Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2020-08-20

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-20

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

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Aug 13Aug 20Aug 27 →

Receipts

3,168 head

▲ 1,552 vs last sale 1,616▲ 3,168 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A steady to higher undertone was noted on feeder steers. Heifers 600-850 lbs. were steady to 4.00 higher. Today was the first spring calves coming to the auction. They were straight off the cow. Fair amount of load lots in todays offering. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Aug.27th, expecting 2000 head of 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 $145.86/cwt on 1,841 head.

Average price

$145.86

1,841 head · 735 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,072

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$131

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$32.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.68

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	738	147.37	1,087	1,537
Medium and Large 1-2	657	142.71	937	254
Large 1	1,056	115.32	1,218	50

One grade step is worth $32.05/cwt here — about −$131 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 sale1,841 hd

145.86

—

SD average6 barns · 5,096 hd

138.18

+7.68

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

Every lot

38 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	462	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	818	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	161.16/cwt	160.50–162.00	875	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	891	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	645	159.86/cwt	158.10–162.25	1,031	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	155.04/cwt	150.00–156.50	1,057	169
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,064	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	736	130.95/cwt	117.00–139.50	964	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	129.83/cwt	111.00–139.00	993	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	148.86/cwt	146.00–152.60	1,152	364
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	835	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	1,225	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	866	143.09/cwt	136.50–145.85	1,239	384
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	903	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,174	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	952	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,085	3
Steers	—	Large 1	1,019	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,208	4
Steers	—	Large 1	1,070	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,279	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	219	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	553	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	282	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	635	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	324	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	703	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	672	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	147.30/cwt	144.00–150.00	850	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	145.03/cwt	144.00–146.00	889	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	153.94/cwt	147.75–156.75	948	193
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	149.94/cwt	148.75–152.00	1,020	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	962	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	147.91/cwt	143.00–154.50	1,061	220
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	140.40/cwt	136.75–142.50	1,029	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	140.90/cwt	138.50–145.00	1,100	281
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	786	130.50/cwt	115.00–135.00	1,026	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	137.45/cwt	133.10–144.10	1,134	589
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	888	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	1,148	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	897	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	1,195	49
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,035	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,232	33
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,079	111.38/cwt	111.25–111.50	1,202	12
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,144	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,150	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	229	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	573	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	294	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	676	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	357	208.47/cwt	199.00–210.00	744	44
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	550	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	798	3

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 Aug 20, 2020

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

Receipts 3,168Last week 1,616Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,079	111.25–111.50	111.38
5	—	1,144	100.50	100.50
33	—	1,035	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	324	217.00	217.00
32	—	282	225.00	225.00
589	—	825	133.10–144.10	137.45
19	—	219	252.50	252.50
281	—	781	138.50–145.00	140.90
9	—	888	129.25	129.25
220	—	717	143.00–154.50	147.91
193	—	616	147.75–156.75	153.94
111	—	680	148.75–152.00	149.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	438	153.50	153.50
88	—	613	144.00–146.00	145.03
75	—	733	136.75–142.50	140.40
51	—	577	144.00–150.00	147.30
25	—	786	115.00–135.00	130.50
9	—	687	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	897	133.25	133.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,070	119.50	119.50
4	—	1,019	118.50	118.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	645	158.10–162.25	159.86
43	—	718	148.25	148.25
12	—	835	146.75	146.75
9	—	462	177.00	177.00
384	—	866	136.50–145.85	143.09
7	—	903	130.00	130.00
364	—	774	146.00–152.60	148.86
169	—	682	150.00–156.50	155.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	765	111.00–139.00	129.83
9	—	586	152.00	152.00
3	—	952	114.00	114.00
31	—	543	160.50–162.00	161.16
13	—	736	117.00–139.50	130.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	357	199.00–210.00	208.47
26	—	294	230.00	230.00
19	—	229	250.00	250.00
3	—	550	145.00	145.00

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.