Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers up to 950 lbs. sold on a lower undertone, steers 950- 1150 lbs. sold on a higher undertone. Feeder heifers up to 850 lbs. sold steady to a higher undertone, heifers 900-950 lbs. sold 2.00 higher. Demand was good. Some large load lots today, Buyers could fill large pens easily with one man's feeders. The next feeder cattle auction will be June 6th, expecting 1000-1500 head of feeders, starting at 10: 00 am. Then on June 13th, MLM will hold their summer time "BBQ" special.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $262.25/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −164.17 against this barn's trailing median of $426.42.

Average price

$262.25

12 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,465

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$7.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−50.33

vs SD average

−5.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	267.50	1,543	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	552	260.50	1,439	9thin

One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about $105 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 sale12 hd

262.25

—

SD average3 barns · 408 hd

312.58

−50.33

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−5.37

This barn, trailing median18 sales

426.42

−164.17

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

35 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	Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,144	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,139	14
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1200–1250	1,226	184.85/cwt	184.85–184.85	2,266	60
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	2,269	23
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	227.99/cwt	225.00–228.50	2,314	139
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,107	217.10/cwt	217.10–217.10	2,403	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,543	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,679	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,339	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	256.30/cwt	256.00–258.00	1,630	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	217.54/cwt	216.00–224.00	1,895	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,037	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	336.26/cwt	320.00–348.00	1,601	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,336	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	211.24/cwt	208.00–212.50	2,055	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,114	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	233.25/cwt	233.25–233.25	2,204	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,491	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	218.48/cwt	216.75–220.10	1,995	305
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	237.49/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,886	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	219.75/cwt	218.00–220.25	1,932	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,877	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,832	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	251.80/cwt	250.00–256.00	2,085	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,852	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,729	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	286.99/cwt	281.00–298.00	1,934	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	236.97/cwt	229.75–240.25	2,329	425
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,928	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,712	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	274.32/cwt	272.50–278.00	1,712	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	248.39/cwt	245.00–264.00	1,771	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,371	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	323.08/cwt	314.00–330.00	1,625	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,459	11

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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