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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-25

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 25

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jan 18Jan 25Feb 1 →

Receipts

5,053 head

▲ 1,353 vs last sale 3,700▼ 2,570 vs year ago 7,623 · −33.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 600-1000 lbs. sold 8.00-10.00 higher, instances 15.00 higher, heifers 600-700 lbs. sold 11.00-12.00 higher, 750-900 lbs. sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Demand was very good. We had 8 consignors with over 200 head of feeders to sell today. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb.1st, expecting 4000 head of feeders, starting at 9:30 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 $253.18/cwt on 2,587 head.

Average price

$253.18

2,587 head · 761 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,926

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$202

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

$98.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.23

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	585	281.00	1,645	307
Medium and Large 1	762	253.41	1,930	2,075
Large 1	1,015	210.57	2,137	195
Large 1-2	1,012	182.50	1,847	10thin

One grade step is worth $98.50/cwt here — about −$202 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 sale2,587 hd

253.18

—

SD average8 barns · 15,776 hd

256.41

−3.23

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

Every lot

59 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	344	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,142	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,248	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,339	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	444	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,510	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,614	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	293.01/cwt	288.00–316.00	1,406	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	501	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,473	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	311.42/cwt	301.00–316.50	1,622	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	296.78/cwt	278.00–299.50	1,692	102
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	291.16/cwt	289.00–294.00	1,697	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	610	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,824	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	279.49/cwt	277.25–286.50	1,744	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,667	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	646	273.25/cwt	273.25–273.25	1,765	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	270.83/cwt	263.00–283.50	1,812	376
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	257.09/cwt	256.00–261.00	1,740	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	255.25/cwt	247.00–261.00	1,835	123
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	721	267.25/cwt	267.25–267.25	1,927	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	732	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,793	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,859	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	244.23/cwt	234.00–251.00	1,881	328
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	813	239.95/cwt	226.00–248.75	1,951	386
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	864	238.01/cwt	229.00–248.50	2,056	327
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	868	243.25/cwt	243.25–243.25	2,111	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	939	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,925	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	947	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	2,003	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	959	223.69/cwt	206.00–226.75	2,145	121
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,012	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,847	10
Steers	—	Large 1	1,015	210.57/cwt	201.00–217.50	2,137	195
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	350	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,085	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,268	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	279.09/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,220	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	262.29/cwt	261.00–274.00	1,212	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	269.47/cwt	257.00–281.00	1,404	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,344	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	261.39/cwt	248.00–267.00	1,456	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	272.13/cwt	270.50–275.00	1,540	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	573	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,484	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	602	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,589	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	246.70/cwt	238.50–260.00	1,520	200
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	232.17/cwt	216.00–235.00	1,474	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	660	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,498	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	239.62/cwt	221.00–249.50	1,625	316
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	223.64/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,603	167
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	743	217.85/cwt	217.50–218.00	1,619	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	219.02/cwt	213.00–225.75	1,689	458
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	782	214.03/cwt	211.00–220.00	1,674	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	214.95/cwt	213.50–218.00	1,739	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	821	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,519	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	206.88/cwt	203.25–209.75	1,818	282
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	930	201.66/cwt	197.75–209.75	1,875	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	949	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,727	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	968	196.25/cwt	196.25–196.25	1,900	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	974	177.76/cwt	176.50–187.00	1,731	25
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,095	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,938	4
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	1,115	150.56/cwt	142.00–157.00	1,679	21
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Fleshy	1,193	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,622	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	796	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,600	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	992	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,796	3

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 Jan 25, 2024

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

Receipts 5,053Last week 3,700Year ago 7,623

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	646	273.25	273.25
7	—	947	211.50	211.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	959	206.00–226.75	223.69
123	—	719	247.00–261.00	255.25
328	—	770	234.00–251.00	244.23
327	—	864	229.00–248.50	238.01
82	—	624	277.25–286.50	279.49
5	—	476	339.00	339.00
49	—	583	289.00–294.00	291.16
58	—	521	301.00–316.50	311.42
386	—	813	226.00–248.75	239.95
4	—	444	340.00	340.00
376	—	669	263.00–283.50	270.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	677	256.00–261.00	257.09
5	—	939	205.00	205.00
4	—	344	332.00	332.00
26	—	765	243.00	243.00
28	—	501	294.00	294.00
4	—	732	245.00	245.00
3	—	390	320.00	320.00
102	—	570	278.00–299.50	296.78
6	—	432	310.00	310.00
58	—	480	288.00–316.00	293.01
32	—	645	258.50	258.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,012	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	868	243.25	243.25
75	—	721	267.25	267.25
21	—	610	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	1,015	201.00–217.50	210.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,115	142.00–157.00	150.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,193	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	743	217.50–218.00	217.85
15	—	782	211.00–220.00	214.03
10	—	660	227.00	227.00
35	—	573	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
458	—	771	213.00–225.75	219.02
316	—	678	221.00–249.50	239.62
282	—	879	203.25–209.75	206.88
167	—	717	220.00–234.00	223.64
200	—	616	238.50–260.00	246.70
106	—	930	197.75–209.75	201.66
68	—	809	213.50–218.00	214.95
33	—	566	270.50–275.00	272.13
58	—	968	196.25	196.25
5	—	420	302.00	302.00
106	—	521	257.00–281.00	269.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	557	248.00–267.00	261.39
52	—	462	261.00–274.00	262.29
25	—	974	176.50–187.00	177.76
11	—	437	277.50–280.00	279.09
57	—	635	216.00–235.00	232.17
6	—	527	255.00	255.00
5	—	821	185.00	185.00
3	—	350	310.00	310.00
6	—	949	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,095	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	602	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	992	181.00	181.00
5	—	796	201.00	201.00

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.