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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-22

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

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29 →

Receipts

2,640 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 2,635▼ 1,377 vs year ago 4,017 · −34.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A lower undertone was noted on steers up to 800 lbs. Steers 850-900 lbs. were 2.00 higher. A higher undertone was noted on steers over 900 lbs. A higher undertone was noted heifers up to 800 lbs. heifers 800-950 lbs. were unevenly steady. A higher undertone was noted on heifers over 950 lbs. Demand was good, with many load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be July 29th, expecting 3000 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 $150.05/cwt on 1,508 head.

Average price

$150.05

1,508 head · 900 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,351

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$492

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

$12.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.31

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	640	155.04	993	170
Medium and Large 1	884	152.47	1,347	911
Large 1	1,039	142.88	1,485	427

One grade step is worth $12.16/cwt here — about −$492 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 sale1,508 hd

150.05

—

SD average4 barns · 3,547 hd

143.74

+6.31

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

Every lot

41 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	424	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	744	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	724	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	662	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	498	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	829	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	589	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	925	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	959	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,083	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	168.15/cwt	165.00–168.75	1,117	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	155.22/cwt	154.50–156.50	1,049	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	144.71/cwt	140.50–153.00	1,025	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	159.19/cwt	157.60–164.00	1,164	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	776	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,164	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,219	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	822	139.53/cwt	139.00–140.50	1,147	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	154.74/cwt	150.25–158.75	1,278	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	861	152.57/cwt	148.00–155.50	1,314	133
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	913	149.93/cwt	145.25–150.60	1,369	186
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	986	148.36/cwt	143.25–149.50	1,463	324
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	992	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,329	6
Steers	—	Large 1	1,019	146.36/cwt	125.50–149.10	1,491	299
Steers	—	Large 1	1,062	136.43/cwt	136.00–136.60	1,449	106
Steers	—	Large 1	1,200	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	1,521	22
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	664	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	404	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	650	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	790	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	603	167.33/cwt	161.50–168.60	1,009	147
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	967	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	1,063	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	139.41/cwt	136.00–147.50	930	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	702	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	867	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	151.02/cwt	150.50–152.00	1,077	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	795	142.41/cwt	139.75–146.50	1,132	118
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,097	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	849	139.10/cwt	139.10–139.10	1,181	142
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,077	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	861	139.20/cwt	133.50–139.75	1,199	189
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	137.76/cwt	133.75–140.85	1,270	219
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	964	133.09/cwt	130.00–136.10	1,283	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	995	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,134	28
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,030	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	1,285	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,064	122.04/cwt	120.25–123.00	1,299	34

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 2,640Last week 2,635Year ago 4,017

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,030	124.75	124.75
34	—	1,064	120.25–123.00	122.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	849	139.10	139.10
118	—	795	139.75–146.50	142.41
147	—	603	161.50–168.60	167.33
219	—	922	133.75–140.85	137.76
189	—	861	133.50–139.75	139.20
35	—	713	150.50–152.00	151.02
45	—	964	130.00–136.10	133.09
73	—	655	162.25	162.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	178.00	178.00
3	—	855	126.00	126.00
28	—	995	114.00	114.00
10	—	667	136.00–147.50	139.41
5	—	404	161.00	161.00
15	—	825	133.00	133.00
10	—	702	123.50	123.50
18	—	614	157.50	157.50
6	—	500	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	1,062	136.00–136.60	136.43
22	—	1,200	126.75	126.75
299	—	1,019	125.50–149.10	146.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	992	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	664	165.00–168.75	168.15
75	—	779	156.50	156.50
46	—	826	150.25–158.75	154.74
324	—	986	143.25–149.50	148.36
186	—	913	145.25–150.60	149.93
133	—	861	148.00–155.50	152.57
80	—	731	157.60–164.00	159.19
12	—	643	168.50	168.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	676	154.50–156.50	155.22
9	—	708	140.50–153.00	144.71
6	—	635	151.00	151.00
20	—	822	139.00–140.50	139.53
14	—	436	166.00	166.00
4	—	466	142.00	142.00
14	—	776	150.00	150.00
15	—	589	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	498	166.50	166.50
9	—	424	175.50	175.50

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.