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Mitchell Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Dec 12

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Dec 5Dec 12Dec 19 →

Receipts

3,896 head

▼ 648 vs last sale 4,544▲ 670 vs year ago 3,226 · +20.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 600-700 lbs. sold 4.00 higher, steers 700 lbs. sold and up sold unevenly steady. Heifers 500 lbs. and up sold unevenly steady, with a higher undertone on most. Demand was good. Manly large load lots in todays offering. Flesh and quality were top factors on price paid on feeders. The next feeder cattle auction will be Dec. 19th, 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 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $323.12/cwt on 205 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −161.17 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$323.12

205 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,793

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$43.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.09

vs SD average

−1.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	335.68	1,837	146
Medium and Large 1-2	573	292.04	1,674	59

One grade step is worth $43.64/cwt here — about $163 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale205 hd

323.12

—

SD average7 barns · 4,629 hd

337.22

−14.09

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−1.23

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−161.17

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

62 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,540	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	440.82/cwt	432.00–445.00	1,640	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,778	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	371.58/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,787	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	340.39/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,665	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	352.14/cwt	342.50–358.00	1,792	65
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,750	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	322.47/cwt	317.50–331.00	1,864	81
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	284.72/cwt	236.50–314.00	1,654	48
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	318.60/cwt	293.50–324.50	1,947	146
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	277.21/cwt	250.00–293.50	1,735	36
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	628	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,771	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	287.78/cwt	278.50–305.00	1,937	221
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	248.06/cwt	239.00–272.00	1,692	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	702	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,892	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	274.65/cwt	271.50–283.50	2,016	125
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	762	242.69/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,849	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	267.59/cwt	263.00–269.00	2,090	156
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	786	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,721	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	261.31/cwt	250.00–262.50	2,127	85
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	846	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,081	18
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	247.96/cwt	245.50–253.00	2,155	24
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	256.59/cwt	252.50–258.00	2,368	214
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	937	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,314	54
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	952	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,342	52
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	957	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,201	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	263.85/cwt	263.85–263.85	2,533	135
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,004	246.44/cwt	239.10–254.00	2,474	137
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,018	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,311	18
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,080	245.26/cwt	240.00–246.10	2,649	181
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1-2	1,112	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,213	3
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,175	229.24/cwt	227.00–231.50	2,694	114
Steers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,206	222.25/cwt	222.25–222.25	2,680	19
Steers	1250–1300	Medium 1	1,266	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	2,614	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	347	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,180	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,338	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	361.13/cwt	349.00–375.00	1,405	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,505	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	278.33/cwt	277.00–281.00	1,275	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	314.90/cwt	301.00–337.50	1,496	64
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	306.42/cwt	294.00–316.00	1,609	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,420	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	292.27/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,660	182
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	273.18/cwt	258.00–284.00	1,612	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	272.85/cwt	264.00–284.00	1,722	70
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	260.56/cwt	259.00–262.00	1,657	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	264.25/cwt	256.00–274.00	1,794	173
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	242.51/cwt	236.00–253.50	1,661	38
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	258.95/cwt	257.00–262.00	1,844	65
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,696	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,979	33
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	244.27/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,905	27
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	242.59/cwt	235.00–248.60	2,009	157
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	842	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,852	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	868	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,144	65
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	882	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,037	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	896	241.75/cwt	241.75–241.75	2,166	74
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	899	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,045	16
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	238.67/cwt	235.50–239.75	2,203	155
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	223.07/cwt	220.50–224.00	2,177	302
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,034	223.21/cwt	220.25–229.50	2,308	97
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,096	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,269	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 12, 2024

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

Receipts 3,896Last week 4,544Year ago 3,226

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	350	440.00	440.00
15	450–500	489	340.00–342.00	340.39
11	500–550	540	324.00	324.00
48	550–600	581	236.50–314.00	284.72
36	600–650	626	250.00–293.50	277.21
32	650–700	682	239.00–272.00	248.06
14	700–750	702	269.50	269.50
10	750–800	762	235.00–246.00	242.69
54	900–950	937	247.00	247.00
3	950–1000	957	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	372	432.00–445.00	440.82
7	400–450	439	405.00	405.00
11	450–500	481	362.50–375.00	371.58
65	500–550	509	342.50–358.00	352.14
81	550–600	578	317.50–331.00	322.47
146	600–650	611	293.50–324.50	318.60
221	650–700	673	278.50–305.00	287.78
125	700–750	734	271.50–283.50	274.65
156	750–800	781	263.00–269.00	267.59
85	800–850	814	250.00–262.50	261.31
24	850–900	869	245.50–253.00	247.96
214	900–950	923	252.50–258.00	256.59
135	950–1000	960	263.85	263.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
137	1000–1050	1,004	239.10–254.00	246.44
181	1050–1100	1,080	240.00–246.10	245.26
114	1150–1200	1,175	227.00–231.50	229.24
19	1200–1250	1,206	222.25	222.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,112	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	1000–1050	1,018	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	628	282.00	282.00
18	800–850	846	246.00	246.00
52	950–1000	952	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1250–1300	1,266	206.50	206.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	786	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	347	340.00	340.00
3	350–400	385	347.50	347.50
12	450–500	458	277.00–281.00	278.33
6	500–550	536	265.00	265.00
25	550–600	590	258.00–284.00	273.18
31	600–650	636	259.00–262.00	260.56
38	650–700	685	236.00–253.50	242.51
6	700–750	734	231.00	231.00
27	750–800	780	243.00–250.00	244.27
5	800–850	842	220.00	220.00
3	850–900	882	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	389	349.00–375.00	361.13
6	400–450	430	350.00	350.00
64	450–500	475	301.00–337.50	314.90
21	500–550	525	294.00–316.00	306.42
182	550–600	568	280.00–301.00	292.27
70	600–650	631	264.00–284.00	272.85
173	650–700	679	256.00–274.00	264.25
65	700–750	712	257.00–262.00	258.95
33	750–800	773	256.00	256.00
157	800–850	828	235.00–248.60	242.59
74	850–900	896	241.75	241.75
155	900–950	923	235.50–239.75	238.67
302	950–1000	976	220.50–224.00	223.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,096	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
97	1000–1050	1,034	220.25–229.50	223.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	850–900	899	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	850–900	868	247.00	247.00

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.