Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2024-11-14

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 14
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
2,180 head
▼ 289 vs last sale 2,469▼ 398 vs year ago 2,578 · −15.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers sold on an unevenly steady undertone market. Light heifers up to 900 lbs. sold on an unevenly steady undertone. Heifers 900-1000 lbs. sold 1.00-3.00 higher. A higher undertone was noted on heifers over 1000 lb. Demand was good. Many large load lots in today's offering. One large consignment of heavy heifers straight of grass drew top dollar. The next feeder cattle auction will be Nov. 21st. expecting 2500 head of feeders, starting at 10.00 am.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $261.37/cwt on 118 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −164.87 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.
Average price
$261.37
118 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,446
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$674
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$125.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−34.03
vs SD average
−3.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557275.651,53581
Medium and Large 1-2537252.221,35429
Medium and Large 2574150.008618thin
One grade step is worth $125.65/cwt here — about $674 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 sale118 hd
261.37
—
SD average8 barns · 3,611 hd
295.40
−34.03
National average194 barns · 23,548 hd
265.10
−3.73
This barn, trailing median12 sales
426.24
−164.87
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

53 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 1-2255425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,0843
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2358387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,3873
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4224
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,3694
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4353
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465345.31/cwt337.00–354.001,60637
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469314.45/cwt305.00–327.001,4757
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523304.55/cwt270.00–308.501,59348
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524322.18/cwt311.00–331.001,68881
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572294.08/cwt290.00–313.001,68241
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2579229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,3269
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617276.80/cwt272.00–284.001,70822
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635255.50/cwt255.00–256.001,62210
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673272.82/cwt262.00–282.001,83638
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679246.93/cwt237.00–256.001,67725
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,85612
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,9208
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1813247.75/cwt244.00–250.002,01446
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1894246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,19917
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1980244.50/cwt244.50–244.502,39656
Steers1000–1050Large 1Thin Fleshed1,021249.50/cwt249.50–249.502,547209
Steers1000–1050Large 11,032234.25/cwt234.25–234.252,41760
Steers1050–1100Large 11,058207.50/cwt207.50–207.502,1953
Steers1100–1150Large 11,148222.25/cwt222.25–222.252,55144
Steers1150–1200Large 11,185221.60/cwt221.60–221.602,62688
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,2035
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0475
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,3273
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424315.27/cwt307.50–337.501,33711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1442325.04/cwt312.00–329.001,43744
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,2794
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485299.48/cwt291.00–303.001,45232
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514256.98/cwt246.00–273.001,32118
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538280.44/cwt270.00–286.001,50936
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572271.81/cwt264.00–274.001,55545
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574244.43/cwt240.00–250.001,40311
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574150.00/cwt150.00–150.008618
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638255.56/cwt254.00–258.001,63028
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy649245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5906
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666250.60/cwt242.00–254.001,66933
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,54110
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1746239.24/cwt238.50–241.501,78544
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1784243.40/cwt239.00–244.251,908151
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2792189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,4973
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1891220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,96534
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1913220.19/cwt220.00–220.252,010302
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1968216.02/cwt213.00–216.502,091156
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,025215.66/cwt209.50–221.252,211114
Heifers1050–1100Large 1-21,058194.00/cwt194.00–194.002,0534
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,074219.25/cwt219.25–219.252,35558
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,134209.25/cwt209.25–209.252,37354
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1532292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,5538
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1962200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9243

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.