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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 5

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Nov 21Dec 5Dec 12 →

Receipts

4,544 head

▲ 2,420 vs last sale 2,124▲ 444 vs year ago 4,100 · +10.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: The undertone on all feeder steers was dollars higher. the undertone on heifers up to 850 lbs. was dollars higher, heifers 850 lbs. and up were 3.00-6.00 higher. Demand was very good, The area feeder cattle producers supplied top quality thin fleshed cattle today, bring top dollar. Many large load lots in todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be Dec. 12th, expecting 4000 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am. Also it will be M L M special "BBQ" sale.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $327.81/cwt on 353 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −156.48 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$327.81

353 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,825

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$12.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.96

vs SD average

+2.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	332.69	1,852	220
Medium and Large 1-2	557	319.74	1,782	133

One grade step is worth $12.95/cwt here — about $70 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 sale353 hd

327.81

—

SD average5 barns · 2,383 hd

341.77

−13.96

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+2.44

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−156.48

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

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.85, low $435.10, median $484.29 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

66 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	271	412.68/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,118	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	334	417.22/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,394	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	433.27/cwt	429.00–437.50	1,672	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	387.96/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,498	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	393.00/cwt	385.00–401.00	1,690	62
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	381.75/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,787	36
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	342.30/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,688	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	356.61/cwt	347.00–362.50	1,826	51
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	330.64/cwt	312.50–337.50	1,769	67
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	325.47/cwt	315.00–345.75	1,855	169
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	308.67/cwt	296.00–313.00	1,790	66
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	313.85/cwt	300.00–324.00	1,952	202
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	299.46/cwt	297.00–302.00	1,869	80
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	283.56/cwt	275.00–301.00	1,940	158
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,841	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	277.76/cwt	273.00–290.00	2,005	59
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	258.50/cwt	257.00–259.00	1,972	29
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	268.32/cwt	263.00–270.00	2,058	80
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	793	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,860	24
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	251.47/cwt	248.00–253.00	2,092	22
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	250.79/cwt	248.00–252.00	2,172	72
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	261.26/cwt	259.50–262.10	2,406	387
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	941	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,211	79
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	975	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,301	50
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	984	257.49/cwt	251.00–260.25	2,534	420
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,014	251.72/cwt	250.75–252.25	2,552	162
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1Fleshy	1,075	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	2,403	3
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,077	236.96/cwt	231.75–246.75	2,552	195
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1-2	1,100	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,035	6
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,109	229.44/cwt	226.85–234.25	2,544	171
Steers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,234	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,702	140
Steers	1250–1300	Large 1-2	1,271	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	2,383	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,170	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	315.93/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,182	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	360.10/cwt	350.00–366.00	1,383	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	339.21/cwt	330.00–348.00	1,482	56
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	303.47/cwt	295.00–309.00	1,332	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	323.10/cwt	308.00–334.00	1,512	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	297.06/cwt	260.00–308.00	1,399	67
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	311.20/cwt	299.00–320.00	1,634	90
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	287.41/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,541	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	297.21/cwt	275.00–313.00	1,670	114
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	269.64/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,561	73
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	273.96/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,690	63
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	259.23/cwt	251.00–268.00	1,638	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	252.02/cwt	241.00–260.00	1,668	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	261.20/cwt	254.50–266.00	1,745	121
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	672	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,452	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	698	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,717	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	255.44/cwt	241.00–257.00	1,806	104
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	714	232.03/cwt	226.00–237.00	1,657	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	738	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,668	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	771	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,812	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	797	244.42/cwt	240.00–245.25	1,948	81
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	807	210.35/cwt	195.00–218.00	1,698	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,958	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	233.52/cwt	227.50–235.00	2,048	180
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	234.36/cwt	233.00–235.75	2,154	122
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	962	225.25/cwt	224.75–227.00	2,167	183
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,064	223.20/cwt	213.00–226.50	2,375	22
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,107	218.92/cwt	218.50–221.00	2,423	18
Heifers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,218	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,436	12
Heifers	1250–1300	Large 1Fleshy	1,253	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,418	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,571	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,471	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,643	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 5, 2024

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

Receipts 4,544Last week 2,124Year ago 4,100

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	386	429.00–437.50	433.27
62	400–450	430	385.00–401.00	393.00
36	450–500	468	360.00–387.50	381.75
51	500–550	512	347.00–362.50	356.61
169	550–600	570	315.00–345.75	325.47
202	600–650	622	300.00–324.00	313.85
158	650–700	684	275.00–301.00	283.56
59	700–750	722	273.00–290.00	277.76
80	750–800	767	263.00–270.00	268.32
22	800–850	832	248.00–253.00	251.47
72	850–900	866	248.00–252.00	250.79
387	900–950	921	259.50–262.10	261.26
420	950–1000	984	251.00–260.25	257.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	271	410.00–415.00	412.68
7	300–350	334	405.00–435.00	417.22
26	350–400	386	370.00–405.00	387.96
16	450–500	493	337.50–350.00	342.30
67	500–550	535	312.50–337.50	330.64
66	550–600	580	296.00–313.00	308.67
80	600–650	624	297.00–302.00	299.46
3	700–750	708	260.00	260.00
29	750–800	763	257.00–259.00	258.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1100–1150	1,100	185.00	185.00
7	1250–1300	1,271	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,075	223.50	223.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
162	1000–1050	1,014	250.75–252.25	251.72
195	1050–1100	1,077	231.75–246.75	236.96
171	1100–1150	1,109	226.85–234.25	229.44
140	1200–1250	1,234	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	750–800	793	234.50	234.50
79	900–950	941	235.00	235.00
50	950–1000	975	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	462	340.00	340.00
4	650–700	676	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	577	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	384	350.00–366.00	360.10
56	400–450	437	330.00–348.00	339.21
39	450–500	468	308.00–334.00	323.10
90	500–550	525	299.00–320.00	311.20
114	550–600	562	275.00–313.00	297.21
63	600–650	617	270.00–280.00	273.96
121	650–700	668	254.50–266.00	261.20
104	700–750	707	241.00–257.00	255.44
81	750–800	797	240.00–245.25	244.42
7	800–850	833	235.00	235.00
180	850–900	877	227.50–235.00	233.52
122	900–950	919	233.00–235.75	234.36
183	950–1000	962	224.75–227.00	225.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	352.50	352.50
13	350–400	374	315.00–317.00	315.93
15	400–450	439	295.00–309.00	303.47
67	450–500	471	260.00–308.00	297.06
31	500–550	536	281.00–290.00	287.41
73	550–600	579	265.00–273.00	269.64
15	600–650	632	251.00–268.00	259.23
12	650–700	662	241.00–260.00	252.02
9	700–750	714	226.00–237.00	232.03
9	800–850	807	195.00–218.00	210.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	672	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	1050–1100	1,064	213.00–226.50	223.20
18	1100–1150	1,107	218.50–221.00	218.92
12	1200–1250	1,218	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1250–1300	1,253	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	698	246.00	246.00
3	700–750	738	226.00	226.00
8	750–800	771	235.00	235.00

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.