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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 11

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Apr 4Apr 11Apr 18 →

Receipts

3,265 head

▲ 1,663 vs last sale 1,602▼ 1,915 vs year ago 5,180 · −37.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 750-950 lbs. sold unevenly steady. Many feeders carrying extra flesh causing lower price, thin fleshed topped the market. Demand was good. Many large load lots today. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 18th, expecting 2500 head of feeders, starting at 10:00 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 $285.02/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −141.22 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$285.02

78 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$440

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

$91.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.77

vs SD average

+21.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	299.05	1,606	53
Medium and Large 1-2	575	261.80	1,505	22
Medium and Large 2	562	207.50	1,166	3thin

One grade step is worth $91.55/cwt here — about $440 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale78 hd

285.02

—

SD average5 barns · 495 hd

290.79

−5.77

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

+21.06

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−141.22

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

54 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	324	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,231	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,488	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,612	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	303.11/cwt	297.50–307.50	1,337	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,735	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,731	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,701	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	184.43/cwt	170.00–220.00	992	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	317.53/cwt	315.00–319.00	1,807	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,487	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,361	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	290.54/cwt	284.00–295.00	1,854	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	286.53/cwt	284.50–292.00	1,946	115
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,365	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	727	238.89/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,737	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,976	57
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	749	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,798	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	264.71/cwt	248.50–270.25	2,038	111
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	236.06/cwt	231.50–246.00	1,820	67
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	254.84/cwt	245.25–258.60	2,123	175
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	220.12/cwt	219.25–225.50	1,950	55
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	905	246.75/cwt	246.75–246.75	2,233	57
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	230.76/cwt	222.50–237.00	2,107	144
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	922	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,024	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	950	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	2,076	12
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	233.25/cwt	224.50–236.10	2,246	173
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	986	222.23/cwt	218.50–224.00	2,191	183
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,116	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,455	172
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,255	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	352	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,320	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,338	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	340.84/cwt	332.50–343.00	1,558	40
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,440	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	302.67/cwt	297.00–306.00	1,595	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,166	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	287.92/cwt	281.00–291.00	1,635	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	261.80/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,505	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	604	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,504	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	268.93/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,675	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	253.28/cwt	253.00–255.00	1,606	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	258.56/cwt	256.00–259.00	1,771	67
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,599	32
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	248.76/cwt	243.00–249.50	1,786	35
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	242.44/cwt	228.75–245.50	1,881	281
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	218.47/cwt	206.00–224.50	1,702	78
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	218.73/cwt	215.00–223.25	1,824	243
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	219.89/cwt	215.10–225.25	1,911	483
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	208.77/cwt	208.50–209.75	1,827	47
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	896	207.23/cwt	193.00–208.25	1,857	73
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	918	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,919	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	211.94/cwt	210.25–218.00	1,954	88
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,066	24
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	989	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,998	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	1000–1050	Large 1	1,028	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,994	4

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 11, 2024

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Receipts 3,265Last week 1,602Year ago 5,180

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	342	367.00	367.00
6	350–400	352	375.00	375.00
40	450–500	457	332.50–343.00	340.84
40	500–550	527	297.00–306.00	302.67
13	550–600	568	281.00–291.00	287.92
30	600–650	623	266.00–270.00	268.93
67	650–700	685	256.00–259.00	258.56
35	700–750	718	243.00–249.50	248.76
281	750–800	776	228.75–245.50	242.44
243	800–850	834	215.00–223.25	218.73
483	850–900	869	215.10–225.25	219.89
88	900–950	922	210.25–218.00	211.94
24	950–1000	972	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	302.00	302.00
6	450–500	472	305.00	305.00
22	550–600	575	256.00–270.00	261.80
34	600–650	634	253.00–255.00	253.28
32	700–750	717	223.00	223.00
78	750–800	779	206.00–224.50	218.47
47	850–900	875	208.50–209.75	208.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	562	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	604	249.00	249.00
73	850–900	896	193.00–208.25	207.23
9	900–950	918	209.00	209.00
4	950–1000	989	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	324	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	535	318.00	318.00
10	550–600	583	255.00	255.00
11	700–750	749	240.00	240.00
67	750–800	771	231.50–246.00	236.06
4	900–950	922	219.50	219.50
12	950–1000	950	218.50	218.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	441	297.50–307.50	303.11
10	500–550	538	170.00–220.00	184.43
3	600–650	605	225.00	225.00
5	700–750	700	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
172	1100–1150	1,116	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	372	400.00	400.00
4	400–450	408	395.00	395.00
25	450–500	453	383.00	383.00
14	500–550	509	340.00	340.00
31	550–600	569	315.00–319.00	317.53
34	600–650	638	284.00–295.00	290.54
115	650–700	679	284.50–292.00	286.53
57	700–750	732	270.00	270.00
111	750–800	770	248.50–270.25	264.71
175	800–850	833	245.25–258.60	254.84
55	850–900	886	219.25–225.50	220.12
144	900–950	913	222.50–237.00	230.76
173	950–1000	963	224.50–236.10	233.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	727	230.00–244.00	238.89
183	950–1000	986	218.50–224.00	222.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	900–950	905	246.75	246.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,028	194.00	194.00

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.