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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-30

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 30

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← May 23May 30Jun 13 →

Receipts

1,965 head

▲ 1,253 vs last sale 712▲ 209 vs year ago 1,756 · +11.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers up to 950 lbs. sold on a lower undertone, steers 950- 1150 lbs. sold on a higher undertone. Feeder heifers up to 850 lbs. sold steady to a higher undertone, heifers 900-950 lbs. sold 2.00 higher. Demand was good. Some large load lots today, Buyers could fill large pens easily with one man's feeders. The next feeder cattle auction will be June 6th, expecting 1000-1500 head of feeders, starting at 10: 00 am. Then on June 13th, MLM will hold their summer time "BBQ" special.

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 $262.25/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −163.99 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$262.25

12 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,465

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$7.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−50.33

vs SD average

−5.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	267.50	1,543	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	552	260.50	1,439	9thin

One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about $105 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale12 hd

262.25

—

SD average3 barns · 408 hd

312.58

−50.33

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−5.37

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−163.99

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

35 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,491	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	336.26/cwt	320.00–348.00	1,601	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	503	323.08/cwt	314.00–330.00	1,625	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,729	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,877	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,679	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	286.99/cwt	281.00–298.00	1,934	53
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,852	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	251.80/cwt	250.00–256.00	2,085	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	863	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,037	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,114	50
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	945	233.25/cwt	233.25–233.25	2,204	62
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	236.97/cwt	229.75–240.25	2,329	425
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,015	227.99/cwt	225.00–228.50	2,314	139
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,053	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	2,269	23
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,107	217.10/cwt	217.10–217.10	2,403	67
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,459	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,336	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,573	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,371	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,543	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	274.32/cwt	272.50–278.00	1,712	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	256.30/cwt	256.00–258.00	1,630	40
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,712	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,339	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	248.39/cwt	245.00–264.00	1,771	21
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	794	237.49/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,886	146
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,928	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	848	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,832	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	871	217.54/cwt	216.00–224.00	1,895	31
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	219.75/cwt	218.00–220.25	1,932	157
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	218.48/cwt	216.75–220.10	1,995	305
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	211.24/cwt	208.00–212.50	2,055	161
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1Fleshy	1,144	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,139	14
Heifers	1200–1250	Large 1Fleshy	1,226	184.85/cwt	184.85–184.85	2,266	60

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 30, 2024

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

Receipts 1,965Last week 712Year ago 1,756

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1100–1150	1,144	187.00	187.00
60	1200–1250	1,226	184.85	184.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	379	385.00	385.00
3	550–600	577	267.50	267.50
9	600–650	624	272.50–278.00	274.32
7	650–700	651	263.00	263.00
21	700–750	713	245.00–264.00	248.39
146	750–800	794	235.00–242.00	237.49
7	800–850	824	234.00	234.00
157	850–900	879	218.00–220.25	219.75
305	900–950	913	216.75–220.10	218.48
161	950–1000	973	208.00–212.50	211.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	678	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	424	315.00	315.00
3	500–550	547	287.50	287.50
6	550–600	555	247.00	247.00
40	600–650	636	256.00–258.00	256.30
12	800–850	848	216.00	216.00
31	850–900	871	216.00–224.00	217.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
139	1000–1050	1,015	225.00–228.50	227.99
23	1050–1100	1,053	215.50	215.50
67	1100–1150	1,107	217.10	217.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	476	320.00–348.00	336.26
7	500–550	503	314.00–330.00	323.08
10	600–650	629	267.00	267.00
3	850–900	863	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	355	420.00	420.00
6	500–550	516	335.00	335.00
8	550–600	582	322.50	322.50
53	650–700	674	281.00–298.00	286.99
15	700–750	707	262.00	262.00
13	800–850	828	250.00–256.00	251.80
50	850–900	877	241.00	241.00
62	900–950	945	233.25	233.25
425	950–1000	983	229.75–240.25	236.97

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.