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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-03

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 3

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Mar 27Apr 3Apr 10 →

Receipts

1,256 head

▼ 1,953 vs last sale 3,209▼ 346 vs year ago 1,602 · −21.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 850-1000 lbs, sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers 800-950 lbs. were unevenly steady, Demand was good. Mostly large load lots on the yearlings. Due to snow and rain the last few days, numbers were lower today, which will make larger run next week. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 10th, 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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $360.00/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −66.24 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$360.00

12 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,814

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+18.19

vs SD average

+38.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	504	360.00	1,814	12thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale12 hd

360.00

—

SD average6 barns · 1,084 hd

341.81

+18.19

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

+38.62

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−66.24

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

29 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,171	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,145	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,309	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	799	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,245	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	279.57/cwt	279.00–281.50	2,413	68
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	934	272.50/cwt	257.00–276.50	2,545	86
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	274.25/cwt	274.25–274.25	2,633	122
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,082	244.40/cwt	243.75–245.00	2,644	108
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,108	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,726	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	372.51/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,479	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	408	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,469	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,666	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	504	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,814	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,946	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	283.68/cwt	277.00–303.00	1,773	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,971	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,930	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	780	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,083	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	274.58/cwt	274.00–275.25	2,210	151
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	819	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,785	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	876	248.87/cwt	246.00–249.50	2,180	39
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	258.88/cwt	252.75–267.00	2,291	173
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	927	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,178	13
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,244	177
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1Fleshy	1,122	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,435	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,160	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,769	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,160	9
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,860	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 Apr 3, 2025

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

Receipts 1,256Last week 3,209Year ago 1,602

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	397	365.00–400.00	372.51
18	400–450	408	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	490	340.00	340.00
12	600–650	625	277.00–303.00	283.68
7	650–700	687	281.00	281.00
5	800–850	819	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,122	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	780	267.00	267.00
39	850–900	876	246.00–249.50	248.87
13	900–950	927	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	504	360.00	360.00
10	600–650	608	320.00	320.00
3	650–700	657	300.00	300.00
151	800–850	805	274.00–275.25	274.58
173	850–900	885	252.75–267.00	258.88
177	900–950	935	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	1050–1100	1,082	243.75–245.00	244.40
56	1100–1150	1,108	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	527	412.00	412.00
8	600–650	629	341.00	341.00
9	750–800	757	305.00	305.00
68	850–900	863	279.00–281.50	279.57
86	900–950	934	257.00–276.50	272.50
122	950–1000	960	274.25	274.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	799	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	561	385.00	385.00
5	650–700	655	270.00	270.00
9	750–800	766	282.00	282.00
6	800–850	838	222.00	222.00

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.