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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-28

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 28

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Mar 21Mar 28Apr 4 →

Receipts

2,187 head

▼ 362 vs last sale 2,549▼ 2,826 vs year ago 5,013 · −56.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers 900-1000 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 800-900 lbs. sold steady to 1.00 higher, a much higher undertone was noted on light heifers. Demand was real good. Many load lots in todays offering. Featuring one consignor of 750 head of feeders. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 4th, expecting 3000 head of feeders, starting at 9:30 am.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.58/cwt on 151 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −113.66 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$312.58

151 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$32.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.82

vs SD average

+45.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	314.07	1,654	144
Medium and Large 1-2	529	282.00	1,492	7thin

One grade step is worth $32.07/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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale151 hd

312.58

—

SD average4 barns · 553 hd

303.76

+8.82

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

+45.71

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−113.66

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

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.03, low $337.65, median $426.24 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

29 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,331	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	408	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,367	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,782	41
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,743	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,937	62
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,792	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	289.87/cwt	286.00–292.50	1,977	35
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	270.09/cwt	270.00–270.10	1,993	101
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	748	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,930	33
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	808	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,899	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	236.78/cwt	235.85–237.75	2,185	133
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	227.25/cwt	226.75–227.75	2,198	136
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	981	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,178	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	340.41/cwt	340.00–341.00	1,287	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	462	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,377	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,671	88
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,492	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	290.61/cwt	284.00–291.00	1,616	56
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	294.75/cwt	281.00–296.00	1,813	294
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,615	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	252.81/cwt	250.25–257.00	1,739	75
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	702	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,681	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	749	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,902	98
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	771	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,820	49
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	244.00/cwt	239.75–253.60	1,908	355
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	229.76/cwt	222.00–240.10	1,882	192
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,835	27
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	219.86/cwt	219.10–221.10	1,935	168
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	208.25/cwt	208.25–208.25	1,989	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 28, 2024

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

Receipts 2,187Last week 2,549Year ago 5,013

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	750–800	771	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	500–550	508	329.00	329.00
56	550–600	556	284.00–291.00	290.61
294	600–650	615	281.00–296.00	294.75
75	650–700	688	250.25–257.00	252.81
98	700–750	749	254.00	254.00
355	750–800	782	239.75–253.60	244.00
192	800–850	819	222.00–240.10	229.76
168	850–900	880	219.10–221.10	219.86
21	950–1000	955	208.25	208.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	378	340.00–341.00	340.41
10	450–500	462	298.00	298.00
7	500–550	529	282.00	282.00
4	650–700	659	245.00	245.00
4	700–750	702	239.50	239.50
27	800–850	836	219.50	219.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	808	235.00	235.00
15	950–1000	981	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	352.00	352.00
6	400–450	408	335.00	335.00
18	550–600	564	309.00	309.00
14	600–650	632	283.50	283.50
33	700–750	748	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	450–500	495	360.00	360.00
62	600–650	610	317.50	317.50
35	650–700	682	286.00–292.50	289.87
101	700–750	738	270.00–270.10	270.09
133	900–950	923	235.85–237.75	236.78
136	950–1000	967	226.75–227.75	227.25

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.