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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-22

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 22

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Apr 15Apr 22Apr 29 →

Receipts

3,043 head

▼ 643 vs last sale 3,686▼ 260 vs year ago 3,303 · −7.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 800-850 lbs. sold 7.00 lower, steers 900-950 lbs. sold steady, steers 1000-1150 lbs. sold 3.00-7.00 lower. Feeder heifers 750-800 lbs. sold 9.00 lower, heifers 800-1000 lbs. sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Many load lots in todays offering. Demand was good. Price of grains were up today . The next feeder cattle auction will be April 29th, expecting 5000 head of feeder cattle. Starting at 9:00 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 $124.21/cwt on 1,455 head.

Average price

$124.21

1,455 head · 819 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,018

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$316

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

$26.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.05

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	624	137.52	858	200
Medium and Large 1	838	122.72	1,029	1,185
Large 1	1,055	111.29	1,174	70

One grade step is worth $26.24/cwt here — about −$316 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 sale1,455 hd

124.21

—

SD average7 barns · 6,020 hd

132.26

−8.05

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

Every lot

42 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	306	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	673	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	836	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	882	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	552	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	905	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,037	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	167.62/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,036	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	157.06/cwt	150.50–161.50	1,062	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	976	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	147.26/cwt	145.50–151.00	1,075	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	748	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,014	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	140.23/cwt	136.50–141.50	1,101	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	804	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	1,043	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	133.02/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,100	296
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	132.10/cwt	132.10–132.10	1,159	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	131.33/cwt	127.50–133.35	1,212	210
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	979	122.19/cwt	121.50–122.50	1,196	111
Steers	—	Large 1	1,019	123.62/cwt	122.35–124.75	1,260	227
Steers	—	Large 1	1,068	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,244	16
Steers	—	Large 1	1,118	116.69/cwt	115.75–117.10	1,305	188
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	581	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	679	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	686	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	155.97/cwt	152.00–160.50	742	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	150.96/cwt	149.00–152.00	799	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	839	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	138.47/cwt	136.50–141.50	877	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	134.46/cwt	134.00–135.75	855	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	133.83/cwt	133.00–134.00	918	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	688	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	884	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	130.41/cwt	125.50–132.00	940	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	120.97/cwt	118.50–122.00	887	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	124.48/cwt	123.50–126.75	966	190
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	798	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	926	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	802	115.75/cwt	115.75–115.75	928	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	121.91/cwt	120.10–124.10	1,020	303
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	876	121.05/cwt	118.75–122.25	1,060	208
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	881	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	951	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	914	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,010	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	928	117.15/cwt	116.00–118.75	1,087	188
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	972	116.19/cwt	115.50–118.10	1,129	116
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,033	112.95/cwt	111.00–113.25	1,167	61
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,202	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,202	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 Apr 22, 2021

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

Receipts 3,043Last week 3,686Year ago 3,303

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	1,118	115.75–117.10	116.69
227	—	1,019	122.35–124.75	123.62
16	—	1,068	116.50	116.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	306	220.00	220.00
111	—	979	121.50–122.50	122.19
210	—	923	127.50–133.35	131.33
7	—	416	201.00	201.00
7	—	586	177.00	177.00
17	—	618	163.00–171.00	167.62
296	—	827	128.00–135.00	133.02
48	—	785	136.50–141.50	140.23
61	—	730	145.50–151.00	147.26
63	—	676	150.50–161.50	157.06
72	—	877	132.10	132.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	804	129.75	129.75
9	—	680	143.50	143.50
17	—	552	164.00	164.00
6	—	528	167.00	167.00
7	—	748	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,202	100.00	100.00
61	—	1,033	111.00–113.25	112.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	798	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
303	—	837	120.10–124.10	121.91
116	—	972	115.50–118.10	116.19
188	—	928	116.00–118.75	117.15
190	—	776	123.50–126.75	124.48
208	—	876	118.75–122.25	121.05
4	—	375	181.00	181.00
7	—	561	149.50	149.50
41	—	633	136.50–141.50	138.47
42	—	686	133.00–134.00	133.83
77	—	721	125.50–132.00	130.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	529	149.00–152.00	150.96
53	—	636	134.00–135.75	134.46
7	—	881	108.00	108.00
13	—	476	152.00–160.50	155.97
15	—	440	156.00	156.00
16	—	802	115.75	115.75
19	—	688	128.50	128.50
21	—	733	118.50–122.00	120.97
3	—	280	207.50	207.50
5	—	914	110.50	110.50

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.