Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers up to 850 lbs. sold on an unevenly steady undertone, steers 900 lbs, and up sold on a higher undertone. Heifers up to 850 lbs. sold on a lower undertone, heifers 900-950 lbs. sold steady. Demand was good. A couple load lots today. Fewer feeder today to get a true market, Had a true set of fall red calves at 500 lbs. bring top money. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 30th, expecting 2000 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 $287.50/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −138.92 against this barn's trailing median of $426.42.

Average price

$287.50

18 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$510

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

$87.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.97

vs SD average

+11.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	302.00	1,724	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	565	215.00	1,215	3thin

One grade step is worth $87.00/cwt here — about $510 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale18 hd

287.50

—

SD average4 barns · 420 hd

306.47

−18.97

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

+11.04

This barn, trailing median18 sales

426.42

−138.92

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

33 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	Large 1	1150–1200	1,185	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,370	7
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,119	212.87/cwt	205.00–214.00	2,382	117
Steers	Large 1	1300–1350	1,344	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,607	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,007	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,846	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,778	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,270	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,565	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,618	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,745	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	951	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	1,945	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	893	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,397	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,456	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	318.47/cwt	317.50–319.00	1,936	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,031	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,970	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	565	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,215	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	552	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,835	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	698	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,256	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	993	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,175	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,724	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	237.18/cwt	232.00–243.00	1,826	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,839	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,336	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	342.49/cwt	336.00–345.00	1,586	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,757	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	230.15/cwt	229.00–231.00	1,869	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	237.46/cwt	223.00–238.75	2,154	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	215.83/cwt	210.25–218.85	1,992	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,027	8

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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