Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2024-10-24

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 24
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
3,249 head
▲ 1,694 vs last sale 1,555▼ 2,078 vs year ago 5,327 · −39.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A higher undertone was noted on all weights of steers. On heifers a higher undertone was noted on feeders up to 900 lbs. heifers 900-1050 lbs. were 1.00-2.00 higher. Demand was good. Many large load lots today. Today was first auction to test dollars paid for some light fleshed spring calves. The next feeder cattle auction will be Oct. 31st, expecting 2500 head of feeders, starting at10:00 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.46/cwt on 267 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −162.78 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.
Average price
$263.46
267 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,444
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−25.32
vs SD average
+3.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548263.461,444267
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale267 hd
263.46
—
SD average11 barns · 5,060 hd
288.78
−25.32
National average195 barns · 25,856 hd
259.63
+3.83
This barn, trailing median12 sales
426.24
−162.78
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
504444384324median 426.2403/0503/2605/0709/1710/22
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

54 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2258421.00/cwt421.00–421.001,08610
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1348395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,37511
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2358362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,2983
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370403.51/cwt392.50–409.001,49331
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1411361.20/cwt357.50–377.501,48521
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435335.26/cwt325.00–347.501,45853
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,63575
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482283.43/cwt269.00–320.001,36666
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526324.05/cwt318.00–339.001,705225
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532293.12/cwt275.00–305.001,55920
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580300.71/cwt294.00–315.001,74471
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy585278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,62616
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,56715
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638291.53/cwt276.00–293.501,860181
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2646271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,75113
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy651255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6605
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1657279.61/cwt276.00–285.001,83755
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677266.50/cwt266.50–266.501,80417
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710264.49/cwt260.00–272.001,87847
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1877249.65/cwt249.25–250.002,189104
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1915227.37/cwt224.00–236.502,08065
Steers1000–1050Large 11,023221.55/cwt220.00–222.252,26666
Steers1050–1100Large 11,084223.75/cwt223.75–223.752,42580
Steers1100–1150Large 11,112200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,2248
Steers1250–1300Large 1Fleshy1,265194.50/cwt194.50–194.502,4604
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2301301.00/cwt301.00–301.0090610
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,0959
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376331.98/cwt320.00–342.001,2489
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1388342.97/cwt332.50–348.001,33144
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434319.43/cwt311.00–332.001,38696
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,1613
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466267.22/cwt261.00–276.001,24517
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488295.60/cwt287.00–325.001,443127
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519268.66/cwt251.00–274.001,394119
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy550241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3268
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573260.32/cwt253.50–267.001,492140
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed608273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,660117
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629249.78/cwt248.00–254.001,57161
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4435
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7247
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy688237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,63410
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725214.62/cwt210.00–222.501,55611
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2763225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7175
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1794236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,8745
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1835231.15/cwt230.50–231.501,93056
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1863232.75/cwt230.50–233.752,009129
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1918219.41/cwt214.00–226.252,014611
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1965213.62/cwt213.50–213.752,061134
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2978208.40/cwt207.50–209.002,03835
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy984205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,01726
Heifers1000–1050Large 1-21,012200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,0246
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,035216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,23618
Heifers1000–1050Large 1Fleshy1,043196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,0447
Heifers1250–1300Large 1Fleshy1,295187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,4223

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.