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Mitchell Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 8

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Aug 1Aug 8Aug 29 →

Receipts

1,398 head

▲ 786 vs last sale 612▼ 99 vs year ago 1,497 · −6.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Due to low numbers last week trend not applicable. A lower undertone was noted. Steers 1050-1100 lbs. sold 10.00 lower. Also a lower undertone was noted on light heifers, heifers 900-1000 lbs. sold 7.00 lower. Demand was good. Most were in large load lots today. The next feeder cattle auction will be Aug. 15th, starting at 10:00 am. expecting 1500 head of feeders.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 800–900 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

800–900 lb steers averaged $244.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −105.97 against this barn's trailing median of $349.97.

Average price

$244.00

4 head · 820 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,001

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.54

vs SD average

+2.06 vs national

Price by quality 800–900 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	820	244.00	2,001	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 800–900 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

244.00

—

SD average3 barns · 359 hd

250.54

−6.54

National average85 barns · 5,421 hd

241.94

+2.06

This barn, trailing median18 sales

349.97

−105.97

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 800–900 lb

18 sales

Steers 800–900 lb: high $366.61, low $317.38, median $349.97 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

16 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,001	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,059	50
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	222.07/cwt	221.00–227.50	2,176	147
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,038	218.16/cwt	215.25–220.60	2,265	169
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,075	219.38/cwt	213.25–221.60	2,358	396
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,130	209.66/cwt	209.25–210.50	2,369	170
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,181	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	2,474	91
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,253	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,441	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	780	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	1,792	80
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,659	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	925	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,887	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	930	208.02/cwt	207.75–209.00	1,935	28
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	212.75/cwt	212.50–213.00	1,983	108
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	953	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,925	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	212.39/cwt	204.00–215.75	2,035	96

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 8, 2024

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

Receipts 1,398Last week 612Year ago 1,497

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	820	244.00	244.00
50	900–950	903	228.00	228.00
147	950–1000	980	221.00–227.50	222.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
169	1000–1050	1,038	215.25–220.60	218.16
396	1050–1100	1,075	213.25–221.60	219.38
170	1100–1150	1,130	209.25–210.50	209.66
91	1150–1200	1,181	209.50	209.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	482	260.00	260.00
6	550–600	572	252.00	252.00
3	750–800	790	210.00	210.00
3	950–1000	953	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
80	750–800	780	229.75	229.75
28	900–950	930	207.75–209.00	208.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	900–950	932	212.50–213.00	212.75
96	950–1000	958	204.00–215.75	212.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	900–950	925	204.00	204.00

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.