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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-13

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 13

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Mar 6Mar 13Mar 20 →

Receipts

3,838 head

▼ 151 vs last sale 3,989▼ 222 vs year ago 4,060 · −5.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 700-1000 lbs. sold 6.00-8.00 higher. Heifers 650-1000 lbs. sold unevenly steady with a higher undertone on most. Demand was good. Many large load lots in today's offering. People are talking about spring storm and calving, for SD, Minn ,IA coming this weekend. The next feeder cattle auction will be Mar. 20th expecting 4000 head plus, starting at "10:00" 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 $312.23/cwt on 175 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −114.01 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$312.23

175 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$7.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.77

vs SD average

−2.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	314.16	1,776	131
Medium and Large 1-2	553	306.46	1,694	44

One grade step is worth $7.70/cwt here — about $83 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale175 hd

312.23

—

SD average5 barns · 995 hd

325.00

−12.77

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−2.73

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−114.01

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

50 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	326	414.25/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,350	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	479.84/cwt	475.00–490.00	1,828	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,721	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	432.37/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,915	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	432.78/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,982	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,880	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	394.90/cwt	387.50–399.50	2,014	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,938	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	366.84/cwt	353.00–372.00	2,058	57
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	339.13/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,977	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,015	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	350.61/cwt	340.00–354.00	2,174	86
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	329.23/cwt	321.00–343.00	2,216	106
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	699	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,195	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	317.89/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,302	223
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	742	299.71/cwt	270.00–303.50	2,224	51
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	2,295	49
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,217	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	288.02/cwt	281.00–295.25	2,336	116
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	833	268.35/cwt	267.00–269.00	2,235	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	270.55/cwt	267.50–277.00	2,370	76
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	887	265.25/cwt	265.25–265.25	2,353	74
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	270.14/cwt	266.00–278.85	2,485	275
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	939	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,310	8
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	265.09/cwt	263.50–268.25	2,579	316
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	993	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,478	70
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,034	247.85/cwt	247.85–247.85	2,563	39
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,057	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,679	58
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1-2	1,114	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,507	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	398.15/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,529	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	354.62/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,528	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	331.78/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,586	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,695	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	313.29/cwt	311.00–315.00	1,695	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	294.51/cwt	291.00–301.00	1,688	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	314.71/cwt	305.00–323.00	1,819	89
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	580	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,647	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	293.32/cwt	292.00–297.50	1,883	48
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,642	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	294.74/cwt	282.00–300.50	1,978	248
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,788	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	270.63/cwt	263.00–275.00	1,970	61
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	270.16/cwt	263.25–274.00	2,064	230
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	767	252.85/cwt	231.00–259.00	1,939	45
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	252.17/cwt	247.00–265.00	2,045	190
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	243.53/cwt	238.00–253.75	2,143	445
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	235.53/cwt	231.75–239.50	2,197	330
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	229.67/cwt	228.25–231.00	2,219	123
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,873	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,929	3

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 13, 2025

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

Receipts 3,838Last week 3,989Year ago 4,060

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	384	395.00–400.00	398.15
25	400–450	431	350.00–360.00	354.62
29	500–550	520	326.00	326.00
89	550–600	578	305.00–323.00	314.71
48	600–650	642	292.00–297.50	293.32
248	650–700	671	282.00–300.50	294.74
61	700–750	728	263.00–275.00	270.63
230	750–800	764	263.25–274.00	270.16
190	800–850	811	247.00–265.00	252.17
445	850–900	880	238.00–253.75	243.53
330	900–950	933	231.75–239.50	235.53
123	950–1000	966	228.25–231.00	229.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	478	310.00–340.00	331.78
28	500–550	541	311.00–315.00	313.29
16	550–600	573	291.00–301.00	294.51
9	600–650	644	255.00	255.00
6	650–700	680	263.00	263.00
45	750–800	767	231.00–259.00	252.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	580	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	326	410.00–420.00	414.25
7	400–450	425	405.00	405.00
3	450–500	473	397.50	397.50
6	500–550	542	357.50	357.50
15	550–600	583	330.00–345.00	339.13
4	600–650	606	332.50	332.50
9	650–700	699	314.00	314.00
7	750–800	786	282.00	282.00
9	800–850	833	267.00–269.00	268.35
8	900–950	939	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	700–750	742	270.00–303.50	299.71
74	850–900	887	265.25	265.25
70	950–1000	993	249.50	249.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	1000–1050	1,034	247.85	247.85
58	1050–1100	1,057	253.50	253.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1100–1150	1,114	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	381	475.00–490.00	479.84
19	400–450	443	430.00–435.00	432.37
20	450–500	458	430.00–435.00	432.78
30	500–550	510	387.50–399.50	394.90
57	550–600	561	353.00–372.00	366.84
86	600–650	620	340.00–354.00	350.61
106	650–700	673	321.00–343.00	329.23
223	700–750	724	310.00–320.00	317.89
49	750–800	769	298.50	298.50
116	800–850	811	281.00–295.25	288.02
76	850–900	876	267.50–277.00	270.55
275	900–950	920	266.00–278.85	270.14
316	950–1000	973	263.50–268.25	265.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	547	342.50	342.50
3	650–700	683	282.50	282.50

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.