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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 21

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Oct 14Oct 21Oct 28 →

Receipts

2,671 head

▲ 886 vs last sale 1,785▼ 938 vs year ago 3,609 · −26.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 950-1000 lbs. sold 1.00 lower, steers 1050-1100 lbs. sold 3.00 higher. Heifers 800-950 lbs. sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Demand was good with many load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be Oct.28th, expecting 5000-6000 head of feeders, about half yearlings half spring calves, starting at 8:30 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 $148.22/cwt on 1,547 head.

Average price

$148.22

1,547 head · 835 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,237

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$31

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

$26.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.98

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	831	149.08	1,239	1,414
Medium and Large 1-2	626	148.53	930	50
Large 1	1,016	134.84	1,370	72
Large 1-2	1,033	123.00	1,271	11thin

One grade step is worth $26.08/cwt here — about −$31 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 sale1,547 hd

148.22

—

SD average12 barns · 16,834 hd

159.19

−10.98

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

Every lot

33 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	456	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	812	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	872	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	866	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	869	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	742	164.75/cwt	164.75–164.75	1,222	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	163.92/cwt	160.50–166.50	1,261	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	794	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,239	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	160.64/cwt	157.75–162.75	1,324	119
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	844	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,300	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	920	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	1,401	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	934	156.71/cwt	152.25–158.75	1,464	360
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	934	143.23/cwt	143.00–143.75	1,338	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	958	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	1,425	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	990	154.20/cwt	147.00–155.50	1,527	215
Steers	—	Large 1	1,003	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,545	56
Steers	—	Large 1	1,085	149.97/cwt	148.00–151.25	1,627	195
Steers	—	Large 1	1,109	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	1,605	17
Steers	—	Large 1	1,152	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,688	59
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,160	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,415	6
Steers	—	Large 1	1,222	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,411	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	768	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	934	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	699	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,080	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	742	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,106	367
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	157.69/cwt	155.50–159.25	1,219	154
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	791	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,149	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	838	146.88/cwt	142.50–152.50	1,231	112
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	148.68/cwt	146.00–159.00	1,307	588
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	910	144.82/cwt	144.00–145.25	1,318	173
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	963	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,266	8
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,010	135.83/cwt	135.25–139.50	1,372	68
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	1,033	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,271	11
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,119	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,320	4

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 21, 2021

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

Receipts 2,671Last week 1,785Year ago 3,609

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	963	131.50	131.50
367	—	742	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,119	118.00	118.00
68	—	1,010	135.25–139.50	135.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	910	144.00–145.25	144.82
12	—	699	154.50	154.50
112	—	838	142.50–152.50	146.88
154	—	773	155.50–159.25	157.69
588	—	879	146.00–159.00	148.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	791	145.25	145.25
14	—	494	155.50	155.50
27	—	640	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,033	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	1,085	148.00–151.25	149.97
17	—	1,109	144.75	144.75
6	—	1,222	115.50	115.50
56	—	1,003	154.00	154.00
59	—	1,152	146.50	146.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	742	164.75	164.75
119	—	824	157.75–162.75	160.64
215	—	990	147.00–155.50	154.20
16	—	769	160.50–166.50	163.92
360	—	934	152.25–158.75	156.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,160	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	538	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	456	178.00	178.00
6	—	794	156.00	156.00
10	—	538	162.00	162.00
12	—	958	148.75	148.75
15	—	844	154.00	154.00
30	—	934	143.00–143.75	143.23
4	—	572	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	920	152.25	152.25

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.