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Mitchell Livestock Auction · Thu, Oct 24

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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 24

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Oct 17Oct 24Oct 31 →

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 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 $263.46/cwt on 267 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −156.62 against this barn's trailing median of $420.07.

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

+4.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	263.46	1,444	267

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 average198 barns · 27,037 hd

259.23

+4.23

This barn, trailing median12 sales

420.07

−156.62

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 $420.07 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	258	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,086	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,375	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	358	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,298	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	403.51/cwt	392.50–409.00	1,493	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	361.20/cwt	357.50–377.50	1,485	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	335.26/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,458	53
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,635	75
Steers	450–500

Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD

Thu Oct 24, 2024

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

Receipts 3,249Last week 1,555Year ago 5,327

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	1000–1050	1,035	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	315	347.50	347.50
44	350–400	388	332.50–348.00	342.97
96	400–450	434	311.00–332.00	319.43
127	450–500	488	287.00–325.00	295.60
119	500–550	519	251.00–274.00	268.66
140	550–600	573	253.50–267.00	260.32
61	600–650	629	248.00–254.00	249.78
7	650–700

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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 24

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Oct 17Oct 24Oct 31 →

Receipts

3,249 head

▲ 1,694 vs last sale 1,555▼ 2,078 vs year ago 5,327 · −39.0%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $263.46/cwt on 267 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −156.62 against this barn's trailing median of $420.07.

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

+4.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	263.46	1,444	267

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 average198 barns · 27,037 hd

259.23

+4.23

This barn, trailing median12 sales

420.07

−156.62

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 $420.07 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	258	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,086	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,375	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	358	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,298	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	403.51/cwt	392.50–409.00	1,493	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	361.20/cwt	357.50–377.50	1,485	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	335.26/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,458	53
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,635	75
Steers	450–500

Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD

Thu Oct 24, 2024

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

Receipts 3,249Last week 1,555Year ago 5,327

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	1000–1050	1,035	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	315	347.50	347.50
44	350–400	388	332.50–348.00	342.97
96	400–450	434	311.00–332.00	319.43
127	450–500	488	287.00–325.00	295.60
119	500–550	519	251.00–274.00	268.66
140	550–600	573	253.50–267.00	260.32
61	600–650	629	248.00–254.00	249.78
7	650–700

Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	301	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	906	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,095	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	331.98/cwt	320.00–342.00	1,248	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	342.97/cwt	332.50–348.00	1,331	44
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	319.43/cwt	311.00–332.00	1,386	96
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,161	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	267.22/cwt	261.00–276.00	1,245	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	295.60/cwt	287.00–325.00	1,443	127
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	268.66/cwt	251.00–274.00	1,394	119
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,326	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	260.32/cwt	253.50–267.00	1,492	140
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	608	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,660	117
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	249.78/cwt	248.00–254.00	1,571	61
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,443	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,724	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	688	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,634	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	214.62/cwt	210.00–222.50	1,556	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,717	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	794	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,874	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	231.15/cwt	230.50–231.50	1,930	56
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	232.75/cwt	230.50–233.75	2,009	129
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	219.41/cwt	214.00–226.25	2,014	611
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	213.62/cwt	213.50–213.75	2,061	134
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	978	208.40/cwt	207.50–209.00	2,038	35
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	984	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,017	26
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,012	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,024	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,035	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,236	18
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,043	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,044	7
Heifers	1250–1300	Large 1Fleshy	1,295	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,422	3

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	301	301.00	301.00
9	350–400	376	320.00–342.00	331.98
3	400–450	445	261.00	261.00
17	450–500	466	261.00–276.00	267.22
5	650–700	650	222.00	222.00
11	700–750	725	210.00–222.50	214.62
5	750–800	763	225.00	225.00
35	950–1000	978	207.50–209.00	208.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,043	196.00	196.00
3	1250–1300	1,295	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	1000–1050	1,023	220.00–222.25	221.55
80	1050–1100	1,084	223.75	223.75
8	1100–1150	1,112	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
117	600–650	608	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,012	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	550	241.00	241.00
10	650–700	688	237.50	237.50
26	950–1000	984	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	585	278.00	278.00
5	650–700	651	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	348	395.00	395.00
31	350–400	370	392.50–409.00	403.51
21	400–450	411	357.50–377.50	361.20
75	450–500	481	340.00	340.00
225	500–550	526	318.00–339.00	324.05
71	550–600	580	294.00–315.00	300.71
181	600–650	638	276.00–293.50	291.53
55	650–700	657	276.00–285.00	279.61
47	700–750	710	260.00–272.00	264.49
104	850–900	877	249.25–250.00	249.65
65	900–950	915	224.00–236.50	227.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	258	421.00	421.00
3	350–400	358	362.50	362.50
53	400–450	435	325.00–347.50	335.26
66	450–500	482	269.00–320.00	283.43
20	500–550	532	275.00–305.00	293.12
15	550–600	587	267.00	267.00
13	600–650	646	271.00	271.00
17	650–700	677	266.50	266.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1250–1300	1,265	194.50	194.50

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Price by quality 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Every lot

Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD

Feeder Cattle

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Price by quality 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Every lot

Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD

Feeder Cattle

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