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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-20

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

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Mar 13Mar 20Mar 27 →

Receipts

4,437 head

▲ 599 vs last sale 3,838▲ 1,888 vs year ago 2,549 · +74.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers up to 800 lbs. sold on a higher undertone. Steers 800-900 lbs. sold 8.00 10.00 higher, steers 900-1100 lbs. sold steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers 650-1000 lbs. sold 8.00-12.00 higher. Demand was very good. Many very large load lots in today's offering. The top two featuring consignments totaled over 1700 head of feeders. Order buyer's were filling big orders with one man's cattle. Quality was top notch today. The next feeder cattle auction will be Mar. 27th, expecting 3500 head of feeders, 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 $317.82/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −108.42 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$317.82

16 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$10.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.12

vs SD average

+3.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	325.00	1,794	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	536	314.56	1,686	11thin

One grade step is worth $10.44/cwt here — about $108 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 sale16 hd

317.82

—

SD average6 barns · 1,630 hd

332.94

−15.12

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

+3.24

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−108.42

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

43 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,560	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,034	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	415.93/cwt	405.00–421.00	2,117	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,879	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	598	361.31/cwt	361.00–367.50	2,161	125
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,073	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	358.60/cwt	342.50–360.50	2,223	114
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	330.80/cwt	328.00–335.00	2,253	64
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,126	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	702	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,597	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,319	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	318.01/cwt	310.50–325.00	2,461	70
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	300.91/cwt	296.00–311.50	2,467	92
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	852	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,062	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,461	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	271.11/cwt	269.00–277.50	2,486	280
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	265.31/cwt	250.00–268.50	2,603	344
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,014	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,505	43
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,078	258.81/cwt	257.00–262.25	2,790	336
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,183	239.99/cwt	238.50–241.60	2,839	484
Steers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,202	237.60/cwt	237.60–237.60	2,856	54
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	318	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,431	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,729	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,594	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	314.56/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,686	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,794	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	328.32/cwt	310.00–331.00	2,006	469
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	275.25/cwt	272.00–281.00	1,690	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	305.24/cwt	305.00–311.00	2,115	415
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,949	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	296.68/cwt	281.00–305.50	2,109	222
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,994	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	742	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,951	23
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	282.39/cwt	279.00–288.00	2,180	159
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	267.85/cwt	261.00–280.50	2,172	214
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	845	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,113	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	254.79/cwt	248.00–261.00	2,204	200
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	892	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,163	14
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	251.83/cwt	246.50–255.25	2,297	292
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	984	238.75/cwt	238.75–238.75	2,349	137
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1-2	1,102	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,336	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,062	3
Bulls	1150–1200	Large 1	1,193	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,374	6

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 20, 2025

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

Receipts 4,437Last week 3,838Year ago 2,549

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1150–1200	1,193	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	663	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,102	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	450.00	450.00
7	450–500	483	330.00	330.00
11	500–550	536	310.00–327.50	314.56
27	600–650	614	272.00–281.00	275.25
6	650–700	695	280.50	280.50
19	700–750	712	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	461	375.00	375.00
5	550–600	552	325.00	325.00
469	600–650	611	310.00–331.00	328.32
415	650–700	693	305.00–311.00	305.24
222	700–750	711	281.00–305.50	296.68
159	750–800	772	279.00–288.00	282.39
214	800–850	811	261.00–280.50	267.85
200	850–900	865	248.00–261.00	254.79
292	900–950	912	246.50–255.25	251.83
137	950–1000	984	238.75	238.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	700–750	742	263.00	263.00
3	800–850	845	250.00	250.00
14	850–900	892	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	1000–1050	1,014	247.00	247.00
336	1050–1100	1,078	257.00–262.25	258.81
484	1150–1200	1,183	238.50–241.60	239.99
54	1200–1250	1,202	237.60	237.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	415	490.00	490.00
13	500–550	509	405.00–421.00	415.93
125	550–600	598	361.00–367.50	361.31
114	600–650	620	342.50–360.50	358.60
64	650–700	681	328.00–335.00	330.80
21	700–750	718	323.00	323.00
70	750–800	774	310.50–325.00	318.01
92	800–850	820	296.00–311.50	300.91
9	850–900	879	280.00	280.00
280	900–950	917	269.00–277.50	271.11
344	950–1000	981	250.00–268.50	265.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	470.00	470.00
3	550–600	580	324.00	324.00
8	600–650	606	342.00	342.00
5	650–700	688	309.00	309.00
3	700–750	702	227.50	227.50
5	850–900	852	242.00	242.00

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.