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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-16

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 16

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← May 9May 16May 23 →

Receipts

1,256 head

▼ 116 vs last sale 1,372▼ 2,124 vs year ago 3,380 · −62.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 700-950 lbs. sold on a higher undertone, steers 950-1000 lbs. sold 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700-900 lbs. sold on unevenly steady undertone, heifers 900-950 lbs. sold 5.00 higher. Demand was good. A couple load lots today. Flesh determined prices today. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 23rd , expecting 1500 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 $210.00/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −216.24 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$210.00

9 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,176

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−90.68

vs SD average

−60.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	560	210.00	1,176	9thin

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 sale9 hd

210.00

—

SD average3 barns · 418 hd

300.68

−90.68

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−60.00

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−216.24

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,545	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	257.74/cwt	251.00–261.00	1,621	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,946	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	697	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,673	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	256.10/cwt	244.00–260.00	1,839	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,933	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,064	54
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	822	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,915	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	834	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,989	24
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	854	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,964	15
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	243.02/cwt	239.50–245.00	2,124	42
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	921	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,750	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	232.36/cwt	225.50–236.00	2,145	82
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	223.26/cwt	220.00–224.25	2,179	143
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,018	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,873	4
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,037	221.53/cwt	221.50–221.75	2,297	75
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,114	214.75/cwt	214.75–214.75	2,392	36
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,176	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	260.32/cwt	259.00–263.00	1,752	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,384	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,760	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	751	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,802	91
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,892	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	802	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,756	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,005	58
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	221.86/cwt	215.00–226.50	1,937	270
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	911	216.67/cwt	210.00–221.75	1,974	123
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	985	207.25/cwt	207.25–207.25	2,041	15
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,039	207.10/cwt	207.10–207.10	2,152	25

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 16, 2024

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

Receipts 1,256Last week 1,372Year ago 3,380

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	1000–1050	1,039	207.10	207.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	673	259.00–263.00	260.32
10	700–750	704	250.00	250.00
91	750–800	751	240.00	240.00
58	800–850	839	239.00	239.00
270	850–900	873	215.00–226.50	221.86
123	900–950	911	210.00–221.75	216.67
15	950–1000	985	207.25	207.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	560	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	692	200.00	200.00
10	750–800	790	239.50	239.50
13	800–850	802	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,018	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	1000–1050	1,037	221.50–221.75	221.53
36	1100–1150	1,114	214.75	214.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	800–850	834	238.50	238.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	567	272.50	272.50
12	600–650	629	251.00–261.00	257.74
5	650–700	697	240.00	240.00
17	700–750	718	244.00–260.00	256.10
3	800–850	822	233.00	233.00
15	850–900	854	230.00	230.00
4	900–950	921	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	634	307.00	307.00
5	750–800	773	250.00	250.00
54	800–850	811	254.50	254.50
42	850–900	874	239.50–245.00	243.02
82	900–950	923	225.50–236.00	232.36
143	950–1000	976	220.00–224.25	223.26

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.