Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light steers sold on a higher undertone, Heavy steers were higher. Was a lower undertone on light heifers, Heifers 900-950 lbs. were 3.00 higher. Few light calves today. One featured consignment of over 860 head of heavy feeder steers. Order buyers could fill large pens with one mans cattle. Most heavy feeders were in large load lots, bringing top money. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Oct. 10th, expecting 1500 head of feeders, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $236.27/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −244.49 against this barn's trailing median of $480.75.

Average price

$236.27

15 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,285

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$997

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

$215.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−60.52

vs SD average

−50.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	504	325.00	1,638	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	554	261.00	1,446	4thin
Medium 1-2	583	110.00	641	5thin

One grade step is worth $215.00/cwt here — about $997 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.85, low $442.27, median $480.75 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 sale15 hd

236.27

—

SD average5 barns · 521 hd

296.79

−60.52

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−50.55

This barn, trailing median18 sales

480.75

−244.49

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

32 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	1,173	216.97/cwt	208.00–218.85	2,545	570
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,080	218.26/cwt	212.00–225.60	2,357	393
Steers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,217	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,568	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	217.72/cwt	216.00–222.00	1,901	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	219.10/cwt	214.25–228.75	2,005	373
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,128	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	2,307	38
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,085	210.25/cwt	210.25–210.25	2,281	77
Steers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,053	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,159	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,638	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,088	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	864	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	997	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,446	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,756	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,160	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,738	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,060	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,128	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,360	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,938	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,552	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	280.40/cwt	279.00–284.00	1,231	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	236.64/cwt	233.00–237.00	1,872	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,368	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,470	7
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,037	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,115	51
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	583	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	641	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,372	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,510	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	231.12/cwt	223.00–233.00	1,888	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,094	5

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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