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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-02

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 2

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Apr 25May 2May 9 →

Receipts

3,150 head

▲ 440 vs last sale 2,710▲ 1,717 vs year ago 1,433 · +119.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light steers up to 750 lbs. to go to grass, were dollars higher , most were thin fleshed. Steers 900-1150 lbs. were steady to 2.00 lower. Light heifers up to 700 lbs. sold dollars higher also, due to thin flesh. Heifers 800-1000 lbs. sold unevenly steady. Demand was good. Some load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 9th, 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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $327.44/cwt on 219 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −156.85 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$327.44

219 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,778

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$393

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

$63.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.86

vs SD average

+18.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	336.31	1,834	184
Medium and Large 1-2	543	321.00	1,743	6thin
Medium and Large 2	529	272.50	1,442	29

One grade step is worth $63.81/cwt here — about $393 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 sale219 hd

327.44

—

SD average5 barns · 725 hd

329.30

−1.86

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

+18.83

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−156.85

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

53 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,474	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	382.34/cwt	359.00–391.00	1,625	59
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	327.21/cwt	327.00–327.50	1,414	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	454	328.47/cwt	321.00–338.00	1,491	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,779	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	345.72/cwt	337.50–352.00	1,791	89
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,442	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,743	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	327.50/cwt	312.00–336.00	1,870	95
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	325.88/cwt	323.50–329.00	1,981	49
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	285.88/cwt	273.00–290.00	1,875	104
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	252.59/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,735	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	689	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,888	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	268.91/cwt	263.50–271.50	1,912	46
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	245.87/cwt	243.00–252.00	1,802	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	247.73/cwt	244.00–251.00	1,962	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	241.25/cwt	241.25–241.25	1,971	70
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,870	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	869	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,960	8
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	931	229.25/cwt	223.00–234.25	2,134	388
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	218.67/cwt	218.50–218.75	2,165	166
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,085	214.42/cwt	213.00–215.00	2,326	206
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,173	206.75/cwt	206.75–206.75	2,425	205
Steers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,202	202.75/cwt	202.75–202.75	2,437	75
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	308	331.35/cwt	265.00–370.00	1,021	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	397	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,441	25
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	339.78/cwt	337.50–341.00	1,427	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	324.37/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,366	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,127	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	308.13/cwt	301.00–314.00	1,451	53
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,242	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	499	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,360	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	301.39/cwt	283.00–325.00	1,573	117
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	265.18/cwt	255.00–276.00	1,400	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	267.62/cwt	212.50–278.00	1,533	50
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	300.22/cwt	285.00–311.50	1,735	134
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,734	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	241.79/cwt	230.00–248.00	1,485	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	629	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,573	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	259.48/cwt	257.00–261.00	1,764	54
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	229.42/cwt	226.00–231.00	1,567	38
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,755	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	231.52/cwt	209.00–236.00	1,709	44
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	796	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,799	77
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,776	23
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	845	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,783	15
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	875	206.46/cwt	201.00–206.75	1,807	121
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	223.91/cwt	223.25–224.50	1,964	129
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	892	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,762	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	205.84/cwt	205.00–209.00	1,918	52
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	970	193.25/cwt	193.25–193.25	1,875	52
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	984	202.90/cwt	202.10–207.00	1,997	89
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,021	202.78/cwt	198.85–208.00	2,070	100

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 May 2, 2024

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

Receipts 3,150Last week 2,710Year ago 1,433

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	397	363.00	363.00
12	400–450	421	312.50–330.00	324.37
53	450–500	471	301.00–314.00	308.13
117	500–550	522	283.00–325.00	301.39
134	550–600	578	285.00–311.50	300.22
17	600–650	602	288.00	288.00
54	650–700	680	257.00–261.00	259.48
4	700–750	725	242.00	242.00
77	750–800	796	226.00	226.00
23	800–850	802	221.50	221.50
129	850–900	877	223.25–224.50	223.91
52	900–950	932	205.00–209.00	205.84
89	950–1000	984	202.10–207.00	202.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	308	265.00–370.00	331.35
35	400–450	420	337.50–341.00	339.78
4	450–500	499	272.50	272.50
17	500–550	528	255.00–276.00	265.18
50	550–600	573	212.50–278.00	267.62
31	600–650	614	230.00–248.00	241.79
38	650–700	683	226.00–231.00	229.42
44	700–750	738	209.00–236.00	231.52
3	850–900	892	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	442	255.00	255.00
20	450–500	487	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	600–650	629	250.00	250.00
15	800–850	845	211.00	211.00
121	850–900	875	201.00–206.75	206.46
52	950–1000	970	193.25	193.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	1000–1050	1,021	198.85–208.00	202.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	400–450	425	359.00–391.00	382.34
42	450–500	486	366.00	366.00
89	500–550	518	337.50–352.00	345.72
95	550–600	571	312.00–336.00	327.50
49	600–650	608	323.50–329.00	325.88
104	650–700	656	273.00–290.00	285.88
46	700–750	711	263.50–271.50	268.91
15	750–800	792	244.00–251.00	247.73
70	800–850	817	241.25	241.25
388	900–950	931	223.00–234.25	229.25
166	950–1000	990	218.50–218.75	218.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	374	394.00	394.00
12	400–450	432	327.00–327.50	327.21
16	450–500	454	321.00–338.00	328.47
6	500–550	543	321.00	321.00
17	650–700	687	250.00–265.00	252.59
12	700–750	733	243.00–252.00	245.87
12	800–850	820	228.00	228.00
8	850–900	869	225.50	225.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	529	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
206	1050–1100	1,085	213.00–215.00	214.42
205	1150–1200	1,173	206.75	206.75
75	1200–1250	1,202	202.75	202.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	689	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.