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Mitchell Livestock Auction

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

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jan 2Jan 9Jan 16 →

Receipts

6,033 head

▲ 1,330 vs last sale 4,703▲ 6,033 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers up to 800 lbs. sold steady to 7.00 higher most of the increase came on the lighter calves. Feeder steers over 800 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 lower . Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Many load lots today on the yearlings. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Jan. 16th, expecting 6000 head, starting at 9:00 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 $141.07/cwt on 3,021 head.

Average price

$141.07

3,021 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$990

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$475

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

$33.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.12

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	579	141.88	821	173
Medium and Large 1	708	141.08	999	2,843
Large 1	1,195	108.50	1,297	5thin

One grade step is worth $33.38/cwt here — about −$475 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 sale3,021 hd

141.07

—

SD average7 barns · 11,163 hd

142.19

−1.12

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

Every lot

52 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 1-2	345	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	652	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	198.48/cwt	197.00–199.00	740	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	183.88/cwt	181.00–186.00	702	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	192.58/cwt	183.00–200.00	818	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	177.89/cwt	177.00–184.00	783	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	182.01/cwt	175.00–190.00	845	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	856	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	175.88/cwt	166.50–179.00	925	169
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	856	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	155.35/cwt	153.50–160.00	892	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	171.06/cwt	164.50–180.50	985	256
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	161.60/cwt	156.00–165.75	1,005	222
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	151.33/cwt	151.00–153.50	967	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	154.41/cwt	149.75–160.50	1,035	350
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	670	145.75/cwt	143.50–148.00	977	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	715	144.12/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,030	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	148.73/cwt	145.00–152.50	1,074	282
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	133.46/cwt	130.50–141.00	980	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	146.66/cwt	142.00–152.75	1,135	304
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	138.33/cwt	138.00–138.50	1,083	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	786	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,142	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	142.71/cwt	136.00–144.25	1,187	250
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	142.14/cwt	139.00–143.50	1,247	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	918	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,216	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	140.62/cwt	136.25–143.00	1,302	214
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	974	137.50/cwt	133.00–139.10	1,339	81
Steers	—	Large 1	1,094	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,433	8
Steers	—	Large 1	1,179	127.88/cwt	126.25–128.25	1,508	27
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	386	160.43/cwt	160.00–161.00	619	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	168.78/cwt	166.00–171.00	658	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	160.03/cwt	152.00–167.00	687	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	159.35/cwt	153.00–167.00	773	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	745	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	152.96/cwt	149.00–155.50	806	281
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	146.59/cwt	142.50–157.00	855	295
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	139.62/cwt	138.50–144.50	825	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	599	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	842	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	625	138.00

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 Jan 9, 2020

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

Receipts 6,033Last week 4,703Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	526	166.50–179.00	175.88
256	—	576	164.50–180.50	171.06
250	—	832	136.00–144.25	142.71
27	—	464	175.00–190.00	182.01
15	—	373	197.00–199.00	198.48
304	—	774	142.00–152.75	146.66
282	—	722	145.00–152.50	148.73
81	—	974	133.00–139.10	137.50
50	—	877	139.00–143.50	142.14
44	—	425	183.00–200.00	192.58
350	—	670	149.75–160.50	154.41
222	—

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Mitchell Livestock Auction

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

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jan 2Jan 9Jan 16 →

Receipts

6,033 head

▲ 1,330 vs last sale 4,703▲ 6,033 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $141.07/cwt on 3,021 head.

Average price

$141.07

3,021 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$990

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$475

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

$33.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.12

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	579	141.88	821	173
Medium and Large 1	708	141.08	999	2,843
Large 1	1,195	108.50	1,297	5thin

One grade step is worth $33.38/cwt here — about −$475 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 sale3,021 hd

141.07

—

SD average7 barns · 11,163 hd

142.19

−1.12

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

Every lot

52 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 1-2	345	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	652	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	198.48/cwt	197.00–199.00	740	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	183.88/cwt	181.00–186.00	702	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	192.58/cwt	183.00–200.00	818	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	177.89/cwt	177.00–184.00	783	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	182.01/cwt	175.00–190.00	845	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	856	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	175.88/cwt	166.50–179.00	925	169
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	856	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	155.35/cwt	153.50–160.00	892	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	171.06/cwt	164.50–180.50	985	256
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	161.60/cwt	156.00–165.75	1,005	222
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	151.33/cwt	151.00–153.50	967	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	154.41/cwt	149.75–160.50	1,035	350
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	670	145.75/cwt	143.50–148.00	977	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	715	144.12/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,030	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	148.73/cwt	145.00–152.50	1,074	282
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	133.46/cwt	130.50–141.00	980	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	146.66/cwt	142.00–152.75	1,135	304
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	138.33/cwt	138.00–138.50	1,083	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	786	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,142	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	142.71/cwt	136.00–144.25	1,187	250
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	142.14/cwt	139.00–143.50	1,247	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	918	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,216	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	140.62/cwt	136.25–143.00	1,302	214
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	974	137.50/cwt	133.00–139.10	1,339	81
Steers	—	Large 1	1,094	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,433	8
Steers	—	Large 1	1,179	127.88/cwt	126.25–128.25	1,508	27
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	386	160.43/cwt	160.00–161.00	619	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	168.78/cwt	166.00–171.00	658	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	160.03/cwt	152.00–167.00	687	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	159.35/cwt	153.00–167.00	773	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	745	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	152.96/cwt	149.00–155.50	806	281
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	146.59/cwt	142.50–157.00	855	295
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	139.62/cwt	138.50–144.50	825	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	599	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	842	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	625	138.00

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 Jan 9, 2020

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

Receipts 6,033Last week 4,703Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	526	166.50–179.00	175.88
256	—	576	164.50–180.50	171.06
250	—	832	136.00–144.25	142.71
27	—	464	175.00–190.00	182.01
15	—	373	197.00–199.00	198.48
304	—	774	142.00–152.75	146.66
282	—	722	145.00–152.50	148.73
81	—	974	133.00–139.10	137.50
50	—	877	139.00–143.50	142.14
44	—	425	183.00–200.00	192.58
350	—	670	149.75–160.50	154.41
222	—

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,179	126.25–128.25	127.88
8	—	1,094	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	670	143.50–148.00	145.75
7	—	918	132.50	132.50
28	—	715	143.00–145.00	144.12
23	—	786	145.25	145.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	345	189.00	189.00
59	—	639	151.00–153.50	151.33
28	—	440	177.00–184.00	177.89
17	—	574	153.50–160.00	155.35
16	—	495	173.00	173.00
15	—	783	138.00–138.50	138.33
14	—	734	130.50–141.00	133.46
14	—	535	160.00	160.00
12	—	382	181.00–186.00	183.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	591	138.50–144.50	139.62
41	—	495	150.50	150.50
12	—	818	124.00	124.00
6	—	672	130.00	130.00
16	—	386	160.00–161.00	160.43
15	—	717	128.00–132.00	130.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	390	166.00–171.00	168.78
40	—	979	132.25	132.25
39	—	485	153.00–167.00	159.35
388	—	874	134.50–139.00	135.80
386	—	681	135.75–145.50	140.32
295	—	583	142.50–157.00	146.59
281	—	527	149.00–155.50	152.96
228	—	768	133.00–136.75	135.63
213	—	738	135.00–141.50	137.69
118	—	914	135.50	135.50
63	—	429	152.00–167.00	160.03
351	—	829	134.50–138.00	135.20
334	—	633	139.00–144.50	141.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,195	108.50	108.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	657	136.75	136.75
24	—	739	133.00–135.00	134.24
18	—	599	140.50	140.50
15	—	625	138.00	138.00