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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-20

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 20

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Apr 13Apr 20Apr 27 →

Receipts

3,952 head

▼ 1,228 vs last sale 5,180▼ 1,554 vs year ago 5,506 · −28.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 700-1000 lbs. sold steady. Flesh determined price paid for feeders today. Many large load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 27th,expecting 3000 head of feeders starting at 8:30 am.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $198.11/cwt on 2,104 head.

Average price

$198.11

2,104 head · 886 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$403

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

$63.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.99

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	625	223.16	1,396	84
Medium and Large 1	833	206.11	1,717	1,313
Large 1	1,023	180.78	1,849	660
Large 1-2	850	176.79	1,503	37
Large 2	1,124	160.00	1,798	10thin

One grade step is worth $63.16/cwt here — about −$403 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 sale2,104 hd

198.11

—

SD average7 barns · 14,454 hd

213.10

−14.99

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

Every lot

59 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	371	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,057	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	282.81/cwt	267.50–289.00	1,199	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	439	253.55/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,113	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,076	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	246.71/cwt	245.00–247.50	1,194	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	501	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,253	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,154	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	528	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,420	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	242.85/cwt	242.50–245.00	1,413	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	226.49/cwt	225.00–227.50	1,325	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	212.60/cwt	202.50–228.00	1,327	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	241.80/cwt	238.00–244.00	1,511	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	228.69/cwt	228.00–231.00	1,537	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1NHTC	675	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,627	33
Steers	—	Large 1-2	713	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,298	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	235.18/cwt	230.50–240.00	1,703	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,578	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,591	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	218.90/cwt	210.50–224.25	1,679	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1NHTC	783	224.75/cwt	224.75–224.75	1,760	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	788	196.60/cwt	196.60–196.60	1,549	133
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	810	197.87/cwt	197.85–198.00	1,603	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	201.26/cwt	188.50–205.75	1,767	187
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	883	185.12/cwt	175.00–188.00	1,635	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	912	191.51/cwt	189.60–194.50	1,747	99
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	945	186.60/cwt	186.60–186.60	1,763	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	979	189.00/cwt	182.00–191.00	1,850	306
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,011	170.67/cwt	149.00–175.50	1,725	17
Steers	—	Large 1	1,016	181.68/cwt	176.60–187.00	1,846	544
Steers	—	Large 1Fleshy	1,047	175.25/cwt	175.25–175.25	1,835	60
Steers	—	Large 1	1,060	177.91/cwt	177.50–182.00	1,886	56
Steers	—	Large 2	1,124	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,798	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	293.20/cwt	280.00–300.00	941	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	995	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	447	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,095	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	229.75/cwt	223.00–241.00	1,098	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	236.90/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,218	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,259	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	209.39/cwt	208.00–211.00	1,204	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,212	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	214.21/cwt	210.00–224.00	1,326	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	199.86/cwt	197.50–202.50	1,361	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,285	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	205.01/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,460	176
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1NHTC	765	201.75/cwt	201.75–201.75	1,543	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	190.98/cwt	189.00–195.50	1,505	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	795	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,483	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	815	176.61/cwt	175.00–177.00	1,439	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	818	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,456	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	183.06/cwt	181.25–185.00	1,514	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	836	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,580	56
Heifers	—	Large 1	864	177.75/cwt	177.75–177.75	1,536	118
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	870	174.30/cwt	169.25–177.00	1,516	112
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	881	181.58/cwt	179.85–184.25	1,600	368
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	913	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,584	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	176.92/cwt	176.00–189.00	1,619	115
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	925	182.93/cwt	182.00–184.50	1,692	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	955	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,647	32
Heifers	—	Large 2	1,107	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,793	54

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 Apr 20, 2023

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

Receipts 3,952Last week 5,180Year ago 5,506

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	522	221.00	221.00
4	—	765	208.00	208.00
15	—	624	202.50–228.00	212.60
7	—	439	245.00–260.00	253.55
11	—	371	285.00	285.00
19	—	883	175.00–188.00	185.12
15	—	585	225.00–227.50	226.49
4	—	724	218.00	218.00
3	—	460	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	424	267.50–289.00	282.81
116	—	767	210.50–224.25	218.90
37	—	672	228.00–231.00	228.69
21	—	582	242.50–245.00	242.85
25	—	484	245.00–247.50	246.71
187	—	878	188.50–205.75	201.26
28	—	724	230.50–240.00	235.18
99	—	912	189.60–194.50	191.51
26	—	625	238.00–244.00	241.80
25	—	501	250.00	250.00
306	—	979	182.00–191.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
544	—	1,016	176.60–187.00	181.68
56	—	1,060	177.50–182.00	177.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	810	197.85–198.00	197.87
133	—	788	196.60	196.60
70	—	945	186.60	186.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,011	149.00–175.50	170.67
20	—	713	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	675	241.00	241.00
95	—	783	224.75	224.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	528	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,047	175.25	175.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,124	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	864	177.75	177.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	619	210.00–224.00	214.21
15	—	321	280.00–300.00	293.20
35	—	827	181.25–185.00	183.06
368	—	881	179.85–184.25	181.58
72	—	788	189.00–195.50	190.98
176	—	712	200.00–207.00	205.01
25	—	514	230.00–241.00	236.90
115	—	915	176.00–189.00	176.92
3	—	557	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	913	173.50	173.50
62	—	815	175.00–177.00	176.61
112	—	870	169.25–177.00	174.30
32	—	955	172.50	172.50
24	—	795	186.50	186.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	372	267.50	267.50
30	—	681	197.50–202.50	199.86
9	—	575	208.00–211.00	209.39
3	—	615	197.00	197.00
96	—	478	223.00–241.00	229.75
3	—	818	178.00	178.00
65	—	710	181.00	181.00
7	—	447	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,107	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	765	201.75	201.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	925	182.00–184.50	182.93
56	—	836	189.00	189.00

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.