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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-20

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 20

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Feb 13Feb 20Feb 27 →

Receipts

5,709 head

▲ 2,476 vs last sale 3,233▲ 5,709 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 1.00-3.00 higher, steers 750-800 lbs. sold 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500-750 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 higher, heifers 750 lbs, and up sold 1.00-4.00 higher. Demand was good. House full of buyers for todays auction . Many load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 27th, expecting 6000 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 $151.14/cwt on 3,494 head.

Average price

$151.14

3,494 head · 721 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,089

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$196

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$27.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.24

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	718	151.73	1,089	3,251
Medium and Large 1-2	662	149.71	991	182
Large 1	1,037	123.99	1,286	61

One grade step is worth $27.74/cwt here — about −$196 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 sale3,494 hd

151.14

—

SD average8 barns · 17,655 hd

152.38

−1.24

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

Every lot

63 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	354	189.37/cwt	186.00–195.00	670	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	602	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	411	186.70/cwt	180.00–188.00	767	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	173.87/cwt	171.00–180.00	751	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	178.42/cwt	176.00–184.00	865	117
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	497	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	840	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	506	165.65/cwt	164.00–169.00	838	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	173.44/cwt	167.00–176.50	907	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	157.95/cwt	153.00–163.00	903	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	167.84/cwt	163.00–176.00	973	291
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	154.60/cwt	154.00–156.00	963	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	161.90/cwt	157.00–165.25	1,026	237
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	646	152.53/cwt	145.25–155.00	985	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	155.93/cwt	149.00–163.00	1,054	500
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	697	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,007	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	711	143.77/cwt	142.00–144.75	1,022	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	151.06/cwt	144.25–155.85	1,101	688
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	748	141.64/cwt	141.25–142.50	1,059	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	761	145.85/cwt	140.50–150.00	1,110	322
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	786	137.49/cwt	137.00–138.00	1,081	168
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	797	137.41/cwt	137.25–138.50	1,095	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	822	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,069	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	140.97/cwt	134.50–144.00	1,162	194
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	849	133.08/cwt	128.00–134.25	1,130	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	873	134.13/cwt	129.50–139.00	1,171	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	885	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,133	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	133.20/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,221	346
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	960	128.33/cwt	125.75–131.25	1,232	51
Steers	—	Large 1	1,011	125.63/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,270	44
Steers	—	Large 1	1,104	119.75/cwt	119.75–119.75	1,322	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	361	154.20/cwt	154.00–155.00	557	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	174.04/cwt	168.00–177.00	639	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	148.79/cwt	146.00–157.00	620	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	166.11/cwt	164.00–166.50	708	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	161.49/cwt	156.00–167.50	767	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	150.61/cwt	142.00–157.00	723	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	140.04/cwt	137.00–143.00	720	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	152.72/cwt	147.50–156.50	819	113
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	149.24/cwt	141.00–152.00	872	315
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	139.80/cwt	131.00–144.00	818	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	592	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	959	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	612	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	838	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	615	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	962	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	144.06/cwt	139.50–148.00	900	158
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	655	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	874	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	137.71/cwt	134.00–142.50	935	202
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	692	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,021	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	696	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	915	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	718	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	880	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	134.88/cwt	130.00–139.25	971	288
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	895	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	127.45/cwt	126.50–130.00	994	174
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	803	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	887	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	835	127.60/cwt	123.50–131.00	1,065	151
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	124.56/cwt	119.25–127.50	1,090	108
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	899	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,038	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	942	121.99/cwt	115.50–122.25	1,149	128
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	999	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,239	6
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,132	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,302	6
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,243	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,361	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	466	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	774	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	539	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	830	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	659	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	929	5

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 Feb 20, 2020

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

Receipts 5,709Last week 3,233Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	849	128.00–134.25	133.08
12	—	506	164.00–169.00	165.65
10	—	623	154.00–156.00	154.60
7	—	365	165.00	165.00
3	—	497	169.00	169.00
13	—	697	144.50	144.50
45	—	748	141.25–142.50	141.64
31	—	797	137.25–138.50	137.41
26	—	572	153.00–163.00	157.95
19	—	432	171.00–180.00	173.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	485	176.00–184.00	178.42
688	—	729	144.25–155.85	151.06
59	—	411	180.00–188.00	186.70
346	—	917	130.00–136.00	133.20
322	—	761	140.50–150.00	145.85
291	—	580	163.00–176.00	167.84
237	—	634	157.00–165.25	161.90
194	—	824	134.50–144.00	140.97
51	—	960	125.75–131.25	128.33
16	—	354	186.00–195.00	189.37
79	—	873	129.50–139.00	134.13
79	—	523	167.00–176.50	173.44
500	—	676	149.00–163.00	155.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	711	142.00–144.75	143.77
30	—	646	145.25–155.00	152.53
14	—	885	128.00	128.00
168	—	786	137.00–138.00	137.49
6	—	822	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,011	122.00–127.00	125.63
17	—	1,104	119.75	119.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	514	137.00–143.00	140.04
20	—	361	154.00–155.00	154.20
19	—	612	137.00	137.00
12	—	696	131.50	131.50
10	—	765	117.00	117.00
3	—	803	110.50	110.50
15	—	585	131.00–144.00	139.80
15	—	480	142.00–157.00	150.61
14	—	417	146.00–157.00	148.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	718	122.50	122.50
7	—	899	115.50	115.50
5	—	655	133.50	133.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	615	156.50	156.50
6	—	692	147.50	147.50
6	—	592	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
315	—	584	141.00–152.00	149.24
288	—	720	130.00–139.25	134.88
202	—	679	134.00–142.50	137.71
174	—	780	126.50–130.00	127.45
158	—	625	139.50–148.00	144.06
151	—	835	123.50–131.00	127.60
128	—	942	115.50–122.25	121.99
113	—	536	147.50–156.50	152.72
108	—	875	119.25–127.50	124.56
85	—	475	156.00–167.50	161.49
41	—	426	164.00–166.50	166.11
32	—	367	168.00–177.00	174.04
6	—	999	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,243	109.50	109.50
6	—	1,132	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	539	154.00	154.00
5	—	659	141.00	141.00
4	—	466	166.00	166.00

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.