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

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

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 18 comparable sales and sits −157.63 against this barn's trailing median of $480.75.

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

What quality paid 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.85, low $442.27, median $480.75 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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 median18 sales

480.75

−157.63

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

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	248.06/cwt	239.00–272.00	1,692	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	242.51/cwt	236.00–253.50	1,661	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	361.13/cwt	349.00–375.00	1,405	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	314.90/cwt	301.00–337.50	1,496	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	292.27/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,660	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	340.39/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,665	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	284.72/cwt	236.50–314.00	1,654	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	242.69/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,849	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,420	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	440.82/cwt	432.00–445.00	1,640	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,505	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,892	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,750	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	244.27/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,905	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,540	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,979	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	277.21/cwt	250.00–293.50	1,735	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	278.33/cwt	277.00–281.00	1,275	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,696	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	347	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,180	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	957	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,201	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,852	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	937	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,314	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	260.56/cwt	259.00–262.00	1,657	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,037	3
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,080	245.26/cwt	240.00–246.10	2,649	181
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,175	229.24/cwt	227.00–231.50	2,694	114
Heifers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,096	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,269	4
Steers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,112	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,213	3
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	223.21/cwt	220.25–229.50	2,308	97
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,018	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,311	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	846	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,081	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	628	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,771	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	899	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,045	16
Steers	Medium 1	1250–1300	1,266	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	2,614	6
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	246.44/cwt	239.10–254.00	2,474	137
Steers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,206	222.25/cwt	222.25–222.25	2,680	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	318.60/cwt	293.50–324.50	1,947	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	868	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,144	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	267.59/cwt	263.00–269.00	2,090	156
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	786	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,721	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	273.18/cwt	258.00–284.00	1,612	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	952	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,342	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	287.78/cwt	278.50–305.00	1,937	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	352.14/cwt	342.50–358.00	1,792	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	371.58/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,787	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	274.65/cwt	271.50–283.50	2,016	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	256.59/cwt	252.50–258.00	2,368	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	263.85/cwt	263.85–263.85	2,533	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	261.31/cwt	250.00–262.50	2,127	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	322.47/cwt	317.50–331.00	1,864	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	242.59/cwt	235.00–248.60	2,009	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	241.75/cwt	241.75–241.75	2,166	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,778	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	247.96/cwt	245.50–253.00	2,155	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	306.42/cwt	294.00–316.00	1,609	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	264.25/cwt	256.00–274.00	1,794	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	238.67/cwt	235.50–239.75	2,203	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	258.95/cwt	257.00–262.00	1,844	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	272.85/cwt	264.00–284.00	1,722	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	223.07/cwt	220.50–224.00	2,177	302
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,338	3

How this sale compares

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.

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