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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-28

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 28

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Dec 21Dec 28Jan 4 →

Receipts

1,443 head

▼ 1,629 vs last sale 3,072▼ 5,730 vs year ago 7,173 · −79.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The undertone on steers up to 800 lbs. was lower, steers 800-850 lbs. were 2.00 higher, steers 900-950 were 8.00 lower. Steers 950 lbs. and up were unevenly steady. Undertone on feeder heifers up to 650 lbs. was lower, heifers 650-700 lbs. was 2.00 lower. Heifers over 700 lbs. sold on a lower undertone. Due to rain and snow this past week, feeders came in with rough coats of hair and muddy. Making numbers lower today. Demand was good, The next feeder cattle auction will be Jan. 4th, 2024. expecting 5000 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am. "HAPPY NEW YEAR" From MICTHELL LIVESTOCK MARKET

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 $236.01/cwt on 736 head.

Average price

$236.01

736 head · 777 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$283

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$72.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.15

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	770	239.11	1,841	611
Medium and Large 1-2	771	225.51	1,739	115
Large 1	1,271	167.05	2,124	10thin

One grade step is worth $72.06/cwt here — about −$283 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 sale736 hd

236.01

—

SD average2 barns · 930 hd

222.85

+13.15

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

Every lot

40 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	456	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,409	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	509	310.00/cwt	302.00–315.00	1,578	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	549	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,576	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,624	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	269.41/cwt	259.00–275.00	1,687	125
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	691	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,721	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,596	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	244.94/cwt	236.00–256.50	1,788	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	229.94/cwt	229.50–230.00	1,780	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	776	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,645	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	794	222.68/cwt	201.00–228.00	1,768	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	226.54/cwt	223.75–229.00	1,851	173
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,635	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	862	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,815	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	211.86/cwt	210.75–212.85	1,953	127
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	927	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,729	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	958	205.25/cwt	205.25–205.25	1,966	17
Steers	—	Large 1Fleshy	1,225	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,034	3
Steers	—	Large 1Fleshy	1,291	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	2,162	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,275	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,220	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	262.30/cwt	262.00–263.00	1,291	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,394	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	246.90/cwt	241.00–249.00	1,338	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,433	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	235.37/cwt	234.50–237.00	1,495	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	647	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,485	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	658	181.27/cwt	180.00–182.00	1,193	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	231.83/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,567	122
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,532	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	228.65/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,639	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	727	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,585	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,769	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	789	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,704	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	824	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,648	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	213.21/cwt	209.50–214.00	1,765	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	853	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,373	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	886	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,759	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	195.10/cwt	195.10–195.10	1,809	55
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,006	193.85/cwt	193.85–193.85	1,950	52

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 28, 2023

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

Receipts 1,443Last week 3,072Year ago 7,173

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	886	198.50	198.50
14	—	727	218.00	218.00
18	—	824	200.00	200.00
32	—	789	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,006	193.85	193.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	542	241.00–249.00	246.90
5	—	687	223.00	223.00
3	—	488	250.00	250.00
16	—	647	229.50	229.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	828	209.50–214.00	213.21
23	—	635	234.50–237.00	235.37
55	—	927	195.10	195.10
5	—	573	250.00	250.00
9	—	438	291.00	291.00
20	—	492	262.00–263.00	262.30
23	—	532	262.00	262.00
122	—	676	230.00–237.00	231.83
29	—	776	228.00	228.00
48	—	717	227.00–230.00	228.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	853	161.00	161.00
66	—	658	180.00–182.00	181.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	927	186.50	186.50
10	—	719	222.00	222.00
26	—	691	249.00	249.00
45	—	794	201.00–228.00	222.68
7	—	830	197.00	197.00
8	—	549	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	774	229.50–230.00	229.94
68	—	730	236.00–256.50	244.94
7	—	562	289.00	289.00
9	—	862	210.50	210.50
32	—	509	302.00–315.00	310.00
173	—	817	223.75–229.00	226.54
4	—	456	309.00	309.00
125	—	626	259.00–275.00	269.41
127	—	922	210.75–212.85	211.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	958	205.25	205.25
9	—	776	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,291	167.50	167.50
3	—	1,225	166.00	166.00

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.