Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers 900-1000 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 800-900 lbs. sold steady to 1.00 higher, a much higher undertone was noted on light heifers. Demand was real good. Many load lots in todays offering. Featuring one consignor of 750 head of feeders. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 4th, expecting 3000 head of feeders, starting at 9:30 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.58/cwt on 151 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −113.84 against this barn's trailing median of $426.42.

Average price

$312.58

151 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$32.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.82

vs SD average

+45.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	314.07	1,654	144
Medium and Large 1-2	529	282.00	1,492	7thin

One grade step is worth $32.07/cwt here — about $162 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.03, low $406.25, median $426.42 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 sale151 hd

312.58

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SD average4 barns · 553 hd

303.76

+8.82

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

+45.71

This barn, trailing median18 sales

426.42

−113.84

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

29 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	771	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,820	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	808	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,899	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	981	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,178	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	208.25/cwt	208.25–208.25	1,989	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	290.61/cwt	284.00–291.00	1,616	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	252.81/cwt	250.25–257.00	1,739	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,615	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,367	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,743	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	340.41/cwt	340.00–341.00	1,287	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,492	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,792	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,681	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,930	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,377	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	219.86/cwt	219.10–221.10	1,935	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,835	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	236.78/cwt	235.85–237.75	2,185	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,671	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,902	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	270.09/cwt	270.00–270.10	1,993	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	294.75/cwt	281.00–296.00	1,813	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,331	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	244.00/cwt	239.75–253.60	1,908	355
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	289.87/cwt	286.00–292.50	1,977	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,937	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	227.25/cwt	226.75–227.75	2,198	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	229.76/cwt	222.00–240.10	1,882	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,782	41

How this sale compares

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.

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