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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-03

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 3

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Feb 24Mar 3Mar 10 →

Receipts

7,347 head

▲ 3,498 vs last sale 3,849▲ 1,728 vs year ago 5,619 · +30.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers up to 600 lbs. had a higher undertone, steers 650-750 lbs. sold 6.00 higher, steers 750 lbs. and up were 1.00-6.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-700 lbs. were steady to 3.00 higher, heifers 700 lbs. and up were 3.00-7.00 lower. Demand was good, with many large load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be March 10th, expecting 6500 head of cattle, starting at 8:00 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 $149.21/cwt on 3,431 head.

Average price

$149.21

3,431 head · 768 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,145

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$101

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

$39.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.40

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small and Medium 1	658	157.00	1,033	3thin
Medium and Large 1	767	149.70	1,148	3,138
Medium and Large 1-2	709	146.68	1,039	244
Large 1	1,176	131.50	1,546	38
Large 1-2	961	118.00	1,134	8thin

One grade step is worth $39.00/cwt here — about −$101 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 sale3,431 hd

149.21

—

SD average6 barns · 11,105 hd

152.62

−3.40

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

Every lot

57 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	441	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	886	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,065	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	198.84/cwt	197.00–200.00	1,052	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	221.97/cwt	212.00–225.00	1,185	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	196.17/cwt	187.00–203.00	1,108	177
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	179.62/cwt	179.00–180.00	1,042	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	190.43/cwt	187.75–193.25	1,188	161
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	175.59/cwt	171.00–180.00	1,104	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	184.58/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,222	168
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	163.88/cwt	161.50–165.75	1,116	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	160.00/cwt	157.00–162.00	1,139	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	716	180.25/cwt	180.25–180.25	1,291	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	172.71/cwt	168.00–179.75	1,247	378
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	159.93/cwt	154.75–171.50	1,236	183
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	775	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,333	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	151.79/cwt	142.00–154.75	1,192	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	157.14/cwt	149.50–164.00	1,306	403
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,215	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	842	148.05/cwt	144.50–148.60	1,247	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	879	144.61/cwt	144.50–145.50	1,271	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	884	149.00/cwt	147.85–152.50	1,317	304
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	907	145.99/cwt	141.75–147.00	1,324	395
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,267	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	979	131.78/cwt	125.00–135.50	1,290	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	985	146.87/cwt	145.00–149.25	1,447	340
Steers	—	Large 1	1,033	141.77/cwt	140.00–142.85	1,464	109
Steers	—	Large 1	1,062	144.23/cwt	142.25–145.00	1,532	110
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,154	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,546	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	402	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	679	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	451	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	812	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	889	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	176.00/cwt	172.50–181.00	940	128
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	898	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	160.80/cwt	153.00–171.00	921	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	182.11/cwt	175.00–183.50	1,051	135
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	167.22/cwt	155.50–176.75	1,022	101
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	927	12
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1	658	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,033	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	159.24/cwt	154.75–163.50	1,067	445
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	151.61/cwt	151.50–152.00	1,042	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	148.02/cwt	142.25–154.25	1,081	368
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	738	140.31/cwt	138.50–142.00	1,035	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	740	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,066	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	768	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,091	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	138.60/cwt	137.75–139.50	1,085	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	143.61/cwt	141.25–149.00	1,127	681
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	806	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,096	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	815	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,251	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	817	137.34/cwt	134.00–145.25	1,122	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	142.34/cwt	137.75–147.00	1,176	429
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	142.52/cwt	136.00–146.00	1,240	447
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	877	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,300	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	912	134.67/cwt	134.50–135.00	1,228	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	914	139.09/cwt	138.00–139.75	1,271	195
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	961	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,134	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	985	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,354	18
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,176	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,546	38

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 Mar 3, 2022

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

Receipts 7,347Last week 3,849Year ago 5,619

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	985	137.50	137.50
135	—	577	175.00–183.50	182.11
368	—	730	142.25–154.25	148.02
101	—	611	155.50–176.75	167.22
447	—	870	136.00–146.00	142.52
128	—	534	172.50–181.00	176.00
429	—	826	137.75–147.00	142.34
681	—	785	141.25–149.00	143.61
195	—	914	138.00–139.75	139.09
3	—	468	190.00	190.00
445	—	670	154.75–163.50	159.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	806	136.00	136.00
22	—	768	142.00	142.00
15	—	912	134.50–135.00	134.67
17	—	740	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	961	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	573	153.00–171.00	160.80
60	—	817	134.00–145.25	137.34
5	—	538	167.00	167.00
39	—	687	151.50–152.00	151.61
8	—	451	180.00	180.00
41	—	738	138.50–142.00	140.31
12	—	622	149.00	149.00
6	—	402	169.00	169.00
42	—	783	137.75–139.50	138.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	658	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	815	153.50	153.50
68	—	877	148.25	148.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,176	131.50	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
304	—	884	147.85–152.50	149.00
177	—	565	187.00–203.00	196.17
183	—	773	154.75–171.50	159.93
378	—	722	168.00–179.75	172.71
120	—	534	212.00–225.00	221.97
403	—	831	149.50–164.00	157.14
36	—	465	229.00	229.00
395	—	907	141.75–147.00	145.99
161	—	624	187.75–193.25	190.43
168	—	662	180.00–187.00	184.58
340	—	985	145.00–149.25	146.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	529	197.00–200.00	198.84
20	—	979	125.00–135.50	131.78
50	—	785	142.00–154.75	151.79
11	—	835	145.50	145.50
4	—	441	201.00	201.00
30	—	712	157.00–162.00	160.00
8	—	580	179.00–180.00	179.62
38	—	681	161.50–165.75	163.88
39	—	629	171.00–180.00	175.59
7	—	925	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	842	144.50–148.60	148.05
37	—	879	144.50–145.50	144.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	775	172.00	172.00
68	—	716	180.25	180.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,154	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,062	142.25–145.00	144.23
109	—	1,033	140.00–142.85	141.77

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.