Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-07-16

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-16

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jul 16

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jul 9Jul 16Jul 23 →

Receipts

2,209 head

▼ 2,746 vs last sale 4,955▼ 662 vs year ago 2,871 · −23.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On steers up to 950 lbs., a unevenly steady under tone was noted. Steers 950 lbs. and up were 1.00-2.00 higher. A higher under tone was noted on heifers up to 800 lbs. Heifers 800-1000 lbs. were 2.00-6.00 higher, heifers over 1000 lbs. were steady. Demand was good. Some load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be July 23rd, expecting 5000 head of feeders. 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 $131.55/cwt on 1,086 head.

Average price

$131.55

1,086 head · 958 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,261

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$339

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

$27.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.41

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	151.05	976	36
Medium and Large 1	870	138.62	1,206	521
Large 1	1,066	123.26	1,314	529

One grade step is worth $27.79/cwt here — about −$339 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 sale1,086 hd

131.55

—

SD average6 barns · 4,848 hd

132.96

−1.41

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

Every lot

33 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	906	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	589	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	916	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	153.27/cwt	150.00–157.00	973	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,079	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	994	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	742	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,046	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	149.16/cwt	145.00–149.50	1,126	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	138.26/cwt	138.00–141.50	1,141	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	873	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	1,137	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	899	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,214	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	938	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,262	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	941	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,110	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	981	129.30/cwt	127.00–130.75	1,268	237
Steers	—	Large 1	1,017	127.01/cwt	125.75–129.00	1,292	149
Steers	—	Large 1	1,055	124.53/cwt	120.00–125.35	1,314	264
Steers	—	Large 1	1,144	115.66/cwt	113.00–116.10	1,323	61
Steers	—	Large 1	1,168	115.48/cwt	114.00–115.60	1,349	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	152.64/cwt	150.50–155.75	896	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	142.32/cwt	138.00–147.00	898	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	142.81/cwt	142.75–144.00	941	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	939	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	126.34/cwt	125.00–127.00	922	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	768	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	1,096	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	784	125.12/cwt	124.75–126.00	981	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	133.45/cwt	131.50–134.10	1,048	114
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	879	107.25/cwt	107.25–107.25	943	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	880	124.56/cwt	121.00–128.75	1,096	246
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	121.26/cwt	110.00–123.85	1,119	140
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	953	119.75/cwt	119.75–119.75	1,141	56
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,027	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,135	64
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,091	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,167	99
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	817	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,034	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	933	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,096	17

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 Jul 16, 2020

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

Receipts 2,209Last week 4,955Year ago 2,871

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	527	172.00	172.00
9	—	938	134.50	134.50
237	—	981	127.00–130.75	129.30
70	—	755	145.00–149.50	149.16
66	—	658	164.00	164.00
54	—	825	138.00–141.50	138.26
32	—	899	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,144	113.00–116.10	115.66
55	—	1,168	114.00–115.60	115.48
264	—	1,055	120.00–125.35	124.53
149	—	1,017	125.75–129.00	127.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	681	146.00	146.00
18	—	635	150.00–157.00	153.27
8	—	589	155.50	155.50
5	—	742	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	873	130.25	130.25
4	—	941	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	587	150.50–155.75	152.64
246	—	880	121.00–128.75	124.56
6	—	718	130.75	130.75
140	—	923	110.00–123.85	121.26
114	—	785	131.50–134.10	133.45
91	—	659	142.75–144.00	142.81
58	—	631	138.00–147.00	142.32
56	—	953	119.75	119.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,091	107.00	107.00
64	—	1,027	110.50	110.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	784	124.75–126.00	125.12
21	—	730	125.00–127.00	126.34
7	—	879	107.25	107.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	768	142.75	142.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	933	117.50	117.50
7	—	817	126.50	126.50

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.