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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 6

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Feb 27Mar 6Mar 13 →

Receipts

3,989 head

▼ 2,530 vs last sale 6,519▼ 981 vs year ago 4,970 · −19.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady. On heifers 550-800 lbs. were steady to 1.00 higher, with instances 10.00 higher on light fleshed heifers. Heifers 800-850 lbs. were 8.00 lower, many carrying extra flesh. Demand was good. Many large load lots in today's offering. One featured consignment of over 850 light fleshed heifers. The next feeder cattle auction will be Mar.13th, 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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $319.12/cwt on 166 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −107.12 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$319.12

166 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$32.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.00

vs SD average

+14.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	321.48	1,799	154
Medium and Large 1-2	584	288.79	1,687	12thin

One grade step is worth $32.69/cwt here — about $112 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale166 hd

319.12

—

SD average7 barns · 1,919 hd

325.12

−6.00

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

+14.10

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−107.12

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

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.03, low $337.65, median $426.24 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

41 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,870	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	503	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,836	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	377.24/cwt	366.50–384.00	2,030	50
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	363.38/cwt	361.50–364.00	2,119	91
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,199	34
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,045	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	301.35/cwt	300.00–302.00	2,025	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	318.89/cwt	316.50–330.00	2,184	52
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	309.73/cwt	291.00–316.00	2,211	234
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	288.01/cwt	280.50–291.00	2,238	54
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	797	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,176	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	277.75/cwt	277.50–278.00	2,241	69
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	834	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,218	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,300	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	276.08/cwt	267.50–280.25	2,399	199
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	873	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,322	63
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,418	28
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	942	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,412	77
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	257.10/cwt	251.75–261.35	2,509	489
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,031	243.96/cwt	243.50–244.50	2,515	49
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,160	234.85/cwt	234.85–234.85	2,724	160
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,596	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	332.62/cwt	329.00–335.00	1,720	39
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	317.70/cwt	310.00–321.00	1,824	115
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	288.79/cwt	281.00–300.00	1,687	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	300.77/cwt	299.00–310.00	1,871	339
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,915	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	293.69/cwt	278.50–298.75	1,971	164
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	270.18/cwt	266.00–276.00	1,878	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	702	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,952	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	728	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,907	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	276.72/cwt	261.00–281.00	2,050	495
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	770	280.89/cwt	276.00–287.00	2,163	177
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	274.06/cwt	260.25–279.85	2,110	189
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,814	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,947	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	828	243.15/cwt	236.00–243.50	2,013	63
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	247.95/cwt	245.25–260.00	2,056	347
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	894	240.16/cwt	237.50–242.00	2,147	166
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	947	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,126	13
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,234	11

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 Mar 6, 2025

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

Receipts 3,989Last week 6,519Year ago 4,970

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	1000–1050	1,031	243.50–244.50	243.96
160	1150–1200	1,160	234.85	234.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	834	266.00	266.00
63	850–900	873	266.00	266.00
77	900–950	942	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	503	365.00	365.00
4	600–650	641	319.00	319.00
9	650–700	672	300.00–302.00	301.35
3	750–800	797	273.00	273.00
4	850–900	855	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	411	455.00	455.00
50	500–550	538	366.50–384.00	377.24
91	550–600	583	361.50–364.00	363.38
34	600–650	632	348.00	348.00
52	650–700	685	316.50–330.00	318.89
234	700–750	714	291.00–316.00	309.73
54	750–800	777	280.50–291.00	288.01
69	800–850	807	277.50–278.00	277.75
199	850–900	869	267.50–280.25	276.08
28	900–950	914	264.50	264.50
489	950–1000	976	251.75–261.35	257.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	728	262.00	262.00
63	800–850	828	236.00–243.50	243.15
13	900–950	947	224.50	224.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	584	281.00–300.00	288.79
3	600–650	630	304.00	304.00
19	650–700	695	266.00–276.00	270.18
4	700–750	702	278.00	278.00
4	750–800	772	235.00	235.00
8	800–850	808	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	456	350.00	350.00
39	500–550	517	329.00–335.00	332.62
115	550–600	574	310.00–321.00	317.70
339	600–650	622	299.00–310.00	300.77
164	650–700	671	278.50–298.75	293.69
495	700–750	741	261.00–281.00	276.72
189	750–800	770	260.25–279.85	274.06
347	800–850	829	245.25–260.00	247.95
166	850–900	894	237.50–242.00	240.16
11	950–1000	969	230.50	230.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
177	750–800	770	276.00–287.00	280.89

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.