Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 750-950 lbs. sold unevenly steady. Many feeders carrying extra flesh causing lower price, thin fleshed topped the market. Demand was good. Many large load lots today. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 18th, expecting 2500 head of feeders, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $285.02/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −141.40 against this barn's trailing median of $426.42.

Average price

$285.02

78 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$440

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

$91.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.77

vs SD average

+21.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	299.05	1,606	53
Medium and Large 1-2	575	261.80	1,505	22
Medium and Large 2	562	207.50	1,166	3thin

One grade step is worth $91.55/cwt here — about $440 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale78 hd

285.02

—

SD average5 barns · 495 hd

290.79

−5.77

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

+21.06

This barn, trailing median18 sales

426.42

−141.40

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

54 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 1	900–950	922	211.94/cwt	210.25–218.00	1,954	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	258.56/cwt	256.00–259.00	1,771	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	302.67/cwt	297.00–306.00	1,595	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	2,076	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	218.47/cwt	206.00–224.50	1,702	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	208.77/cwt	208.50–209.75	1,827	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,599	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	261.80/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,505	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,440	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,798	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,487	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	253.28/cwt	253.00–255.00	1,606	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,231	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,701	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	922	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,024	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	303.11/cwt	297.50–307.50	1,337	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	184.43/cwt	170.00–220.00	992	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,365	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,361	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,166	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	236.06/cwt	231.50–246.00	1,820	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	896	207.23/cwt	193.00–208.25	1,857	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	604	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,504	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	918	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,919	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	989	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,998	4
Bulls	Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,994	4
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,116	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,455	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,731	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	268.93/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,675	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,066	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	287.92/cwt	281.00–291.00	1,635	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	986	222.23/cwt	218.50–224.00	2,191	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	727	238.89/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,737	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,255	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,320	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	233.25/cwt	224.50–236.10	2,246	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	220.12/cwt	219.25–225.50	1,950	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	290.54/cwt	284.00–295.00	1,854	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	317.53/cwt	315.00–319.00	1,807	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,735	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	219.89/cwt	215.10–225.25	1,911	483
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,488	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,612	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	286.53/cwt	284.50–292.00	1,946	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	254.84/cwt	245.25–258.60	2,123	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	340.84/cwt	332.50–343.00	1,558	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	230.76/cwt	222.50–237.00	2,107	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	242.44/cwt	228.75–245.50	1,881	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	264.71/cwt	248.50–270.25	2,038	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,976	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	248.76/cwt	243.00–249.50	1,786	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,338	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	900–950	905	246.75/cwt	246.75–246.75	2,233	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	218.73/cwt	215.00–223.25	1,824	243

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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