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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-05

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 5

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Aug 29Sep 5Sep 19 →

Receipts

725 head

▼ 905 vs last sale 1,630▼ 1,483 vs year ago 2,208 · −67.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold on a undertone of steady to slightly higher. Heifers sold on a undertone of steady. Heifers 900-950 lbs. sold 5.00 lower. Most lots sold in larger groups. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Sept.12th, 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 $242.17/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −184.07 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$242.17

18 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,315

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$24.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.16

vs SD average

+1.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	254.33	1,352	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	554	230.00	1,274	9thin

One grade step is worth $24.33/cwt here — about $78 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 sale18 hd

242.17

—

SD average3 barns · 50 hd

252.33

−10.16

National average148 barns · 7,025 hd

240.69

+1.48

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−184.07

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

24 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,502	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,524	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,729	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,809	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	242.75/cwt	242.75–242.75	1,881	25
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,028	18
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	226.94/cwt	224.50–229.50	2,072	55
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,211	34
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,331	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,274	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,382	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	250.61/cwt	234.00–264.00	1,569	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,419	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	226.98/cwt	226.00–228.00	1,755	22
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,536	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	217.20/cwt	215.50–229.00	1,907	97
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	910	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,775	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	965	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,882	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	207.40/cwt	207.00–208.00	2,035	191
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,034	212.57/cwt	209.00–212.75	2,198	106
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,098	194.25/cwt	194.25–194.25	2,133	19
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,153	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,156	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	593	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,459	15
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,722	8

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 Sep 5, 2024

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

Receipts 725Last week 1,630Year ago 2,208

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	554	230.00	230.00
5	650–700	679	209.00	209.00
6	800–850	800	192.00	192.00
3	900–950	910	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	506	263.00	263.00
3	550–600	583	237.00	237.00
24	600–650	626	234.00–264.00	250.61
22	750–800	773	226.00–228.00	226.98
97	850–900	878	215.50–229.00	217.20
191	950–1000	981	207.00–208.00	207.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	1000–1050	1,034	209.00–212.75	212.57
19	1050–1100	1,098	194.25	194.25
6	1150–1200	1,153	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	950–1000	965	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	626	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	655	264.00	264.00
6	700–750	718	252.00	252.00
25	750–800	775	242.75	242.75
18	800–850	826	245.50	245.50
55	900–950	913	224.50–229.50	226.94
34	950–1000	976	226.50	226.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	635	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	593	246.00	246.00
8	750–800	779	221.00	221.00

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.