Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers less than 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher and over 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers less than 850 lbs sold unevenly steady, over 850 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was good with some internet buying. Several load lots on hand Thursday with the normal run of packages. Bulk of the cattle coming out of grow yards and sold in medium flesh and a few carried some tag (mud).

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $350.72/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −130.03 against this barn's trailing median of $480.75.

Average price

$350.72

37 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,768

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+19.74

vs SD average

+34.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	504	350.72	1,768	37

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.85, low $442.27, median $480.75 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale37 hd

350.72

—

SD average6 barns · 1,263 hd

330.98

+19.74

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

+34.65

This barn, trailing median18 sales

480.75

−130.03

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

Every lot, as filed

46 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	265.09/cwt	258.00–268.25	1,967	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,204	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	848	247.26/cwt	247.00–247.50	2,097	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	751	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,802	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,708	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	228.15/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,871	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	256.83/cwt	249.50–260.50	2,106	759
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,501	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,187	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,461	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,665	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,766	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,909	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	205.06/cwt	203.75–206.00	2,010	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	226.16/cwt	224.25–228.50	1,938	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	255.55/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,848	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	251.40/cwt	246.00–254.50	1,943	181
Steers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,076	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,195	7
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	221.25/cwt	221.25–221.25	2,330	72
Steers	Large 1	650–700	693	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,733	33
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,158	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	2,275	9
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	223.56/cwt	219.50–227.50	2,240	118
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,128	212.25/cwt	212.25–212.25	2,394	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	260.75/cwt	258.00–264.00	1,739	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	231.71/cwt	231.25–232.25	1,824	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	264.38/cwt	261.00–269.00	1,795	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	880	246.96/cwt	246.75–247.10	2,173	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	236.54/cwt	234.00–241.25	2,160	416
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	1,750	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	236.25/cwt	236.25–236.25	2,263	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	350.72/cwt	349.00–351.00	1,768	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,563	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	896	233.75/cwt	233.75–233.75	2,094	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	290.30/cwt	281.00–296.00	1,785	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	276.37/cwt	272.00–285.50	1,973	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	224.77/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,726	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,597	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,584	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	796	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,703	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	243.60/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,642	15
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,025	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,040	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	691	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,645	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	735	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,808	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	787	219.17/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,725	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	869	216.93/cwt	210.00–219.85	1,885	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	299.56/cwt	295.50–301.00	2,013	42

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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