Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Trend not applicable, heavy steers and heifers were dollars higher. Today was some of the first spring calves in for offering. Light feeder calves that were "vaccinated " { for sure} and weaned brought top dollar. Most heavy feeders were in large load lots. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Sept. 26th, 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 $263.43/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −162.99 against this barn's trailing median of $426.42.

Average price

$263.43

21 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,455

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

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

$15.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.63

vs SD average

+26.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	266.35	1,460	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	571	251.00	1,433	4thin

One grade step is worth $15.35/cwt here — about $26 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 sale21 hd

263.43

—

SD average5 barns · 279 hd

268.06

−4.63

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

+26.42

This barn, trailing median18 sales

426.42

−162.99

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

41 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	1000–1050	1,028	193.51/cwt	193.00–195.00	1,989	27
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,035	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,293	13
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	750–800	797	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,813	21
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2	700–750	736	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,708	25
Steers	Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,186	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,336	5
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,163	212.60/cwt	212.60–212.60	2,473	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	278.33/cwt	277.00–279.00	1,645	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,541	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	231.99/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,800	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	306.33/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,005	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,636	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,332	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,411	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,944	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	219.21/cwt	211.00–228.00	2,131	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,431	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,468	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	332.18/cwt	332.00–332.50	1,432	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	344.76/cwt	342.50–353.00	1,493	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	898	244.41/cwt	243.00–244.50	2,195	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,467	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	251.40/cwt	249.00–253.00	1,875	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,271	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	243.25/cwt	243.25–243.25	2,194	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	305.26/cwt	294.00–307.00	1,624	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	253.72/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,550	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,795	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,841	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	882	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,007	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	901	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,045	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	239.38/cwt	234.00–240.35	2,056	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	217.03/cwt	209.00–228.00	1,964	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,977	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,433	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	1250–1300	1,285	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	2,422	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,125	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,138	5
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,109	202.89/cwt	198.50–206.50	2,250	30
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	225.71/cwt	222.75–228.25	2,307	213
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	198.42/cwt	196.50–214.50	2,004	114
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	225.61/cwt	224.85–226.35	2,394	109

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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