Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Due to low numbers trend not applicable. Feeder steers sold on a higher undertone, steers 1050-1100 lbs. sold 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold on a lower undertone. Grain prices came in lower again this week. Demand was good. Most were larger load lots today. The next feeder cattle auction will be Aug. 8th, expecting 1000 head of feeders, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $251.14/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −130.01 against this barn's trailing median of $381.15.

Average price

$251.14

21 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$17

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

$3.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.80

vs SD average

−3.55 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	663	253.00	1,677	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	664	250.00	1,660	13thin

One grade step is worth $3.00/cwt here — about $17 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

21 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $395.51, low $366.17, median $381.15 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale21 hd

251.14

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SD average4 barns · 481 hd

277.94

−26.80

National average135 barns · 6,913 hd

254.69

−3.55

This barn, trailing median21 sales

381.15

−130.01

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

20 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,520	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,550	4
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,149	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,195	4
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,042	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,178	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,677	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,833	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,769	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,660	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	220.44/cwt	219.00–221.50	2,021	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	997	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,353	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,956	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,976	14
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,066	229.37/cwt	228.75–230.00	2,445	120
Heifers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,046	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,008	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	232.25/cwt	232.25–232.25	1,981	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	220.25/cwt	220.25–220.25	2,180	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,457	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,784	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,218	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,944	70

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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