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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-21

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 21

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Mar 14Mar 21Mar 28 →

Receipts

2,549 head

▼ 1,511 vs last sale 4,060▼ 1,954 vs year ago 4,503 · −43.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 800-950 lbs. sold 2.00-5.00 lower, feeder heifers 800-900 lbs. sold steady to 4.00 lower. Demand was good. Few load lots today. The next feeder cattle auction will be March 28th, expecting 3000 head of feeders, starting at 9:30 am. This will be their special calves to go on grass feeder sale

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $289.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −195.29 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$289.00

5 head · 594 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−50.85

vs SD average

−29.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	594	289.00	1,717	5thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

289.00

—

SD average6 barns · 1,031 hd

339.85

−50.85

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−29.29

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−195.29

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.85, low $435.10, median $484.29 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

46 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,402	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,713	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,717	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,815	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	220.86/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,409	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	292.65/cwt	289.00–294.00	1,993	41
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	270.56/cwt	268.00–271.00	1,872	47
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,930	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,971	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,861	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	257.53/cwt	243.50–272.00	2,011	43
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	801	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,742	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	809	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,881	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	254.60/cwt	247.50–256.25	2,080	146
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	838	241.55/cwt	237.50–243.75	2,024	103
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	237.84/cwt	236.50–246.00	2,062	157
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	899	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,023	31
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	231.39/cwt	225.00–234.25	2,117	333
Steers	900–950	Medium 1	945	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	2,225	23
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	227.18/cwt	226.50–228.50	2,210	225
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,005	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	2,055	10
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,025	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	2,342	132
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,109	216.75/cwt	216.75–216.75	2,404	31
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1-2	1,143	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	2,235	10
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1-2	1,158	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,200	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,328	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,310	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,448	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,522	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,553	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	603	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,266	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,717	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	258.28/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,746	50
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	699	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,709	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	239.45/cwt	238.00–243.50	1,770	31
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	239.25/cwt	239.25–239.25	1,768	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	228.22/cwt	227.00–232.00	1,776	50
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,541	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	228.32/cwt	219.00–232.00	1,865	117
Heifers	800–850	Large 2	819	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,515	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	219.88/cwt	215.00–220.85	1,931	146
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	913	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,753	31
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	216.48/cwt	208.25–220.35	2,009	395
Heifers	900–950	Large 2	935	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,833	55
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	951	213.75/cwt	213.75–213.75	2,033	22
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,829	21

This sale against other markets

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD

Thu Mar 21, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 2,549Last week 4,060Year ago 4,503

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	819	185.00	185.00
55	900–950	935	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	468	280.00	280.00
3	500–550	517	280.00	280.00
8	550–600	575	270.00	270.00
7	600–650	603	210.00	210.00
12	700–750	739	239.25	239.25
11	750–800	790	195.00	195.00
31	900–950	913	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	394	337.00	337.00
3	500–550	532	286.00	286.00
13	600–650	648	265.00	265.00
50	650–700	676	253.00–260.00	258.28
31	700–750	739	238.00–243.50	239.45
50	750–800	778	227.00–232.00	228.22
117	800–850	817	219.00–232.00	228.32
146	850–900	878	215.00–220.85	219.88
395	900–950	928	208.25–220.35	216.48
22	950–1000	951	213.75	213.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	699	244.50	244.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,005	204.50	204.50
10	1100–1150	1,143	195.50	195.50
3	1150–1200	1,158	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
132	1000–1050	1,025	228.50	228.50
31	1100–1150	1,109	216.75	216.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	320.00	320.00
5	550–600	594	289.00	289.00
10	600–650	626	290.00	290.00
47	650–700	692	268.00–271.00	270.56
11	700–750	745	264.50	264.50
3	750–800	772	241.00	241.00
11	800–850	809	232.50	232.50
31	850–900	899	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	638	200.00–230.00	220.86
7	800–850	801	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	484	354.00	354.00
41	650–700	681	289.00–294.00	292.65
7	700–750	731	264.00	264.00
43	750–800	781	243.50–272.00	257.53
146	800–850	817	247.50–256.25	254.60
157	850–900	867	236.50–246.00	237.84
333	900–950	915	225.00–234.25	231.39
225	950–1000	973	226.50–228.50	227.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	900–950	945	235.50	235.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
103	800–850	838	237.50–243.75	241.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	650–700	680	269.00	269.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.