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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-04

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 4

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Mar 28Apr 4Apr 11 →

Receipts

1,602 head

▼ 585 vs last sale 2,187▼ 855 vs year ago 2,457 · −34.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 950-1000 lbs. sold 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 750-900 lbs. sold 1.00-4.00 lower. Demand was fair. Due to weekend snow storm, numbers of feeders were down today. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 11th, expecting 3500 head of headers, 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 $282.42/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −143.82 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$282.42

19 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$110

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

$1.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.72

vs SD average

+11.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	283.00	1,537	12thin
Medium and Large 1	585	281.43	1,646	7thin

One grade step is worth $1.57/cwt here — about −$110 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 sale19 hd

282.42

—

SD average4 barns · 377 hd

297.15

−14.72

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

+11.83

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−143.82

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

34 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,830	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	286.01/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,630	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,881	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	694	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,943	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	254.78/cwt	254.00–255.00	1,852	41
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	247.00/cwt	246.00–248.50	1,887	23
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	805	236.58/cwt	234.00–239.00	1,904	31
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	245.47/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,996	113
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	234.24/cwt	231.50–239.00	2,085	27
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	944	231.75/cwt	231.75–231.75	2,188	26
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	231.75/cwt	231.60–232.00	2,246	116
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	970	206.66/cwt	201.50–216.00	2,005	17
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	986	218.85/cwt	216.00–221.00	2,158	7
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,002	230.35/cwt	230.35–230.35	2,308	42
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,117	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,379	108
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,170	195.75/cwt	195.75–195.75	2,290	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,518	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,497	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,573	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	281.43/cwt	278.00–286.00	1,646	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	277.05/cwt	263.00–277.50	1,751	95
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	215.72/cwt	212.50–218.00	1,450	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	691	252.48/cwt	245.00–254.50	1,745	46
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,699	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,709	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	234.19/cwt	231.50–235.00	1,789	91
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,759	33
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	835	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,820	109
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	224.91/cwt	221.85–233.00	1,882	219
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	866	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,732	16
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	218.37/cwt	214.00–221.00	1,913	248
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	931	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,913	29
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	998	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,851	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,660	5

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 Apr 4, 2024

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

Receipts 1,602Last week 2,187Year ago 2,457

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	1000–1050	1,002	230.35	230.35
108	1100–1150	1,117	213.00	213.00
13	1150–1200	1,170	195.75	195.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	950–1000	986	216.00–221.00	218.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	570	282.50–290.00	286.01
11	650–700	679	277.00	277.00
31	800–850	805	234.00–239.00	236.58
17	950–1000	970	201.50–216.00	206.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	512	357.50	357.50
4	650–700	694	280.00	280.00
41	700–750	727	254.00–255.00	254.78
23	750–800	764	246.00–248.50	247.00
113	800–850	813	238.00–248.00	245.47
27	850–900	890	231.50–239.00	234.24
26	900–950	944	231.75	231.75
116	950–1000	969	231.60–232.00	231.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
109	800–850	835	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	518	289.00	289.00
6	550–600	568	277.00	277.00
7	650–700	672	212.50–218.00	215.72
10	700–750	740	231.00	231.00
33	750–800	773	227.50	227.50
16	850–900	866	200.00	200.00
29	900–950	931	205.50	205.50
5	950–1000	998	185.50	185.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	496	306.00	306.00
7	550–600	585	278.00–286.00	281.43
95	600–650	632	263.00–277.50	277.05
46	650–700	691	245.00–254.50	252.48
11	700–750	720	236.00	236.00
91	750–800	764	231.50–235.00	234.19
219	800–850	837	221.85–233.00	224.91
248	850–900	876	214.00–221.00	218.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	606	274.00	274.00

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.