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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-16

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 16

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jan 9Jan 16Jan 23 →

Receipts

5,589 head

▲ 82 vs last sale 5,507▲ 1,889 vs year ago 3,700 · +51.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady overall, feeder heifers mostly steady. Good demand for this large offering of feeder cattle, best demand was seen on light weight cattle to background. Many long strings of home-raised spring born steers and heifers, including full load lots, quality was very attractive but at times they were carrying extra flesh condition. There were several consignments of yearling steers and heifers. The flesh condition on the yearlings was pretty heavy overall, especially the heifers. Cattle feeders are watching flesh conditions closely and bidding accordingly. The market was active, but not as fever pitched as it's been, as there has been a huge volume of cattle moved across the greater region since the start of the year. Next week expecting 5,000 feeder cattle 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 $345.34/cwt on 343 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −138.95 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$345.34

343 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,954

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$123

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

$21.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.39

vs SD average

+2.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	346.65	1,962	322
Medium and Large 1-2	565	325.33	1,838	21

One grade step is worth $21.31/cwt here — about $123 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale343 hd

345.34

—

SD average6 barns · 3,031 hd

354.73

−9.39

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+2.89

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−138.95

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

57 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	349	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,605	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,742	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	398	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,532	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	422.75/cwt	410.00–442.50	1,788	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	383.88/cwt	375.00–420.00	1,816	38
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	384.26/cwt	370.00–392.50	1,960	50
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,919	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	543	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,901	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	339.46/cwt	327.50–360.00	1,959	265
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,789	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	333.09/cwt	318.00–340.00	2,029	174
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,950	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,990	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	312.57/cwt	303.00–323.00	2,125	279
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	297.29/cwt	281.00–308.00	2,149	341
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	730	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,029	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	756	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,124	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	285.10/cwt	277.00–290.00	2,184	149
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	281.20/cwt	271.50–287.25	2,328	645
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	848	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,234	61
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	267.90/cwt	264.00–275.50	2,336	218
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	873	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,156	13
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	902	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,282	19
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	255.25/cwt	250.00–262.50	2,399	160
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	953	247.46/cwt	247.00–248.00	2,358	39
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	959	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,388	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	255.33/cwt	255.00–255.50	2,461	167
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,060	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,671	70
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	316	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,106	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	405.76/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,518	44
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,445	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	359.16/cwt	350.00–371.00	1,577	42
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	329.45/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,568	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	331.86/cwt	311.00–350.00	1,759	74
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,495	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,725	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	304.61/cwt	300.00–319.00	1,788	127
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	276.45/cwt	276.00–277.00	1,689	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	296.31/cwt	286.00–300.50	1,852	204
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	283.29/cwt	277.00–301.00	1,932	284
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	687	269.27/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,850	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	273.06/cwt	264.00–275.00	1,947	220
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	748	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,937	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	261.19/cwt	254.00–264.75	2,003	272
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	254.62/cwt	249.00–257.00	2,101	141
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,160	78
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	874	232.17/cwt	231.00–233.00	2,029	29
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	880	232.54/cwt	230.00–236.00	2,046	88
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	926	238.25/cwt	237.50–239.50	2,206	199
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	967	232.90/cwt	232.00–233.75	2,252	212
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,321	137
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,014	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,312	14
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1,015	223.00/cwt	221.00–224.00	2,263	21
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,590	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,832	28
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,130	24
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	796	259.75/cwt	259.75–259.75	2,068	130

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 16, 2025

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

Receipts 5,589Last week 5,507Year ago 3,700

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	349	460.00	460.00
5	350–400	385	452.50	452.50
24	400–450	423	410.00–442.50	422.75
38	450–500	473	375.00–420.00	383.88
50	500–550	510	370.00–392.50	384.26
265	550–600	577	327.50–360.00	339.46
174	600–650	609	318.00–340.00	333.09
279	650–700	680	303.00–323.00	312.57
341	700–750	723	281.00–308.00	297.29
149	750–800	766	277.00–290.00	285.10
645	800–850	828	271.50–287.25	281.20
218	850–900	872	264.00–275.50	267.90
160	900–950	940	250.00–262.50	255.25
167	950–1000	964	255.00–255.50	255.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	398	385.00	385.00
7	500–550	533	360.00	360.00
14	550–600	581	308.00	308.00
10	600–650	629	310.00	310.00
6	650–700	661	301.00	301.00
18	750–800	756	281.00	281.00
19	900–950	902	253.00	253.00
39	950–1000	953	247.00–248.00	247.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	543	350.00	350.00
13	700–750	730	278.00	278.00
61	800–850	848	263.50	263.50
13	850–900	873	247.00	247.00
9	950–1000	959	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	1050–1100	1,060	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	316	350.00	350.00
9	400–450	438	330.00	330.00
29	500–550	530	282.00	282.00
7	550–600	579	298.00	298.00
22	600–650	611	276.00–277.00	276.45
7	700–750	748	259.00	259.00
29	850–900	874	231.00–233.00	232.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,014	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	350–400	374	405.00–410.00	405.76
42	400–450	439	350.00–371.00	359.16
41	450–500	476	325.00–340.00	329.45
74	500–550	530	311.00–350.00	331.86
127	550–600	587	300.00–319.00	304.61
204	600–650	625	286.00–300.50	296.31
284	650–700	682	277.00–301.00	283.29
220	700–750	713	264.00–275.00	273.06
272	750–800	767	254.00–264.75	261.19
141	800–850	825	249.00–257.00	254.62
78	850–900	864	250.00	250.00
199	900–950	926	237.50–239.50	238.25
137	950–1000	973	238.50	238.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	687	268.00–270.00	269.27
88	850–900	880	230.00–236.00	232.54
212	950–1000	967	232.00–233.75	232.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	1000–1050	1,015	221.00–224.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	413	385.00	385.00
28	500–550	547	335.00	335.00
24	700–750	722	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
130	750–800	796	259.75	259.75

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.