Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2024-04-25

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 25
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,710 head
▼ 1,850 vs last sale 4,560▼ 1,508 vs year ago 4,218 · −35.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 900-1000 lbs. sold 7.00-9.00 lower, steers 1000-1200 lbs. sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 750-1000 lbs. sold unevenly steady. Demand was good. Some load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 2nd, expecting 2500 head of feeders, will be featuring fall grass calves, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $308.93/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −175.36 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.
Average price
$308.93
7 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−13.73
vs SD average
−0.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547308.931,6897thin
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 sale7 hd
308.93
—
SD average5 barns · 294 hd
322.66
−13.73
National average173 barns · 10,802 hd
309.55
−0.62
This barn, trailing median11 sales
484.29
−175.36
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
553509465421median 484.2903/0503/1905/0708/2010/22
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

41 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1133
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1393370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,45412
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,56325
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6974
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned580287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,6683
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed651290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,88818
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,7886
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2697265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,84711
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727258.85/cwt253.00–264.001,88239
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned747247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,84518
Steers750–800Large 2753230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,73227
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779244.39/cwt243.00–247.001,90432
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2812231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,8767
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830239.75/cwt239.75–239.751,99025
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1925229.13/cwt225.50–230.352,119116
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1971221.13/cwt218.00–221.502,14794
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy994200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,98810
Steers1000–1050Large 1Fleshy1,026203.22/cwt196.00–208.002,08520
Steers1000–1050Large 11,030221.69/cwt216.10–223.352,283400
Steers1050–1100Large 11,081214.11/cwt212.25–215.102,315354
Steers1150–1200Large 11,168212.35/cwt212.35–212.352,480108
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1384375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,44010
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,2853
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,40025
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533284.18/cwt278.00–289.001,5157
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5534
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,6645
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1686242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,6604
Heifers650–700Large 2692216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,49532
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned709220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,56014
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2739216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5966
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1762230.17/cwt221.00–236.001,754348
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,5943
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1811224.38/cwt218.00–236.001,820119
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1886218.81/cwt216.50–222.351,939355
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1908208.87/cwt204.00–213.001,897342
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2944192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,8126
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1976198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,93715
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1514312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,6044
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1613281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,72312
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1797216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,7225

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.