Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2024-05-16

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 16
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,256 head
116 vs last sale 1,372 2,124 vs year ago 3,380 · 62.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 700-950 lbs. sold on a higher undertone, steers 950-1000 lbs. sold 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700-900 lbs. sold on unevenly steady undertone, heifers 900-950 lbs. sold 5.00 higher. Demand was good. A couple load lots today. Flesh determined prices today. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 23rd , expecting 1500 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 $210.00/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits 216.42 against this barn's trailing median of $426.42.
Average price
$210.00
9 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,176
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
90.68
vs SD average
60.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2560210.001,1769thin
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
504467430392median 426.4212/1801/2903/0504/0906/11
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 sale9 hd
210.00
SD average3 barns · 418 hd
300.68
−90.68
National average167 barns · 11,471 hd
270.00
−60.00
This barn, trailing median18 sales
426.42
−216.42
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,039207.10/cwt207.10–207.102,15225
SteersLarge 1-21000–10501,018184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,8734
SteersLarge 11100–11501,114214.75/cwt214.75–214.752,39236
SteersLarge 11000–10501,037221.53/cwt221.50–221.752,29775
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy800–850834238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,98924
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700673260.32/cwt259.00–263.001,7529
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700697240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6735
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,5456
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600560210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1769
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850802219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,75613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650629257.74/cwt251.00–261.001,62112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750718256.10/cwt244.00–260.001,83917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700692200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3843
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800773250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9335
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850811254.50/cwt254.50–254.502,06454
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800751240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,80291
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950921190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7504
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850822233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,9153
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000976223.26/cwt220.00–224.252,179143
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900874243.02/cwt239.50–245.002,12442
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950923232.36/cwt225.50–236.002,14582
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650634307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,9466
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900854230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,96415
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750704250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,76010
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000985207.25/cwt207.25–207.252,04115
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850839239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,00558
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800790239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,89210
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900873221.86/cwt215.00–226.501,937270
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950911216.67/cwt210.00–221.751,974123

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.