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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-29

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jul 29

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jul 22Jul 29Aug 5 →

Receipts

2,462 head

▼ 178 vs last sale 2,640▼ 1,041 vs year ago 3,503 · −29.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A lower undertone was noted on steers up to 950 lbs. Steers 950-999 lbs. sold 1.00 lower, steers 1000-1500 lbs. sold 1.00 higher. A unevenly steady undertone was noted on heifers up heifers 850 lbs. heifers 850-900 lbs. sold 1.00 higher.

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 $147.85/cwt on 1,255 head.

Average price

$147.85

1,255 head · 972 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,437

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$4

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

$25.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.12

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	902	151.35	1,365	583
Large 1	1,036	145.42	1,507	651
Medium and Large 1-2	874	126.00	1,101	16thin
Large 1-2	1,091	125.50	1,369	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.85/cwt here — about −$4 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 sale1,255 hd

147.85

—

SD average6 barns · 7,860 hd

150.97

−3.12

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

Every lot

25 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,122	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	161.48/cwt	159.25–164.25	1,148	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	832	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,360	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	839	150.97/cwt	150.25–154.00	1,267	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	864	148.12/cwt	147.50–149.00	1,280	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	874	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,101	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	944	142.22/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,343	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	977	147.28/cwt	140.25–148.85	1,439	296
Steers	—	Large 1	1,021	148.13/cwt	148.00–148.25	1,512	541
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,091	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,369	5
Steers	—	Large 1	1,111	132.08/cwt	128.25–132.50	1,467	110
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	502	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	733	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	591	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	928	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	600	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	951	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	607	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	880	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	147.19/cwt	146.50–147.50	991	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	696	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	974	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	146.14/cwt	142.00–147.75	1,045	120
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	958	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	144.88/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,140	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	140.63/cwt	138.75–142.75	1,167	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	874	140.59/cwt	137.75–143.00	1,229	638
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	944	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,281	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	987	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,288	8
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,066	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,359	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 Jul 29, 2021

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

Receipts 2,462Last week 2,640Year ago 3,503

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	711	159.25–164.25	161.48
19	—	944	138.00–143.00	142.22
112	—	839	150.25–154.00	150.97
5	—	643	174.50	174.50
296	—	977	140.25–148.85	147.28
29	—	864	147.50–149.00	148.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	874	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	832	163.50	163.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,111	128.25–132.50	132.08
541	—	1,021	148.00–148.25	148.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,091	125.50	125.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	696	140.00	140.00
15	—	607	145.00	145.00
3	—	740	129.50	129.50
9	—	502	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
638	—	874	137.75–143.00	140.59
83	—	787	140.00–146.00	144.88
29	—	673	146.50–147.50	147.19
42	—	830	138.75–142.75	140.63
51	—	944	135.75	135.75
60	—	600	158.50	158.50
120	—	715	142.00–147.75	146.14
6	—	591	157.00	157.00
8	—	987	130.50	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,066	127.50	127.50

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.