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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-03

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 3

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Sep 26Oct 3Oct 10 →

Receipts

2,080 head

▲ 924 vs last sale 1,156▲ 1,063 vs year ago 1,017 · +104.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light steers sold on a higher undertone, Heavy steers were higher. Was a lower undertone on light heifers, Heifers 900-950 lbs. were 3.00 higher. Few light calves today. One featured consignment of over 860 head of heavy feeder steers. Order buyers could fill large pens with one mans cattle. Most heavy feeders were in large load lots, bringing top money. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Oct. 10th, 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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $236.27/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −248.02 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$236.27

15 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,285

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$997

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

$215.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−60.52

vs SD average

−50.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	504	325.00	1,638	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	554	261.00	1,446	4thin
Medium 1-2	583	110.00	641	5thin

One grade step is worth $215.00/cwt here — about $997 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale15 hd

236.27

—

SD average5 barns · 521 hd

296.79

−60.52

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−50.55

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−248.02

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

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.85, low $435.10, median $484.29 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

32 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	500–550	Medium and Large 1	504	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,638	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,446	4
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	583	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	641	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,756	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,738	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,938	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,060	23
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,088	8
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	982	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,160	33
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,053	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,159	9
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,080	218.26/cwt	212.00–225.60	2,357	393
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1Fleshy	1,085	210.25/cwt	210.25–210.25	2,281	77
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1Fleshy	1,128	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	2,307	38
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,173	216.97/cwt	208.00–218.85	2,545	570
Steers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,217	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,568	52
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	326	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	864	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,094	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	997	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	280.40/cwt	279.00–284.00	1,231	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,368	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,360	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,470	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,552	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,654	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	791	236.64/cwt	233.00–237.00	1,872	86
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	231.12/cwt	223.00–233.00	1,888	59
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	217.72/cwt	216.00–222.00	1,901	138
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	219.10/cwt	214.25–228.75	2,005	373
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,037	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,115	51
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,128	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,372	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,510	11

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 Oct 3, 2024

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

Receipts 2,080Last week 1,156Year ago 1,017

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
393	1050–1100	1,080	212.00–225.60	218.26
570	1150–1200	1,173	208.00–218.85	216.97
52	1200–1250	1,217	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
77	1050–1100	1,085	210.25	210.25
38	1100–1150	1,128	204.50	204.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1050–1100	1,053	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	504	325.00	325.00
6	600–650	634	277.00	277.00
10	650–700	656	265.00	265.00
23	850–900	873	236.00	236.00
8	900–950	912	229.00	229.00
33	950–1000	982	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	554	261.00	261.00
9	850–900	865	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	583	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	353	310.00	310.00
18	400–450	439	279.00–284.00	280.40
6	500–550	518	264.00	264.00
7	550–600	572	257.00	257.00
86	750–800	791	233.00–237.00	236.64
59	800–850	817	223.00–233.00	231.12
138	850–900	873	216.00–222.00	217.72
373	900–950	915	214.25–228.75	219.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	265.00	265.00
9	350–400	382	261.00	261.00
3	500–550	542	251.00	251.00
9	600–650	644	241.00	241.00
4	700–750	716	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	1000–1050	1,037	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	373	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	400	343.00	343.00
11	500–550	519	291.00	291.00

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.