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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-09

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 9

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Mar 2Mar 9Mar 16 →

Receipts

5,446 head

▼ 2,738 vs last sale 8,184▼ 477 vs year ago 5,923 · −8.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers 650-750 lbs. sold 8.00-15.00 higher, 750 lbs. and up were steady to 5.00 lower, with instances 10.00 lower on 850-900 lbs. Heifers 600-750 lbs. sold 2.00-9.00 higher, 750-900 lbs. sold 1.00-6.00 lower, 900-1000 lbs. sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Demand was good, Many large load lots for todays auction. The next feeder cattle auction will be Mar.16th, expecting 4500 head of feeders, 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 $181.94/cwt on 2,625 head.

Average price

$181.94

2,625 head · 765 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,392

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$466

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

$32.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.95

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	598	186.21	1,113	237
Medium and Large 1	778	181.86	1,416	2,358
Large 1	1,026	153.92	1,579	30

One grade step is worth $32.30/cwt here — about −$466 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 sale2,625 hd

181.94

—

SD average7 barns · 12,115 hd

189.89

−7.95

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

Every lot

58 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	334	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	852	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	393	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	888	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	252.87/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,176	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,164	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	241.06/cwt	229.00–249.00	1,278	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,346	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,237	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	607	232.58/cwt	232.00–234.00	1,412	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	214.57/cwt	211.00–221.50	1,315	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	204.98/cwt	182.00–221.00	1,300	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	217.59/cwt	208.00–220.25	1,451	135
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	200.49/cwt	199.00–202.00	1,353	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	205.32/cwt	192.50–213.50	1,482	254
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	744	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,235	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	777	189.10/cwt	188.50–189.50	1,469	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	197.68/cwt	188.50–205.00	1,538	354
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	784	177.97/cwt	165.00–186.25	1,395	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	184.27/cwt	181.00–188.00	1,524	131
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	878	178.64/cwt	175.00–179.50	1,568	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	882	178.37/cwt	177.00–182.50	1,573	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	889	170.04/cwt	162.00–173.75	1,512	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	909	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,454	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	921	175.61/cwt	174.50–177.50	1,617	106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,620	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	978	174.57/cwt	172.00–179.85	1,707	644
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	992	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,617	46
Steers	—	Large 1	1,018	172.52/cwt	170.00–175.35	1,756	115
Steers	—	Large 1	1,050	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,743	6
Steers	—	Large 1	1,135	163.21/cwt	159.60–165.75	1,852	147
Steers	—	Large 1	1,172	164.75/cwt	164.75–164.75	1,931	21
Steers	—	Large 1	1,222	166.25/cwt	166.25–166.25	2,032	27
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	342	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	708	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	391	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	864	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	820	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	456	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	999	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	208.35/cwt	195.00–211.00	981	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	211.03/cwt	210.00–213.00	1,097	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	192.50/cwt	185.00–202.00	1,038	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	201.55/cwt	199.00–206.00	1,135	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,055	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	178.79/cwt	174.00–185.00	1,135	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	194.01/cwt	185.00–197.75	1,236	285
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	196.36/cwt	192.25–197.25	1,306	251
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	670	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,229	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	173.60/cwt	160.00–179.00	1,189	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	184.40/cwt	176.50–186.25	1,331	471
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	176.66/cwt	176.25–178.00	1,357	143
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	790	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,359	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	806	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,330	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	174.62/cwt	170.50–176.50	1,432	265
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	826	165.76/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,369	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	169.99/cwt	168.50–171.50	1,493	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	918	172.82/cwt	165.00–175.35	1,586	607
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	951	168.75/cwt	168.75–168.75	1,605	128
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	989	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,553	4
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,018	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,565	26
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,076	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,668	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	499	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,093	8

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 9, 2023

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

Receipts 5,446Last week 8,184Year ago 5,923

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,172	164.75	164.75
115	—	1,018	170.00–175.35	172.52
27	—	1,222	166.25	166.25
6	—	1,050	166.00	166.00
147	—	1,135	159.60–165.75	163.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	744	166.00	166.00
7	—	334	255.00	255.00
18	—	514	226.50	226.50
18	—	393	226.00	226.00
14	—	909	160.00	160.00
28	—	675	199.00–202.00	200.49
6	—	570	217.00	217.00
52	—	889	162.00–173.75	170.04
55	—	634	182.00–221.00	204.98
30	—	784	165.00–186.25	177.97
4	—	970	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	827	181.00–188.00	184.27
254	—	722	192.50–213.50	205.32
135	—	667	208.00–220.25	217.59
90	—	882	177.00–182.50	178.37
53	—	530	229.00–249.00	241.06
9	—	561	240.00	240.00
83	—	613	211.00–221.50	214.57
9	—	465	252.00–254.00	252.87
644	—	978	172.00–179.85	174.57
354	—	778	188.50–205.00	197.68
106	—	921	174.50–177.50	175.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	607	232.00–234.00	232.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	992	163.00	163.00
26	—	878	175.00–179.50	178.64
23	—	777	188.50–189.50	189.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	471	195.00–211.00	208.35
40	—	539	185.00–202.00	192.50
12	—	790	172.00	172.00
56	—	685	160.00–179.00	173.60
9	—	342	207.00	207.00
39	—	635	174.00–185.00	178.79
22	—	572	184.50	184.50
4	—	408	201.00	201.00
12	—	826	165.00–168.00	165.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,018	153.75	153.75
4	—	1,076	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	989	157.00	157.00
29	—	670	183.50	183.50
9	—	806	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
471	—	722	176.50–186.25	184.40
9	—	456	219.00	219.00
9	—	391	221.00	221.00
64	—	878	168.50–171.50	169.99
143	—	768	176.25–178.00	176.66
607	—	918	165.00–175.35	172.82
17	—	520	210.00–213.00	211.03
128	—	951	168.75	168.75
67	—	563	199.00–206.00	201.55
265	—	820	170.50–176.50	174.62
251	—	665	192.25–197.25	196.36
285	—	637	185.00–197.75	194.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	499	219.00	219.00

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.