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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-17

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 17

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Oct 10Oct 17Oct 24 →

Receipts

1,555 head

▼ 189 vs last sale 1,744▼ 365 vs year ago 1,920 · −19.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A higher undertone was noted on steers 800 lbs. and up. Feeder heifers 900-1000 lbs. sold steady to 3.00 lower. Had a consignment of 280 very light fleshed Bk. steers today bring top money. Demand was good with many large load lots in heavier feeders. Next week Oct.24th, expecting 3500 head of feeders, around 2000 of the 3500 head will be spring calves, starting at "9:00 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 $255.92/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −170.32 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$255.92

13 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,404

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$311

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

$36.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.89

vs SD average

−1.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	267.00	1,503	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	516	231.00	1,192	4thin

One grade step is worth $36.00/cwt here — about $311 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 sale13 hd

255.92

—

SD average8 barns · 2,880 hd

284.81

−28.89

National average191 barns · 21,361 hd

257.81

−1.89

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−170.32

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

45 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,248	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,345	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,528	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	286.79/cwt	272.00–304.00	1,411	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	250.28/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,582	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,746	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	696	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,636	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,873	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	746	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,738	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	769	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,092	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,848	39
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	257.12/cwt	253.00–258.00	1,990	53
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	817	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,920	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,036	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,002	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	864	255.44/cwt	253.50–257.50	2,207	121
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,189	92
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	918	225.68/cwt	223.00–227.00	2,072	37
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	927	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,058	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	982	229.99/cwt	224.00–233.00	2,259	88
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,009	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,220	20
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1Fleshy	1,053	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,169	7
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,070	229.25/cwt	229.25–229.25	2,453	58
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1-2	1,194	194.25/cwt	194.25–194.25	2,319	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	303.44/cwt	297.50–305.00	1,144	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	280.55/cwt	271.00–295.00	1,268	10
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	470	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,231	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,274	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,192	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,503	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,486	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	698	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,571	29
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,794	36
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	221.35/cwt	218.00–227.50	1,718	22
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Spayed	789	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,941	70
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,823	19
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	877	222.41/cwt	218.00–227.00	1,951	18
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	889	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,911	14
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	217.00/cwt	216.00–218.00	1,970	124
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	961	211.65/cwt	209.50–213.50	2,034	142
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	985	205.75/cwt	205.75–205.75	2,027	61
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,015	211.18/cwt	211.00–212.00	2,143	56
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,021	197.58/cwt	196.00–198.00	2,017	19
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,131	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,228	4
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,155	191.04/cwt	190.25–197.00	2,207	34

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 1,555Last week 1,744Year ago 1,920

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1050–1100	1,053	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	1150–1200	1,194	194.25	194.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	390.00	390.00
22	400–450	410	328.00	328.00
15	450–500	492	272.00–304.00	286.79
11	600–650	632	247.00–255.00	250.28
10	650–700	696	235.00	235.00
4	700–750	746	233.00	233.00
39	750–800	770	240.00	240.00
13	800–850	817	235.00	235.00
3	900–950	927	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	489	312.50	312.50
9	600–650	642	272.00	272.00
4	700–750	726	258.00	258.00
53	750–800	774	253.00–258.00	257.12
13	800–850	831	245.00	245.00
8	850–900	852	235.00	235.00
92	900–950	912	240.00	240.00
88	950–1000	982	224.00–233.00	229.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	750–800	769	272.00	272.00
121	850–900	864	253.50–257.50	255.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	1000–1050	1,009	220.00	220.00
58	1050–1100	1,070	229.25	229.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	900–950	918	223.00–227.00	225.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	1000–1050	1,015	211.00–212.00	211.18
4	1100–1150	1,131	197.00	197.00
34	1150–1200	1,155	190.25–197.00	191.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	470	262.00	262.00
19	1000–1050	1,021	196.00–198.00	197.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	377	297.50–305.00	303.44
6	450–500	488	261.00	261.00
4	500–550	516	231.00	231.00
29	650–700	698	225.00	225.00
22	750–800	776	218.00–227.50	221.35
18	850–900	877	218.00–227.00	222.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	452	271.00–295.00	280.55
9	550–600	563	267.00	267.00
24	600–650	604	246.00	246.00
36	700–750	705	254.50	254.50
19	750–800	789	231.00	231.00
124	900–950	908	216.00–218.00	217.00
142	950–1000	961	209.50–213.50	211.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
70	750–800	789	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	850–900	889	215.00	215.00
61	950–1000	985	205.75	205.75

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.