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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-01

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 1

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jul 25Aug 1Aug 8 →

Receipts

612 head

▼ 1,609 vs last sale 2,221▼ 1,383 vs year ago 1,995 · −69.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Due to low numbers trend not applicable. Feeder steers sold on a higher undertone, steers 1050-1100 lbs. sold 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold on a lower undertone. Grain prices came in lower again this week. Demand was good. Most were larger load lots today. The next feeder cattle auction will be Aug. 8th, expecting 1000 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 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $251.14/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −122.22 against this barn's trailing median of $373.36.

Average price

$251.14

21 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$17

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

$3.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.80

vs SD average

−3.55 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	663	253.00	1,677	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	664	250.00	1,660	13thin

One grade step is worth $3.00/cwt here — about $17 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale21 hd

251.14

—

SD average4 barns · 481 hd

277.94

−26.80

National average135 barns · 6,913 hd

254.69

−3.55

This barn, trailing median17 sales

373.36

−122.22

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 600–700 lb

17 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $395.51, low $328.13, median $373.36 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

20 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	756	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,784	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	822	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,956	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	863	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,976	14
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,218	26
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	997	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,353	39
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,066	229.37/cwt	228.75–230.00	2,445	120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,457	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,677	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,660	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,833	62
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,944	70
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,769	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	232.25/cwt	232.25–232.25	1,981	26
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	220.44/cwt	219.00–221.50	2,021	84
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	220.25/cwt	220.25–220.25	2,180	60
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,042	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,178	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,046	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,008	22
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,149	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,195	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,520	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,550	4

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 Aug 1, 2024

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

Receipts 612Last week 2,221Year ago 1,995

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	447	340.00	340.00
4	450–500	492	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,042	209.00	209.00
4	1100–1150	1,149	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	663	253.00	253.00
62	700–750	729	251.50	251.50
70	750–800	761	255.50	255.50
26	850–900	853	232.25	232.25
84	900–950	917	219.00–221.50	220.44
60	950–1000	990	220.25	220.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	498	292.50	292.50
13	650–700	664	250.00	250.00
9	750–800	776	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	1000–1050	1,046	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	900–950	928	239.00	239.00
39	950–1000	997	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	756	236.00	236.00
12	800–850	822	238.00	238.00
14	850–900	863	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
120	1050–1100	1,066	228.75–230.00	229.37

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.