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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-07

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 7

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Nov 30Dec 7Dec 14 →

Receipts

4,100 head

▲ 488 vs last sale 3,612▼ 2,857 vs year ago 6,957 · −41.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 500-750 lbs. sold 4.00-9.00 lower. Heifers sold on a lower market. Demand was good on thin fleshed feeders. Flesh was a big factor in todays buying choices. The next feeder cattle auction will be Dec. 14th, expecting 4000 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $228.03/cwt on 2,121 head.

Average price

$228.03

2,121 head · 804 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$914

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$44.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.07

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	768	234.40	1,800	1,538
Medium and Large 1-2	656	230.82	1,514	245
Large 1	1,099	197.34	2,168	325
Medium 1	466	190.00	886	13thin

One grade step is worth $44.40/cwt here — about $914 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,121 hd

228.03

—

SD average9 barns · 20,105 hd

260.10

−32.07

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

65 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	301	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	956	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	360	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,233	8
Steers	—	Medium 1	417	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	659	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	322.92/cwt	312.00–326.00	1,408	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	310.89/cwt	300.00–323.00	1,433	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	290.77/cwt	283.00–293.00	1,419	22
Steers	—	Medium 1	497	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,044	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	286.99/cwt	280.50–295.00	1,495	108
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	528	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,447	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	271.39/cwt	271.00–272.00	1,447	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	261.51/cwt	261.00–262.00	1,472	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	271.40/cwt	263.50–278.00	1,555	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	595	259.77/cwt	250.00–263.00	1,546	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	262.12/cwt	252.00–268.00	1,599	234
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	620	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,550	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	242.10/cwt	230.00–251.00	1,511	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	190.92/cwt	188.00–200.00	1,270	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	670	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,477	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	228.59/cwt	222.00–236.00	1,543	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	233.69/cwt	225.50–236.00	1,683	129
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	197.02/cwt	185.00–223.00	1,436	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	745	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,594	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	184.96/cwt	177.00–192.00	1,420	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	220.01/cwt	214.50–221.00	1,714	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	806	202.05/cwt	200.00–206.00	1,629	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	824	187.02/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,541	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	825	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,543	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	207.37/cwt	201.50–211.00	1,802	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	872	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,578	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	874	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,530	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	937	217.42/cwt	206.00–218.85	2,037	353
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	975	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,077	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	975	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,765	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	990	195.20/cwt	189.50–197.25	1,932	152
Steers	—	Large 1	1,082	198.83/cwt	193.00–202.35	2,151	179
Steers	—	Large 1	1,119	195.51/cwt	194.35–196.10	2,188	146
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	364	263.18/cwt	252.00–267.50	958	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	252.77/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,087	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,038	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	249.50/cwt	248.00–251.00	1,160	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	227.90/cwt	220.00–242.00	1,064	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	226.97/cwt	210.00–233.00	1,178	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	240.37/cwt	235.00–243.00	1,272	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	556	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,462	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	225.62/cwt	224.50–228.50	1,291	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	582	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,106	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	589	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,408	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	206.19/cwt	190.00–216.00	1,289	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	225.83/cwt	223.00–233.00	1,420	154
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	634	207.31/cwt	197.50–219.00	1,314	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,179	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	205.72/cwt	201.00–210.00	1,391	113
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	184.58/cwt	184.00–185.00	1,325	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	771	180.41/cwt	176.00–185.00	1,391	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	194.89/cwt	188.50–204.00	1,528	150
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	808	190.64/cwt	183.00–195.50	1,540	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	823	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,235	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	843	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,492	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	886	181.44/cwt	181.00–182.50	1,608	114
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	888	189.61/cwt	189.10–190.75	1,684	223
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	188.58/cwt	183.00–196.25	1,746	242
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	971	182.36/cwt	178.75–190.50	1,771	198
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,041	176.29/cwt	172.50–178.50	1,835	35
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,102	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,973	11
Heifers	—	Large 1Fleshy	1,148	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,642	4

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 Dec 7, 2023

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

Receipts 4,100Last week 3,612Year ago 6,957

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	461	300.00–323.00	310.89
353	—	937	206.00–218.85	217.42
129	—	720	225.50–236.00	233.69
108	—	521	280.50–295.00	286.99
86	—	806	200.00–206.00	202.05
58	—	975	213.00	213.00
51	—	869	201.50–211.00	207.37
234	—	610	252.00–268.00	262.12
86	—	573	263.50–278.00	271.40
8	—	360	342.50	342.50
14	—	436	312.00–326.00	322.92
64	—	779	214.50–221.00	220.01
41	—	675	222.00–236.00	228.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	729	185.00–223.00	197.02
13	—	768	177.00–192.00	184.96
18	—	874	175.00	175.00
12	—	563	261.00–262.00	261.51
24	—	824	180.00–200.00	187.02
7	—	975	181.00	181.00
76	—	624	230.00–251.00	242.10
17	—	665	188.00–200.00	190.92
31	—	533	271.00–272.00	271.39
6	—	301	317.50	317.50
22	—	488	283.00–293.00	290.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	497	210.00	210.00
5	—	417	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	595	250.00–263.00	259.77
24	—	825	187.00	187.00
3	—	528	274.00	274.00
27	—	745	214.00	214.00
20	—	872	181.00	181.00
10	—	620	250.00	250.00
152	—	990	189.50–197.25	195.20
10	—	670	220.50	220.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
179	—	1,082	193.00–202.35	198.83
146	—	1,119	194.35–196.10	195.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	666	177.00	177.00
20	—	625	190.00–216.00	206.19
15	—	843	177.00	177.00
66	—	519	210.00–233.00	226.97
24	—	718	184.00–185.00	184.58
11	—	364	252.00–267.50	263.18
6	—	438	237.00	237.00
56	—	771	176.00–185.00	180.41
73	—	572	224.50–228.50	225.62
60	—	467	220.00–242.00	227.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,041	172.50–178.50	176.29
11	—	1,102	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	886	181.00–182.50	181.44
23	—	634	197.50–219.00	207.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	582	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,148	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	808	183.00–195.50	190.64
13	—	430	250.00–254.00	252.77
198	—	971	178.75–190.50	182.36
16	—	465	248.00–251.00	249.50
223	—	888	189.10–190.75	189.61
8	—	589	239.00	239.00
60	—	529	235.00–243.00	240.37
113	—	676	201.00–210.00	205.72
242	—	926	183.00–196.25	188.58
150	—	784	188.50–204.00	194.89
154	—	629	223.00–233.00	225.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	823	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	556	263.00	263.00

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.