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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-27

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jul 27

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jul 20Jul 27Aug 3 →

Receipts

1,265 head

▼ 879 vs last sale 2,144▼ 4,774 vs year ago 6,039 · −79.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 900-1050 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 900-950 lbs. sold 4.00 lower. Many large load lots in todays offering. Demand was good. Lower numbers today because of extreme heat in the area. The next feeder cattle auction will be Aug. 3rd. expecting 2000 head of feeders, starting at 9:30 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 $229.78/cwt on 923 head.

Average price

$229.78

923 head · 984 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,260

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$269

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

$9.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.02

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	944	233.04	2,199	368
Large 1	1,040	228.35	2,375	463
Medium and Large 1-2	862	223.94	1,930	92

One grade step is worth $9.10/cwt here — about $269 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 sale923 hd

229.78

—

SD average6 barns · 6,077 hd

233.80

−4.02

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

Every lot

21 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	394	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,221	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	656	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,548	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	703	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,610	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	705	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,622	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	827	228.25/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,888	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	838	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,911	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	874	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,980	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	234.41/cwt	233.50–236.00	2,171	177
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	974	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,094	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	996	229.25/cwt	229.25–229.25	2,283	170
Steers	—	Large 1	1,037	228.18/cwt	225.50–230.00	2,366	405
Steers	—	Large 1	1,060	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,433	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,042	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	612	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,438	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	232.78/cwt	231.00–234.00	1,574	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	225.63/cwt	223.00–228.50	1,737	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	894	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,882	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	902	214.25/cwt	214.25–214.25	1,933	159
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	997	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,004	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,058	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,095	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	846	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,590	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 Jul 27, 2023

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

Receipts 1,265Last week 2,144Year ago 6,039

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,058	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	770	223.00–228.50	225.63
159	—	902	214.25	214.25
36	—	894	210.50	210.50
15	—	379	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	997	201.00	201.00
7	—	612	235.00	235.00
42	—	676	231.00–234.00	232.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	846	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
405	—	1,037	225.50–230.00	228.18
58	—	1,060	229.50	229.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	874	226.50	226.50
33	—	974	215.00	215.00
15	—	827	221.00–230.00	228.25
9	—	703	229.00	229.00
10	—	656	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
170	—	996	229.25	229.25
177	—	926	233.50–236.00	234.41
6	—	394	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	705	230.00	230.00
8	—	838	228.00	228.00

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.