Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light feeder steers up to 650 lbs. sold on dollars higher undertone, steers 650 lbs. and up sold on a higher undertone. Heifers up to 900 lbs. sold on a higher undertone, heifers 900 lbs. and up sold 3.00-6.00 higher. Many large load lots in heavier feeders. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be in TWO WEEKS, Dec. 5th, expecting 3000 head of feeders, starting at 10:00 am. "HAPPY THANKSGING" From M L M

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $288.40/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −138.02 against this barn's trailing median of $426.42.

Average price

$288.40

152 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,549

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$21.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.38

vs SD average

+21.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	297.87	1,623	86
Medium and Large 1-2	527	276.06	1,454	66

One grade step is worth $21.81/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale152 hd

288.40

—

SD average8 barns · 4,086 hd

298.78

−10.38

National average196 barns · 21,141 hd

267.05

+21.35

This barn, trailing median18 sales

426.42

−138.02

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

47 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 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,010	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,212	39
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	219.46/cwt	213.50–225.75	2,221	321
Heifers	Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,193	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	2,285	16
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	238.24/cwt	224.00–249.75	2,428	236
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,071	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	2,254	4
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,082	222.75/cwt	222.75–222.75	2,410	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,137	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	314.28/cwt	302.50–325.00	1,681	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	290.78/cwt	260.00–330.00	1,271	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,817	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	264.91/cwt	263.50–268.00	1,709	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,830	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,622	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,065	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,310	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,219	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	251.06/cwt	243.00–259.00	1,722	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,580	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,245	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	283.52/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,602	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	229.99/cwt	227.50–233.75	2,040	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	219.32/cwt	218.75–220.00	2,112	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	309.15/cwt	279.00–335.00	1,385	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,661	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	332.35/cwt	317.00–340.00	1,722	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	251.93/cwt	242.00–264.50	1,675	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	227.02/cwt	224.00–227.50	2,077	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	267.23/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,948	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	276.30/cwt	271.00–286.00	1,448	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	285.11/cwt	272.50–299.00	1,782	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	956	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	314.58/cwt	301.00–318.00	1,787	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	306.31/cwt	291.00–311.00	1,461	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,572	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	370.82/cwt	365.00–377.50	1,576	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,592	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	349.04/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,305	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,226	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	289.61/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,567	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,287	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	277.49/cwt	275.00–278.50	1,884	34
Steers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,226	211.75/cwt	211.75–211.75	2,596	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	977	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,032	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	783	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,911	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	881	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,097	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	507	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,749	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	335.63/cwt	335.00–337.00	1,564	10

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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