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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 14

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Oct 7Oct 14Oct 21 →

Receipts

1,785 head

▼ 707 vs last sale 2,492▲ 3 vs year ago 1,782 · +0.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 850-900 lbs. sold 8.00 lower, 1000 lbs. and up were unevenly steady. Heifers 850-950 lbs. sold 4.00-5.00 higher. Demand was good, with many load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be Oct. 21st, expecting 2000 head of feeders, starting at 9:30 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 $144.12/cwt on 1,003 head.

Average price

$144.12

1,003 head · 851 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$160

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$14.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.17

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	857	145.20	1,244	867
Medium and Large 1-2	698	140.38	981	94
Large 1	1,077	130.38	1,404	42

One grade step is worth $14.82/cwt here — about −$160 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 sale1,003 hd

144.12

—

SD average8 barns · 14,630 hd

158.30

−14.17

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

Every lot

28 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	489	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	812	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	935	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	769	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	861	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	819	150.69/cwt	146.50–152.50	1,234	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	156.24/cwt	155.00–157.50	1,356	134
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	926	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,324	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	1,379	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	980	156.34/cwt	155.85–156.85	1,532	123
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,019	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,248	7
Steers	—	Large 1	1,026	152.05/cwt	152.00–152.10	1,560	234
Steers	—	Large 1	1,070	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,562	106
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,264	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,403	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	304	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	520	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	919	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	980	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,023	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	137.83/cwt	135.50–145.75	985	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	742	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,076	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,058	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	143.63/cwt	142.25–149.50	1,192	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	145.66/cwt	142.50–148.85	1,263	469
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	922	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,106	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	142.32/cwt	138.25–143.50	1,314	161
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	941	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,294	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	954	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,393	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	965	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,259	9
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,050	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	1,441	21
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,104	123.50/cwt	123.00–123.75	1,363	21

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 Oct 14, 2021

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

Receipts 1,785Last week 2,492Year ago 1,782

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	965	130.50	130.50
32	—	742	145.00	145.00
33	—	941	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,050	137.25	137.25
21	—	1,104	123.00–123.75	123.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	772	137.00	137.00
6	—	922	120.00	120.00
12	—	619	148.50	148.50
6	—	660	148.50	148.50
52	—	715	135.50–145.75	137.83
5	—	304	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	954	146.00	146.00
469	—	867	142.50–148.85	145.66
63	—	830	142.25–149.50	143.63
82	—	664	154.00	154.00
161	—	923	138.25–143.50	142.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	927	148.75	148.75
123	—	980	155.85–156.85	156.34
4	—	581	161.00	161.00
134	—	868	155.00–157.50	156.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,019	122.50	122.50
4	—	1,264	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	489	166.00	166.00
10	—	819	146.50–152.50	150.69
5	—	926	143.00	143.00
4	—	769	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
234	—	1,026	152.00–152.10	152.05
106	—	1,070	146.00	146.00

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.