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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 23

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jan 16Jan 23Jan 30 →

Receipts

3,758 head

▼ 1,831 vs last sale 5,589▼ 1,295 vs year ago 5,053 · −25.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 500-900 lbs. sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers 550-750 lbs. sold 2.00-7.00 higher, 850-950 lbs. heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good. Many load lots in todays offering. With the open winter many of the feeder cattle are putting on extra flesh, buyers buy accordingly to flesh amount. The next feeder cattle auction will be Jan. 30th, 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 $353.48/cwt on 270 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −130.81 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$353.48

270 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,942

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$22.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.66

vs SD average

+12.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	357.53	1,963	222
Medium and Large 1-2	551	334.72	1,844	48

One grade step is worth $22.81/cwt here — about $118 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 sale270 hd

353.48

—

SD average8 barns · 2,831 hd

350.82

+2.66

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+12.54

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−130.81

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

53 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	449.19/cwt	440.00–457.50	1,662	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,765	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	391.21/cwt	380.00–409.00	1,862	40
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,795	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	351.90/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,844	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	373.21/cwt	365.00–374.00	1,967	111
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	341.86/cwt	330.00–352.00	1,952	111
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	314.42/cwt	300.00–332.50	1,833	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	311.48/cwt	311.00–312.00	1,950	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	627	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,944	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	323.67/cwt	316.00–333.00	2,033	209
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	311.84/cwt	300.00–319.00	2,086	238
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	286.48/cwt	279.00–307.50	1,934	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	269.59/cwt	261.00–278.00	1,965	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	294.59/cwt	288.00–307.00	2,151	179
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	738	280.39/cwt	279.50–286.00	2,069	28
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	291.39/cwt	271.00–297.50	2,241	283
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	792	268.97/cwt	266.50–271.00	2,130	42
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	281.52/cwt	266.00–288.75	2,308	136
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	862	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,198	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	266.17/cwt	251.00–276.50	2,356	372
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	266.22/cwt	253.00–272.00	2,417	72
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	260.41/cwt	251.50–262.50	2,526	53
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,006	253.25/cwt	253.25–253.25	2,548	29
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,025	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,337	3
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,081	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,675	39
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,402	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,473	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,432	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	379.48/cwt	377.50–380.00	1,620	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	372.33/cwt	350.00–397.50	1,731	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	338.44/cwt	332.00–342.50	1,587	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	322.66/cwt	315.00–336.00	1,688	102
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	309.57/cwt	309.00–311.00	1,619	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	313.35/cwt	304.00–323.00	1,814	173
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	286.65/cwt	281.00–288.00	1,806	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	298.80/cwt	287.00–309.00	1,891	200
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	284.84/cwt	272.00–299.50	1,908	54
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	265.14/cwt	263.00–267.50	1,803	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	699	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,796	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	276.59/cwt	256.00–280.00	1,969	179
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	257.55/cwt	255.00–260.50	2,029	92
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	794	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,961	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	247.70/cwt	247.00–248.00	2,051	29
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	834	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,985	31
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	250.20/cwt	248.00–258.00	2,164	145
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	242.51/cwt	240.00–246.50	2,224	100
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	941	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,164	26
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,218	104
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,039	243.78/cwt	233.00–244.50	2,533	64
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,053	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,475	60
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,597	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,956	12

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 23, 2025

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

Receipts 3,758Last week 5,589Year ago 5,053

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	370	440.00–457.50	449.19
3	400–450	408	432.50	432.50
40	450–500	476	380.00–409.00	391.21
111	500–550	527	365.00–374.00	373.21
111	550–600	571	330.00–352.00	341.86
209	600–650	628	316.00–333.00	323.67
238	650–700	669	300.00–319.00	311.84
179	700–750	730	288.00–307.00	294.59
283	750–800	769	271.00–297.50	291.39
136	800–850	820	266.00–288.75	281.52
372	850–900	885	251.00–276.50	266.17
72	900–950	908	253.00–272.00	266.22
53	950–1000	970	251.50–262.50	260.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	485	370.00	370.00
26	500–550	524	335.00–355.00	351.90
22	550–600	583	300.00–332.50	314.42
10	600–650	626	311.00–312.00	311.48
11	650–700	675	279.00–307.50	286.48
22	700–750	729	261.00–278.00	269.59
6	850–900	862	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	1000–1050	1,006	253.25	253.25
39	1050–1100	1,081	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,025	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	627	310.00	310.00
28	700–750	738	279.50–286.00	280.39
42	750–800	792	266.50–271.00	268.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	344	407.50	407.50
7	350–400	355	415.00	415.00
15	400–450	427	377.50–380.00	379.48
25	450–500	465	350.00–397.50	372.33
102	500–550	523	315.00–336.00	322.66
173	550–600	579	304.00–323.00	313.35
200	600–650	633	287.00–309.00	298.80
54	650–700	670	272.00–299.50	284.84
179	700–750	712	256.00–280.00	276.59
92	750–800	788	255.00–260.50	257.55
29	800–850	828	247.00–248.00	247.70
145	850–900	865	248.00–258.00	250.20
100	900–950	917	240.00–246.50	242.51
104	950–1000	952	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	415	345.00	345.00
11	450–500	469	332.00–342.50	338.44
28	500–550	523	309.00–311.00	309.57
15	600–650	630	281.00–288.00	286.65
22	650–700	680	263.00–267.50	265.14
5	750–800	794	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	699	257.00	257.00
31	800–850	834	238.00	238.00
26	900–950	941	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	1000–1050	1,039	233.00–244.50	243.78
60	1050–1100	1,053	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	507	315.00	315.00
12	600–650	636	307.50	307.50

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.