Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2024-10-31

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 31
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,354 head
105 vs last sale 3,249 168 vs year ago 3,186 · +5.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Light feeder heifers sold dollars higher, 600-850 lbs, sold unevenly steady, 850 -950 lbs. were 2.00-600 lower. Demand was good. Many large load lots in todays offering. Reputation feeders with light flesh were in top demand. Top dollar was paid on some heavy thin fleshed steers straight off of grass. The next feeder cattle auction will be Nov.7th, expecting 2500 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 $309.48/cwt on 238 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits 171.28 against this barn's trailing median of $480.75.
Average price
$309.48
238 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,777
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.44
vs SD average
+8.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1574311.521,789220
Medium and Large 1-2572284.441,62718thin
One grade step is worth $27.08/cwt here — about $162 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
553511470428median 480.7512/1801/2903/0504/0908/20
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 sale238 hd
309.48
SD average11 barns · 12,215 hd
319.91
−10.44
National average185 barns · 40,108 hd
300.69
+8.79
This barn, trailing median18 sales
480.75
−171.28
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

49 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 1-21100–11501,149190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,1836
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550541287.24/cwt286.00–294.001,55418
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750721239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,7275
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700665240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5964
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550505273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,37914
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600554288.45/cwt277.00–294.001,598202
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450430305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,31232
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950935220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0573
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650642252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,6183
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900894226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,02014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600572284.44/cwt283.00–285.001,62718
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950934222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,07311
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350324312.42/cwt290.00–321.001,01214
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450405260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,05313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950930217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,0183
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900883216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,91224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750710267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,8963
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500465283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,3165
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800773238.93/cwt236.00–241.001,84712
SteersLarge 11000–10501,036233.08/cwt232.25–234.252,415253
SteersLarge 1Thin Fleshed1000–10501,022245.50/cwt245.50–245.502,50958
HeifersLarge 1-21050–11001,078192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,0703
SteersLarge 1-21000–10501,003212.00/cwt212.00–212.002,1265
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,046204.50/cwt204.50–204.502,13916
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000996210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,09265
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850848248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,10363
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed900–950931257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,39762
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400360345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,24221
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800754239.76/cwt239.76–239.761,80832
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700681282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,92440
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750732251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,837125
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500484346.01/cwt321.00–356.001,675165
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400388377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,46516
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625247.22/cwt247.00–249.501,54558
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000987249.50/cwt249.50–249.502,463128
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575311.56/cwt274.00–323.001,791215
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550544310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6865
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900876225.76/cwt223.50–227.501,978334
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950920222.20/cwt220.50–226.752,044344
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500490265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2994
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650640283.25/cwt283.25–283.251,81315
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900878246.49/cwt239.00–252.002,16438
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750715269.25/cwt268.50–270.001,92580
SteersLarge 11100–11501,127216.57/cwt209.10–227.002,44194
SteersLarge 11150–12001,172217.47/cwt216.35–218.002,549303
SteersLarge 11050–11001,073220.25/cwt218.00–223.502,36373
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750713217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5473
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700666254.58/cwt253.00–256.001,69657
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500467313.13/cwt296.00–315.501,462175

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.