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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-14

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 14

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Sep 7Sep 14Sep 21 →

Receipts

3,438 head

▲ 1,230 vs last sale 2,208▲ 1,901 vs year ago 1,537 · +123.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 900-1000 lbs. sold 2.00 higher, higher undertone was noted on lighter steers. Heifers 800-950 lbs. sold 10.00-13.00 higher. Numerous large load lots today, many were light fleshed feeders off grass bringing top dollar. Demand was very good. Next feeder cattle auction will be Sept. 21st, expecting 2500 head of feeders, 500 of those will be spring calves, starting at 8:30 am sharp!!

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 $244.73/cwt on 1,670 head.

Average price

$244.73

1,670 head · 918 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,247

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$13

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$88.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.51

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	829	259.09	2,147	948
Medium and Large 1-2	799	237.59	1,899	140
Large 1	1,089	225.00	2,449	511
Large 1-2	1,097	215.20	2,361	61
Large 2	1,265	170.75	2,160	10thin

One grade step is worth $88.35/cwt here — about −$13 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 sale1,670 hd

244.73

—

SD average7 barns · 7,360 hd

246.24

−1.51

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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	317	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,070	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,207	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	457	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,485	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	278.34/cwt	270.00–301.00	1,356	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	305.49/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,717	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	598	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,465	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	255.59/cwt	244.00–277.00	1,615	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	658	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,546	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	280.25/cwt	280.25–280.25	1,903	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	701	278.60/cwt	278.60–278.60	1,953	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,871	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	255.07/cwt	250.50–261.25	1,977	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	255.07/cwt	255.00–256.00	2,084	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	831	223.58/cwt	215.00–244.00	1,858	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	876	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,177	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	882	231.91/cwt	230.00–232.00	2,045	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	929	224.33/cwt	223.00–226.00	2,084	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	930	245.06/cwt	232.00–248.85	2,279	381
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	979	242.10/cwt	239.25–244.10	2,370	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	998	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,305	6
Steers	—	Large 1	1,032	219.25/cwt	219.25–219.25	2,263	9
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,044	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,276	4
Steers	—	Large 1	1,070	229.46/cwt	229.10–230.75	2,455	269
Steers	—	Large 1	1,100	221.10/cwt	221.10–221.10	2,432	114
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,101	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,367	57
Steers	—	Large 1Fleshy	1,124	219.11/cwt	217.50–219.75	2,463	119
Steers	—	Large 2	1,210	159.91/cwt	149.00–171.00	1,935	6
Steers	—	Large 2	1,347	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,519	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	276	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	876	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	318	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	970	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	364	270.54/cwt	245.00–312.50	985	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,135	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	499	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,547	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	268.38/cwt	266.00–302.50	1,401	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,340	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,604	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	657	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,577	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	698	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,829	223
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	251.52/cwt	244.00–256.50	1,801	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	242.42/cwt	237.00–245.50	1,871	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,714	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	241.20/cwt	229.75–245.25	1,966	104
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	831	255.10/cwt	255.10–255.10	2,120	123
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	833	220.72/cwt	218.00–226.00	1,839	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,019	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,992	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	859	255.10/cwt	255.10–255.10	2,191	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	869	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,994	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	933	232.04/cwt	223.75–246.00	2,165	371
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	939	219.87/cwt	217.25–232.00	2,065	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	955	224.59/cwt	224.10–230.00	2,145	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,095	15
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,028	226.95/cwt	224.00–229.00	2,333	17
Heifers	—	Large 1Fleshy	1,047	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,220	58
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,087	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,413	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	1,107	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	2,065	8
Heifers	—	Large 1Fleshy	1,120	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,352	4
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,158	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,455	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Large 1	1,057	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,029	9

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 Sep 14, 2023

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Receipts 3,438Last week 2,208Year ago 1,537

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	773	242.00	242.00
6	—	998	231.00	231.00
11	—	929	223.00–226.00	224.33
10	—	658	235.00	235.00
8	—	598	245.00	245.00
10	—	831	215.00–244.00	223.58
11	—	632	244.00–277.00	255.59
11	—	487	270.00–301.00	278.34
67	—	882	230.00–232.00	231.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	679	280.25	280.25
58	—	817	255.00–256.00	255.07
7	—	457	325.00	325.00
75	—	775	250.50–261.25	255.07
52	—	562	295.00–315.00	305.49
381	—	930	232.00–248.85	245.06
24	—	367	329.00	329.00
8	—	317	337.50	337.50
111	—	979	239.25–244.10	242.10
116	—	701	278.60	278.60
67	—	876	248.50	248.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,101	215.00	215.00
4	—	1,044	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,100	221.10	221.10
9	—	1,032	219.25	219.25
269	—	1,070	229.10–230.75	229.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,124	217.50–219.75	219.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,347	187.00	187.00
6	—	1,210	149.00–171.00	159.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
371	—	933	223.75–246.00	232.04
223	—	698	262.00	262.00
36	—	716	244.00–256.50	251.52
46	—	522	266.00–302.50	268.38
4	—	499	310.00	310.00
104	—	815	229.75–245.25	241.20
71	—	850	237.50	237.50
67	—	772	237.00–245.50	242.42
74	—	955	224.10–230.00	224.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,087	222.00	222.00
4	—	1,158	212.00	212.00
17	—	1,028	224.00–229.00	226.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	869	229.50	229.50
33	—	939	217.25–232.00	219.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,047	212.00	212.00
4	—	1,120	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	833	218.00–226.00	220.72
8	—	772	222.00	222.00
8	—	639	251.00	251.00
8	—	538	249.00	249.00
15	—	970	216.00	216.00
45	—	364	245.00–312.50	270.54
15	—	481	236.00	236.00
69	—	657	240.00	240.00
6	—	318	305.00	305.00
11	—	855	233.00	233.00
5	—	276	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,107	186.50	186.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	859	255.10	255.10
123	—	831	255.10	255.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,057	192.00	192.00

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.