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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-20

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 20

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Feb 13Feb 20Feb 27 →

Receipts

5,189 head

▲ 2,818 vs last sale 2,371▼ 651 vs year ago 5,840 · −11.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 650 lbs. and up were 3.00-9.00 higher. Most heifers sold on a lower undertone . Demand was very good. House full of buyers. Many large load lots in todays offering. Today was Hereford influenced auction. MLM sold many high quality heifers for replacement today, bring feeding heifers average price down a little. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 27th, expecting 6000 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 $349.75/cwt on 360 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −134.54 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$349.75

360 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,953

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$19.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.28

vs SD average

+8.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	351.94	1,967	320
Medium and Large 1-2	555	332.25	1,843	40

One grade step is worth $19.69/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale360 hd

349.75

—

SD average6 barns · 1,281 hd

358.04

−8.28

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

+8.54

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−134.54

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

55 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,721	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	430.80/cwt	427.00–435.00	1,771	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	388.15/cwt	372.50–405.00	1,851	49
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,820	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	360.16/cwt	348.00–368.00	1,866	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	366.36/cwt	357.00–377.50	1,920	110
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	344.39/cwt	328.00–356.00	1,987	210
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	313.64/cwt	300.50–326.00	1,816	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	327.98/cwt	317.00–335.50	2,063	181
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	312.88/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,974	65
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	315.85/cwt	300.00–327.25	2,123	768
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	301.29/cwt	263.00–305.00	2,055	67
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	300.60/cwt	285.00–308.25	2,179	459
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	291.33/cwt	284.50–297.00	2,264	462
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	278.33/cwt	257.00–280.75	2,168	29
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	283.47/cwt	273.50–289.00	2,327	423
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	276.01/cwt	268.00–280.35	2,393	151
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	873	261.66/cwt	256.50–268.50	2,284	53
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	882	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,240	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	254.82/cwt	254.50–255.00	2,352	34
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	932	241.42/cwt	231.00–249.00	2,250	7
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	998	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,475	9
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,006	259.87/cwt	244.50–263.50	2,614	103
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1-2	1,159	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,388	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,480	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	370.38/cwt	369.00–375.00	1,463	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	356.20/cwt	332.50–375.00	1,517	38
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,524	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	308.08/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,479	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	325.97/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,571	74
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	299.95/cwt	293.00–312.50	1,551	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	328.72/cwt	315.00–347.00	1,759	61
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	277.60/cwt	271.00–295.00	1,596	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	309.13/cwt	296.00–325.00	1,790	89
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	297.19/cwt	290.00–309.50	1,843	271
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	624	332.10/cwt	324.00–335.00	2,072	84
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	278.18/cwt	267.00–288.00	1,897	166
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	684	324.69/cwt	305.00–340.00	2,221	136
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	694	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,839	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	271.13/cwt	266.00–275.50	1,960	193
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,904	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	771	305.50/cwt	303.00–308.00	2,355	144
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	264.54/cwt	260.50–270.00	2,053	113
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	245.71/cwt	244.00–248.00	1,921	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	804	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,195	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	258.25/cwt	254.00–265.00	2,102	91
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	819	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,990	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	878	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,019	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	249.76/cwt	235.50–254.25	2,320	149
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	993	225.28/cwt	225.00–226.00	2,237	14
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,019	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,395	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,726	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,799	17
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	698	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,031	13

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 Feb 20, 2025

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

Receipts 5,189Last week 2,371Year ago 5,840

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	395	369.00–375.00	370.38
38	400–450	426	332.50–375.00	356.20
74	450–500	482	320.00–340.00	325.97
61	500–550	535	315.00–347.00	328.72
89	550–600	579	296.00–325.00	309.13
271	600–650	620	290.00–309.50	297.19
166	650–700	682	267.00–288.00	278.18
193	700–750	723	266.00–275.50	271.13
113	750–800	776	260.50–270.00	264.54
91	800–850	814	254.00–265.00	258.25
149	900–950	929	235.50–254.25	249.76
14	950–1000	993	225.00–226.00	225.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	387	382.50	382.50
10	400–450	445	342.50	342.50
26	450–500	480	305.00–325.00	308.08
20	500–550	517	293.00–312.50	299.95
14	550–600	575	271.00–295.00	277.60
3	600–650	600	280.00	280.00
6	650–700	694	265.00	265.00
11	700–750	741	257.00	257.00
7	750–800	782	244.00–248.00	245.71
9	800–850	804	273.00	273.00
5	850–900	878	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	819	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,019	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
84	600–650	624	324.00–335.00	332.10
136	650–700	684	305.00–340.00	324.69
144	750–800	771	303.00–308.00	305.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	398	432.50	432.50
23	400–450	411	427.00–435.00	430.80
49	450–500	477	372.50–405.00	388.15
110	500–550	524	357.00–377.50	366.36
210	550–600	577	328.00–356.00	344.39
181	600–650	629	317.00–335.50	327.98
768	650–700	672	300.00–327.25	315.85
459	700–750	725	285.00–308.25	300.60
462	750–800	777	284.50–297.00	291.33
423	800–850	821	273.50–289.00	283.47
151	850–900	867	268.00–280.35	276.01
34	900–950	923	254.50–255.00	254.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	482	377.50	377.50
16	500–550	518	348.00–368.00	360.16
24	550–600	579	300.50–326.00	313.64
65	600–650	631	305.00–315.00	312.88
67	650–700	682	263.00–305.00	301.29
29	750–800	779	257.00–280.75	278.33
6	850–900	882	254.00	254.00
7	900–950	932	231.00–249.00	241.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	850–900	873	256.50–268.50	261.66
9	950–1000	998	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
103	1000–1050	1,006	244.50–263.50	259.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1150–1200	1,159	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	411	420.00	420.00
17	500–550	517	348.00	348.00
13	650–700	698	291.00	291.00

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.