Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers sold on an unevenly steady undertone market. Light heifers up to 900 lbs. sold on an unevenly steady undertone. Heifers 900-1000 lbs. sold 1.00-3.00 higher. A higher undertone was noted on heifers over 1000 lb. Demand was good. Many large load lots in today's offering. One large consignment of heavy heifers straight of grass drew top dollar. The next feeder cattle auction will be Nov. 21st. expecting 2500 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 $261.37/cwt on 118 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −165.05 against this barn's trailing median of $426.42.

Average price

$261.37

118 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,446

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$674

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

$125.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.03

vs SD average

−3.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	275.65	1,535	81
Medium and Large 1-2	537	252.22	1,354	29
Medium and Large 2	574	150.00	861	8thin

One grade step is worth $125.65/cwt here — about $674 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

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 sale118 hd

261.37

—

SD average8 barns · 3,611 hd

295.40

−34.03

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

−3.73

This barn, trailing median18 sales

426.42

−165.05

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

53 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	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,326	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	792	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,965	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,203	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	255.50/cwt	255.00–256.00	1,622	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	861	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,047	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	244.43/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,403	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,279	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,369	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,387	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,541	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,084	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	304.55/cwt	270.00–308.50	1,593	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	255.56/cwt	254.00–258.00	1,630	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	299.48/cwt	291.00–303.00	1,452	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	325.04/cwt	312.00–329.00	1,437	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	315.27/cwt	307.50–337.50	1,337	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	280.44/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,509	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	239.24/cwt	238.50–241.50	1,785	44
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	215.66/cwt	209.50–221.25	2,211	114
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,148	222.25/cwt	222.25–222.25	2,551	44
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,134	209.25/cwt	209.25–209.25	2,373	54
Heifers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,058	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,053	4
Steers	Large 1Thin Fleshed	1000–1050	1,021	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,547	209
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,074	219.25/cwt	219.25–219.25	2,355	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,553	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,924	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	649	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,590	6
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,195	3
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,185	221.60/cwt	221.60–221.60	2,626	88
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	234.25/cwt	234.25–234.25	2,417	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,327	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,856	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,422	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	314.45/cwt	305.00–327.00	1,475	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	246.93/cwt	237.00–256.00	1,677	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	243.40/cwt	239.00–244.25	1,908	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	322.18/cwt	311.00–331.00	1,688	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	2,396	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	294.08/cwt	290.00–313.00	1,682	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	345.31/cwt	337.00–354.00	1,606	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	272.82/cwt	262.00–282.00	1,836	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,199	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	216.02/cwt	213.00–216.50	2,091	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	271.81/cwt	264.00–274.00	1,555	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,435	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	247.75/cwt	244.00–250.00	2,014	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	220.19/cwt	220.00–220.25	2,010	302
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,920	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	256.98/cwt	246.00–273.00	1,321	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	250.60/cwt	242.00–254.00	1,669	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	276.80/cwt	272.00–284.00	1,708	22

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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