462	676

One grade step is worth $16.55/cwt here — about −$342 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 sale3,387 hd

146.74

—

SD average12 barns · 33,592 hd

155.17

−8.42

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

Every lot

55 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	332	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	611	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	714	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	683	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	160.56/cwt	160.00–161.00	686	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	179.16/cwt	174.00–182.00	769	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	165.71/cwt	156.00–176.50	789	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	145.30/cwt	141.00–151.00	700	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	163.12/cwt	155.00–168.50	861	372
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	716	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	588	151.07/cwt	144.00–157.00	888	180
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	150.63/cwt	142.50–154.50	946	349
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	140.12/cwt	136.00–141.50	890	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	960	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	132.34/cwt	132.00–133.00	880	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	149.01/cwt	136.00–153.75	1,080	215
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	749	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,039	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	795	146.76/cwt	146.00–149.75	1,167	99
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	805	149.40/cwt	143.25–150.75	1,203	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	132.21/cwt	121.00–136.00	1,078	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	874	143.07/cwt	141.75–145.00	1,250	151
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	142.93/cwt	137.00–147.50	1,322	830
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	959	151.10/cwt	151.10–151.10	1,449	114
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,025	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,281	4
Steers	—	Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,031	143.73/cwt	142.50–145.00	1,482	119
Steers	—	Large 1	1,044	137.03/cwt	136.85–137.25	1,431	188
Steers	—	Large 1	1,070	135.42/cwt	124.75–137.50	1,449	132
Steers	—	Large 1	1,169	126.15/cwt	119.75–126.50	1,475	237
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	308	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	470	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	144.60/cwt	137.50–152.50	464	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	164.14/cwt	156.00–167.00	606	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	626	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	152.24/cwt	149.00–155.00	659	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	147.69/cwt	145.00–150.00	693	158
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	492	136.16/cwt	135.00–138.00	670	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	143.88/cwt	141.00–148.00	741	243
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	552	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	831	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	132.97/cwt	131.00–135.50	762	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	140.11/cwt	135.50–141.50	814	239
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	131.99/cwt	123.00–134.00	813	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	141.35/cwt	137.50–144.25	878	183
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	654	122.67/cwt	120.00–127.00	802	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	142.20/cwt	122.75–144.35	961	199
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	145.11/cwt	141.50–147.10	1,053	114
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	130.87/cwt	115.50–133.00	953	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	761	146.63/cwt	140.00–148.35	1,116	377
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	789	124.31/cwt	117.00–136.50	981	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	140.74/cwt	131.00–143.00	1,170	274
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	141.23/cwt	133.25–145.00	1,224	202
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	134.43/cwt	133.25–136.50	1,239	300
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	962	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,304	12
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,008	127.02/cwt	125.50–127.50	1,280	54
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	1,014	108.25/cwt	100.50–112.50	1,098	14
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,099	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,302	6
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,125	114.25/cwt	114.25–114.25	1,285	16
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,238	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,325	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 Oct 31, 2019

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

Receipts 6,607Last week 2,345Year 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
44	—	573	131.00–135.50	132.97
24	—	492	135.00–138.00	136.16
45	—	616	123.00–134.00	131.99
27	—	789	117.00–136.50	124.31
6	—	426	147.00	147.00
76	—	728	115.50–133.00	130.87
42	—	654	120.00–127.00	122.67
12	—	321	137.50–152.50	144.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	552	150.50	150.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
274	—	831	131.00–143.00	140.74
202	—	867	133.25–145.00	141.23
158	—	469	145.00–150.00	147.69
24	—	369	156.00–167.00	164.14
300	—	922	133.25–136.50	134.43
239	—	581	135.50–141.50	140.11
183	—	621	137.50–144.25	141.35
80	—	433	149.00–155.00	152.24
4	—	308	152.50	152.50
377	—	761	140.00–148.35	146.63
243	—	515	141.00–148.00	143.88
199	—	676	122.75–144.35	142.20
114	—	726	141.50–147.10	145.11
12	—	962	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,014	100.50–112.50	108.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,238	107.00	107.00
16	—	1,125	114.25	114.25
54	—	1,008	125.50–127.50	127.02
6	—	1,099	118.50	118.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	815	121.00–136.00	132.21
14	—	482	141.00–151.00	145.30
5	—	385	177.50	177.50
52	—	635	136.00–141.50	140.12
15	—	665	132.00–133.00	132.34
9	—	427	160.00–161.00	160.56
27	—	749	138.75	138.75
10	—	573	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
372	—	528	155.00–168.50	163.12
180	—	588	144.00–157.00	151.07
95	—	476	156.00–176.50	165.71
19	—	376	190.00	190.00
4	—	332	184.00	184.00
830	—	925	137.00–147.50	142.93
215	—	725	136.00–153.75	149.01
99	—	795	146.00–149.75	146.76
39	—	805	143.25–150.75	149.40
4	—	1,025	125.00	125.00
349	—	628	142.50–154.50	150.63
151	—	874	141.75–145.00	143.07
50	—	429	174.00–182.00	179.16
18	—	662	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	1,044	136.85–137.25	137.03
237	—	1,169	119.75–126.50	126.15
132	—	1,070	124.75–137.50	135.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	959	151.10	151.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,031	142.50–145.00	143.73

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.