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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 27

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Feb 20Feb 27Mar 6 →

Receipts

6,519 head

▲ 1,330 vs last sale 5,189▲ 409 vs year ago 6,110 · +6.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks : Feeder steers 600-800 lbs. sold 1,00-5.00 higher, steers 800-900 lbs. sold steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-750 lbs. sold 4.00-9.00 higher, heifers 750-950 sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Demand was good. Many large load lots in today's offering. One featured consignment of over 850 steers, order buyer's could fill big orders. The next feeder cattle auction will be Mar.6th, expecting 5000 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 $349.86/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −134.43 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$349.86

83 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$32.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.01

vs SD average

+1.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	366.44	2,071	41
Medium and Large 1-2	579	333.67	1,931	42

One grade step is worth $32.78/cwt here — about $140 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 sale83 hd

349.86

—

SD average6 barns · 789 hd

349.84

+0.01

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+1.62

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−134.43

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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,466	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	411.66/cwt	410.00–412.50	1,836	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,928	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,757	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	386.55/cwt	373.00–397.00	1,956	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,932	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	330.53/cwt	296.00–351.00	1,930	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	356.02/cwt	350.00–359.00	2,122	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	342.22/cwt	322.00–353.00	2,129	161
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	306.00/cwt	280.00–324.00	1,906	29
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	320.78/cwt	310.00–324.00	2,162	463
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	304.89/cwt	292.00–320.50	2,186	228
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	287.06/cwt	276.00–291.00	2,078	40
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	293.22/cwt	278.00–300.25	2,270	259
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	798	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,179	31
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	283.26/cwt	274.00–289.00	2,306	781
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	842	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,265	37
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	848	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,264	66
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	869	262.54/cwt	242.00–266.00	2,281	58
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	274.42/cwt	264.00–279.60	2,390	444
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	267.42/cwt	261.00–276.00	2,460	434
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	981	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,374	10
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	984	252.04/cwt	244.00–254.00	2,480	194
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,022	254.54/cwt	244.50–257.00	2,601	282
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,128	238.25/cwt	238.25–238.25	2,687	112
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1-2	1,187	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,659	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,475	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,369	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,512	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	353.06/cwt	335.00–356.00	1,730	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,556	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	345.29/cwt	320.00–359.00	1,778	51
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	303.79/cwt	280.00–322.50	1,595	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	306.38/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,768	68
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,562	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	301.63/cwt	294.50–312.50	1,867	139
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	292.25/cwt	279.00–303.00	1,929	148
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,705	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	699	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,146	56
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	277.18/cwt	263.00–287.00	1,998	462
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,894	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	262.30/cwt	257.50–267.75	2,028	173
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	781	293.67/cwt	292.50–294.00	2,294	93
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	249.43/cwt	243.00–255.00	1,953	25
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	256.70/cwt	250.50–270.00	2,110	240
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	840	247.65/cwt	247.25–250.00	2,080	136
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	248.49/cwt	240.75–254.50	2,167	281
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	246.02/cwt	238.00–252.50	2,234	245
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	938	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,200	52
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	230.75/cwt	230.75–230.75	2,231	70
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,013	226.83/cwt	225.00–228.50	2,298	99
Heifers	1300–1350	Large 1	1,309	188.75/cwt	188.75–188.75	2,471	15
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	731	242.98/cwt	237.00–265.00	1,776	41
Beef/Dairy Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	866	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,992	6
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	722	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,762	8
Beef/Dairy Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	822	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,014	19
Beef/Dairy Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	867	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,272	7

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 27, 2025

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

Receipts 6,519Last week 5,189Year ago 6,110

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	345	427.50	427.50
31	450–500	490	335.00–356.00	353.06
51	500–550	515	320.00–359.00	345.29
68	550–600	577	297.00–310.00	306.38
139	600–650	619	294.50–312.50	301.63
148	650–700	660	279.00–303.00	292.25
462	700–750	721	263.00–287.00	277.18
173	750–800	773	257.50–267.75	262.30
240	800–850	822	250.50–270.00	256.70
281	850–900	872	240.75–254.50	248.49
245	900–950	908	238.00–252.50	246.02
70	950–1000	967	230.75	230.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	365	375.00	375.00
3	400–450	435	347.50	347.50
10	450–500	498	312.50	312.50
13	500–550	525	280.00–322.50	303.79
8	600–650	615	254.00	254.00
4	650–700	662	257.50	257.50
10	700–750	740	256.00	256.00
25	750–800	783	243.00–255.00	249.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
136	800–850	840	247.25–250.00	247.65
52	900–950	938	234.50	234.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	1000–1050	1,013	225.00–228.50	226.83
15	1300–1350	1,309	188.75	188.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
56	650–700	699	307.00	307.00
93	750–800	781	292.50–294.00	293.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	435.00	435.00
9	450–500	488	360.00	360.00
6	500–550	548	352.50	352.50
36	550–600	584	296.00–351.00	330.53
29	600–650	623	280.00–324.00	306.00
40	700–750	724	276.00–291.00	287.06
31	750–800	798	273.00	273.00
37	800–850	842	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	446	410.00–412.50	411.66
6	450–500	482	400.00	400.00
14	500–550	506	373.00–397.00	386.55
27	550–600	596	350.00–359.00	356.02
161	600–650	622	322.00–353.00	342.22
463	650–700	674	310.00–324.00	320.78
228	700–750	717	292.00–320.50	304.89
259	750–800	774	278.00–300.25	293.22
781	800–850	814	274.00–289.00	283.26
444	850–900	871	264.00–279.60	274.42
434	900–950	920	261.00–276.00	267.42
194	950–1000	984	244.00–254.00	252.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
282	1000–1050	1,022	244.50–257.00	254.54
112	1100–1150	1,128	238.25	238.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1150–1200	1,187	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	800–850	848	267.00	267.00
58	850–900	869	242.00–266.00	262.54
10	950–1000	981	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	700–750	731	237.00–265.00	242.98
6	850–900	866	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	722	244.00	244.00
19	800–850	822	245.00	245.00
7	850–900	867	262.00	262.00

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.