Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light steers 450-600 lbs. sold unevenly steady, 900 lbs. and up sold steady to higher. Light heifers up to 600 lbs. sold on a lower undertone. Heifers 850-1000

lbs. sold unevenly steady. Demand was good. Many large load lots in today's offering. Reputation feeders with light flesh were in top demand. Top dollar was on some light fleshed heavy steers. The next feeder cattle auction will be Nov. 14th, 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 $307.84/cwt on 233 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −172.91 against this barn's trailing median of $480.75.

Average price

$307.84

233 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$31.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.90

vs SD average

+5.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	317.37	1,742	162
Medium and Large 1-2	574	286.11	1,643	71

One grade step is worth $31.26/cwt here — about $100 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

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 sale233 hd

307.84

—

SD average9 barns · 8,047 hd

318.74

−10.90

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+5.99

This barn, trailing median18 sales

480.75

−172.91

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 1	1150–1200	1,167	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	2,328	11
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	2,082	59
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,079	208.33/cwt	207.50–212.50	2,248	48
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	228.14/cwt	228.00–228.25	2,322	107
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,130	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,328	10
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,109	221.61/cwt	208.75–224.60	2,458	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	282.34/cwt	273.00–284.00	1,666	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	302.33/cwt	288.00–314.00	1,336	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,095	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,895	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	551	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,223	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,388	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	313.64/cwt	305.00–321.00	1,449	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,426	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	316.43/cwt	312.00–323.00	1,674	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	229.21/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,969	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	248.64/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,678	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	310.86/cwt	295.00–320.50	1,452	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,216	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	317.93/cwt	297.00–320.50	1,784	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	392.55/cwt	387.50–395.00	1,449	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	212.17/cwt	210.50–218.00	2,050	354
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,711	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,776	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	989	239.20/cwt	229.50–245.00	2,366	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	265.97/cwt	264.00–272.00	1,537	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	278.78/cwt	277.00–281.00	1,458	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,402	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	218.73/cwt	216.00–225.00	2,017	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	327.72/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,442	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	293.49/cwt	282.00–307.50	1,594	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	342.59/cwt	339.00–347.00	1,638	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	950–1000	988	245.98/cwt	244.00–246.25	2,430	369
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	243.25/cwt	243.25–243.25	2,223	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,234	6
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,069	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,405	4
Steers	Large 1Thin Fleshed	1000–1050	1,014	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,489	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	729	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,750	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	998	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	2,231	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	822	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,899	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	898	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,949	59

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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