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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-05

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 5

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jul 29Aug 5Aug 12 →

Receipts

3,821 head

▲ 1,359 vs last sale 2,462▲ 1,890 vs year ago 1,931 · +97.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A higher undertone was noted on steers up to 950 lbs. Steers 950-1000 lbs. sold 4.00 higher, a higher undertone was noted on steers over 1000 lbs. A higher undertone was noted on heifers up to 700 lbs. heifers 700-800 lbs. were 5.00-6.00 higher, a higher undertone was noted on heifers 800 lbs. and up. Demand was good, with many load lots of heavy cattle today. The next feeder cattle auction will be Aug. 12th, 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 $153.49/cwt on 1,731 head.

Average price

$153.49

1,731 head · 911 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,398

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$80

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$16.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.07

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	908	155.07	1,408	1,473
Medium and Large 1-2	728	152.11	1,108	112
Large 1	1,074	138.63	1,488	146

One grade step is worth $16.43/cwt here — about −$80 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 sale1,731 hd

153.49

—

SD average7 barns · 10,570 hd

160.56

−7.07

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	828	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	855	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	994	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	915	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,008	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	184.35/cwt	177.00–184.75	1,134	98
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	174.66/cwt	174.50–175.00	1,167	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,072	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	163.86/cwt	156.00–168.75	1,206	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	983	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	161.74/cwt	153.00–163.25	1,278	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	795	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,204	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	153.65/cwt	151.50–158.50	1,269	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	849	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,023	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	154.10/cwt	144.50–160.00	1,351	186
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	894	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,211	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	151.96/cwt	146.50–156.60	1,393	284
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	933	134.36/cwt	126.00–138.50	1,254	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	982	151.28/cwt	146.00–152.50	1,486	737
Steers	—	Large 1	1,059	139.50/cwt	130.50–140.00	1,477	135
Steers	—	Large 1	1,254	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,605	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	705	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	718	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	159.58/cwt	157.00–161.00	833	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	918	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	155.58/cwt	155.50–156.00	913	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	605	170.35/cwt	170.35–170.35	1,031	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	161.99/cwt	155.50–163.75	990	191
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	962	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	156.57/cwt	154.50–157.10	1,074	166
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	136.27/cwt	131.00–146.00	1,000	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	151.99/cwt	150.00–153.75	1,120	197
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	150.91/cwt	148.00–151.50	1,179	312
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	795	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,147	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	827	134.73/cwt	134.50–136.00	1,114	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	147.46/cwt	143.50–150.25	1,228	389
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	856	131.88/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,129	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,261	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	912	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,149	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	920	139.12/cwt	135.00–139.60	1,280	69
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,034	129.39/cwt	128.00–130.25	1,338	17
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,126	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	1,422	16

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 5, 2021

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

Receipts 3,821Last week 2,462Year ago 1,931

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,126	126.25	126.25
17	—	1,034	128.00–130.25	129.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	570	161.00	161.00
30	—	522	157.00–161.00	159.58
166	—	686	154.50–157.10	156.57
191	—	611	155.50–163.75	161.99
197	—	737	150.00–153.75	151.99
312	—	781	148.00–151.50	150.91
389	—	833	143.50–150.25	147.46
50	—	867	145.50	145.50
69	—	920	135.00–139.60	139.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	605	170.35	170.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	734	131.00–146.00	136.27
25	—	827	134.50–136.00	134.73
7	—	912	126.00	126.00
14	—	856	129.00–139.00	131.88
15	—	795	144.25	144.25
18	—	587	155.50–156.00	155.58
19	—	682	141.00	141.00
23	—	513	140.00	140.00
16	—	438	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,254	128.00	128.00
135	—	1,059	130.50–140.00	139.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
737	—	982	146.00–152.50	151.28
13	—	668	174.50–175.00	174.66
35	—	736	156.00–168.75	163.86
58	—	790	153.00–163.25	161.74
58	—	826	151.50–158.50	153.65
98	—	615	177.00–184.75	184.35
284	—	917	146.50–156.60	151.96
186	—	877	144.50–160.00	154.10
4	—	540	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	894	135.50	135.50
16	—	490	169.00	169.00
16	—	611	165.00	165.00
41	—	795	151.50	151.50
3	—	500	171.00	171.00
3	—	572	160.00	160.00
4	—	745	132.00	132.00
5	—	670	160.00	160.00
5	—	849	120.50	120.50
15	—	933	126.00–138.50	134.36

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.