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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-21

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

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jul 14Jul 21Jul 28 →

Receipts

1,943 head

▼ 2,562 vs last sale 4,505▼ 697 vs year ago 2,640 · −26.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Was a light number of steers, 750-800lbs. sold 8.00 higher. Heifers sold on a higher undertone, 850-950 sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Demand was good, with a few load lots today. The next feeder cattle auction will be July 28th, expecting 6000-7000 head of feeders, many large load lots in next weeks auction, 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 $162.25/cwt on 1,629 head.

Average price

$162.25

1,629 head · 842 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,366

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$209

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

$1.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.87

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	721	163.48	1,179	175
Medium and Large 1	857	162.11	1,389	1,454

One grade step is worth $1.37/cwt here — about −$209 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 sale1,629 hd

162.25

—

SD average3 barns · 2,555 hd

160.38

+1.87

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,023	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,122	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	183.99/cwt	183.00–185.00	1,181	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	190.60/cwt	190.60–190.60	1,367	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,173	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,454	147
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	852	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,500	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	976	156.25/cwt	156.25–156.25	1,525	16
Steers	—	Large 1	1,090	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,651	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	682	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	441	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	820	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	953	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,029	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	169.25/cwt	169.25–169.25	1,049	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	173.72/cwt	172.10–174.75	1,279	281
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	742	169.75/cwt	169.75–169.75	1,260	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	753	173.35/cwt	173.35–173.35	1,305	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	756	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,240	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,320	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	168.10/cwt	168.10–168.10	1,373	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	818	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,280	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	884	159.43/cwt	155.00–168.35	1,409	187
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	156.97/cwt	151.25–162.25	1,454	586
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	931	148.17/cwt	147.00–148.25	1,379	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	948	148.35/cwt	148.35–148.35	1,406	132

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 21, 2022

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

Receipts 1,943Last week 4,505Year ago 2,640

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	800	165.00	165.00
63	—	742	169.75	169.75
132	—	948	148.35	148.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	573	179.50	179.50
57	—	817	168.10	168.10
281	—	736	172.10–174.75	173.72
78	—	753	173.35	173.35
187	—	884	155.00–168.35	159.43
586	—	926	151.25–162.25	156.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	620	169.25	169.25
20	—	756	164.00	164.00
22	—	540	176.50	176.50
9	—	441	186.00	186.00
3	—	355	192.00	192.00
23	—	818	156.50	156.50
47	—	931	147.00–148.25	148.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	717	190.60	190.60
12	—	437	234.00	234.00
38	—	852	176.00	176.00
10	—	522	215.00	215.00
16	—	976	156.25	156.25
147	—	790	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,090	151.50	151.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	642	183.00–185.00	183.99
4	—	772	152.00	152.00

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.