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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-23

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 23

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← May 16May 23May 30 →

Receipts

712 head

▼ 544 vs last sale 1,256▼ 2,441 vs year ago 3,153 · −77.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers up to 850 lbs. sold on an unevenly steady undertone, steers 900 lbs, and up sold on a higher undertone. Heifers up to 850 lbs. sold on a lower undertone, heifers 900-950 lbs. sold steady. Demand was good. A couple load lots today. Fewer feeder today to get a true market, Had a true set of fall red calves at 500 lbs. bring top money. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 30th, expecting 2000 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 $287.50/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −138.74 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$287.50

18 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$510

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

$87.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.97

vs SD average

+11.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	302.00	1,724	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	565	215.00	1,215	3thin

One grade step is worth $87.00/cwt here — about $510 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale18 hd

287.50

—

SD average4 barns · 420 hd

306.47

−18.97

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

+11.04

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−138.74

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

33 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,618	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,970	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	552	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,835	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,532	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	318.47/cwt	317.50–319.00	1,936	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,027	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	698	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,256	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	801	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,031	18
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	831	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,745	15
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	907	237.46/cwt	223.00–238.75	2,154	50
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	951	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	1,945	19
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	993	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,175	9
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,119	212.87/cwt	205.00–214.00	2,382	117
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,185	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,370	7
Steers	1300–1350	Large 1	1,344	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,607	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,336	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	342.49/cwt	336.00–345.00	1,586	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,270	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	565	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,215	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,724	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,397	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,565	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,757	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,723	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	237.18/cwt	232.00–243.00	1,826	19
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,456	32
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	803	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,839	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	230.15/cwt	229.00–231.00	1,869	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	893	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,706	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	215.83/cwt	210.25–218.85	1,992	263
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,846	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,778	7
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,007	6

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 23, 2024

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

Receipts 712Last week 1,256Year ago 3,153

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
117	1100–1150	1,119	205.00–214.00	212.87
7	1150–1200	1,185	200.00	200.00
20	1300–1350	1,344	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	436	371.00	371.00
3	550–600	595	257.50	257.50
15	800–850	831	210.00	210.00
19	950–1000	951	204.50	204.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	513	384.00	384.00
17	600–650	608	317.50–319.00	318.47
8	650–700	654	310.00	310.00
18	800–850	801	253.50	253.50
50	900–950	907	223.00–238.75	237.46
9	950–1000	993	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	552	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	698	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	586	315.00	315.00
7	700–750	733	242.50	242.50
6	850–900	884	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	379	352.50	352.50
3	450–500	498	255.00	255.00
4	600–650	631	248.00	248.00
4	800–850	803	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	618	226.00	226.00
32	800–850	800	182.00	182.00
3	850–900	893	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	565	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	450–500	463	336.00–345.00	342.49
15	550–600	571	302.00	302.00
4	600–650	646	272.00	272.00
3	650–700	655	263.00	263.00
19	750–800	770	232.00–243.00	237.18
7	800–850	812	229.00–231.00	230.15
263	900–950	923	210.25–218.85	215.83

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.