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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-27

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

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Mar 20Mar 27Apr 3 →

Receipts

3,209 head

▼ 1,228 vs last sale 4,437▲ 1,022 vs year ago 2,187 · +46.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 700 lbs. on up sold on a steady to lower market, heifers 750 lbs. and up sold unevenly steady. Some large load lots in today's offering. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 3rd, expecting 3000 head of feeders, starting at 10:00 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 $366.95/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −117.34 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$366.95

61 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,120

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$18.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.95

vs SD average

+2.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	369.71	2,130	52
Medium and Large 1-2	587	351.00	2,060	9thin

One grade step is worth $18.71/cwt here — about $69 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 sale61 hd

366.95

—

SD average4 barns · 664 hd

376.90

−9.95

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

+2.97

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−117.34

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

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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,165	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	369.71/cwt	361.00–394.00	2,130	52
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,060	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	351.50/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,221	33
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	304.75/cwt	282.00–329.00	2,011	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,297	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	707	299.42/cwt	293.00–305.00	2,117	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,287	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	315.99/cwt	314.00–318.00	2,395	87
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	300.52/cwt	296.50–302.50	2,326	46
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	289.13/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,359	41
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	280.33/cwt	279.00–281.00	2,355	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	846	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,360	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	279.48/cwt	273.50–286.25	2,448	372
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	271.35/cwt	268.50–271.75	2,515	141
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	263.54/cwt	259.00–268.00	2,556	375
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	999	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,448	4
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,024	247.50/cwt	241.00–249.00	2,534	56
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,077	253.79/cwt	251.50–256.35	2,733	167
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,100	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,657	11
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1-2	1,194	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,651	10
Steers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,201	229.55/cwt	223.50–230.00	2,757	118
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,609	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,785	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,693	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	507	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,683	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	324.93/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,865	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	323.72/cwt	312.00–331.50	1,988	201
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	298.94/cwt	292.00–304.00	1,892	21
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	288.42/cwt	279.00–291.50	2,105	151
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,017	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,010	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	274.25/cwt	271.00–280.75	2,134	141
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	262.29/cwt	261.00–265.00	2,054	18
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	271.20/cwt	264.00–275.75	2,216	266
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	260.57/cwt	249.10–269.35	2,272	360
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	247.89/cwt	245.00–251.00	2,286	199
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	927	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,141	28
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	956	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,294	40
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	983	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,222	13
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,019	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,374	7
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1Fleshy	1,151	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,446	8
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1-2	1,158	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,397	4

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 27, 2025

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

Receipts 3,209Last week 4,437Year ago 2,187

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	429.00	429.00
3	500–550	507	332.00	332.00
21	600–650	633	292.00–304.00	298.94
14	700–750	739	273.00	273.00
18	750–800	783	261.00–265.00	262.29
28	900–950	927	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1150–1200	1,151	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,019	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1150–1200	1,158	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	449	397.50	397.50
22	450–500	469	361.00	361.00
8	550–600	574	320.00–330.00	324.93
201	600–650	614	312.00–331.50	323.72
151	700–750	730	279.00–291.50	288.42
141	750–800	778	271.00–280.75	274.25
266	800–850	817	264.00–275.75	271.20
360	850–900	872	249.10–269.35	260.57
199	900–950	922	245.00–251.00	247.89
40	950–1000	956	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	750	268.00	268.00
13	950–1000	983	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1150–1200	1,194	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	1000–1050	1,024	241.00–249.00	247.50
167	1050–1100	1,077	251.50–256.35	253.79
11	1100–1150	1,100	241.50	241.50
118	1200–1250	1,201	223.50–230.00	229.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	587	351.00	351.00
21	650–700	660	282.00–329.00	304.75
13	700–750	707	293.00–305.00	299.42
46	750–800	774	296.50–302.50	300.52
9	800–850	840	279.00–281.00	280.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	451	480.00	480.00
52	550–600	576	361.00–394.00	369.71
33	600–650	632	350.00–355.00	351.50
28	650–700	692	332.00	332.00
18	700–750	708	323.00	323.00
87	750–800	758	314.00–318.00	315.99
41	800–850	816	285.00–290.00	289.13
372	850–900	876	273.50–286.25	279.48
141	900–950	927	268.50–271.75	271.35
375	950–1000	970	259.00–268.00	263.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	846	279.00	279.00
4	950–1000	999	245.00	245.00

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.