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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-21

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 21

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Nov 14Nov 21Dec 5 →

Receipts

2,124 head

▼ 56 vs last sale 2,180▼ 454 vs year ago 2,578 · −17.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light feeder steers up to 650 lbs. sold on dollars higher undertone, steers 650 lbs. and up sold on a higher undertone. Heifers up to 900 lbs. sold on a higher undertone, heifers 900 lbs. and up sold 3.00-6.00 higher. Many large load lots in heavier feeders. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be in TWO WEEKS, Dec. 5th, expecting 3000 head of feeders, starting at 10:00 am. "HAPPY THANKSGING" From M L M

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 $288.40/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −137.84 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$288.40

152 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,549

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$21.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.38

vs SD average

+21.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	297.87	1,623	86
Medium and Large 1-2	527	276.06	1,454	66

One grade step is worth $21.81/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale152 hd

288.40

—

SD average8 barns · 4,086 hd

298.78

−10.38

National average196 barns · 21,141 hd

267.05

+21.35

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−137.84

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

47 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	293	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,245	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	370.82/cwt	365.00–377.50	1,576	37
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	309.15/cwt	279.00–335.00	1,385	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	335.63/cwt	335.00–337.00	1,564	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	332.35/cwt	317.00–340.00	1,722	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	314.28/cwt	302.50–325.00	1,681	68
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	314.58/cwt	301.00–318.00	1,787	118
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	285.11/cwt	272.50–299.00	1,782	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	264.91/cwt	263.50–268.00	1,709	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	277.49/cwt	275.00–278.50	1,884	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	251.06/cwt	243.00–259.00	1,722	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,622	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	267.23/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,948	33
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,817	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	783	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,911	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	847	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,830	15
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,226	28
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	881	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,097	75
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,287	39
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,010	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,212	39
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,019	238.24/cwt	224.00–249.75	2,428	236
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,082	222.75/cwt	222.75–222.75	2,410	38
Steers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,226	211.75/cwt	211.75–211.75	2,596	54
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	245	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	956	9
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	273	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,065	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,137	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,219	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	349.04/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,305	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,572	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	290.78/cwt	260.00–330.00	1,271	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	306.31/cwt	291.00–311.00	1,461	55
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,310	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	507	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,749	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	276.30/cwt	271.00–286.00	1,448	63
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	289.61/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,567	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	283.52/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,602	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,580	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,661	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	251.93/cwt	242.00–264.50	1,675	35
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,592	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	229.99/cwt	227.50–233.75	2,040	92
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	227.02/cwt	224.00–227.50	2,077	67
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	219.32/cwt	218.75–220.00	2,112	144
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	977	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,032	3
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,012	219.46/cwt	213.50–225.75	2,221	321
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,071	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	2,254	4
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1-2	1,193	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	2,285	16

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 Nov 21, 2024

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

Receipts 2,124Last week 2,180Year ago 2,578

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	1000–1050	1,010	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
236	1000–1050	1,019	224.00–249.75	238.24
38	1050–1100	1,082	222.75	222.75
54	1200–1250	1,226	211.75	211.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	448	279.00–335.00	309.15
10	450–500	466	335.00–337.00	335.63
68	500–550	535	302.50–325.00	314.28
16	600–650	645	263.50–268.00	264.91
8	650–700	686	243.00–259.00	251.06
13	700–750	724	224.00	224.00
5	750–800	780	233.00	233.00
15	800–850	847	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	250–300	293	425.00	425.00
37	400–450	425	365.00–377.50	370.82
41	500–550	518	317.00–340.00	332.35
118	550–600	568	301.00–318.00	314.58
25	600–650	625	272.50–299.00	285.11
34	650–700	679	275.00–278.50	277.49
33	700–750	729	264.00–270.00	267.23
28	850–900	873	255.00	255.00
39	900–950	904	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	750–800	783	244.00	244.00
75	850–900	881	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
321	1000–1050	1,012	213.50–225.75	219.46
4	1050–1100	1,071	210.50	210.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1150–1200	1,193	191.50	191.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	337.50	337.50
18	350–400	364	335.00	335.00
33	400–450	437	260.00–330.00	290.78
5	450–500	480	273.00	273.00
63	500–550	524	271.00–286.00	276.30
3	550–600	583	271.00	271.00
9	650–700	692	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	245	390.00	390.00
7	250–300	273	390.00	390.00
17	350–400	374	340.00–360.00	349.04
13	400–450	403	390.00	390.00
55	450–500	477	291.00–311.00	306.31
31	500–550	541	288.00–290.00	289.61
38	550–600	565	275.00–295.00	283.52
8	600–650	629	264.00	264.00
35	650–700	665	242.00–264.50	251.93
92	850–900	887	227.50–233.75	229.99
67	900–950	915	224.00–227.50	227.02
144	950–1000	963	218.75–220.00	219.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	950–1000	977	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	507	345.00	345.00

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.