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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-10

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 10

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Apr 3Apr 10Apr 17 →

Receipts

3,406 head

▲ 2,150 vs last sale 1,256▲ 141 vs year ago 3,265 · +4.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Only one class in both steers and heifers to compare, so trend not applicable. Undertone on steers was unevenly steady. Undertone on heifers was lower, heifers 900-950 lbs. were 4.00 higher. Quality was a little less today than last week and flesh was up more. Demand was good. Many load lots today. MLM sold a majority of char. influenced feeders today. The next feeder auction will be April 17th, expecting 2500 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 $376.95/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −107.34 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$376.95

22 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,129

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$31.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.15

vs SD average

+22.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	395.33	2,173	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	575	364.23	2,096	13thin

One grade step is worth $31.10/cwt here — about $77 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 sale22 hd

376.95

—

SD average4 barns · 274 hd

364.81

+12.15

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+22.65

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−107.34

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

51 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,106	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,029	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,163	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,180	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,112	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,172	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	323.81/cwt	322.50–324.00	2,037	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,174	27
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	681	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,907	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	694	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,179	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	703	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,997	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	311.46/cwt	308.00–317.00	2,255	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	762	281.21/cwt	275.00–284.00	2,143	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	778	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,163	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	295.53/cwt	294.50–300.00	2,323	123
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	822	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,203	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	295.88/cwt	290.00–300.75	2,438	362
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	849	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,241	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,403	30
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,437	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	273.35/cwt	272.00–277.75	2,487	110
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	263.26/cwt	254.75–268.00	2,548	349
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	978	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	2,391	17
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,019	249.32/cwt	241.00–259.75	2,541	278
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,059	244.75/cwt	239.00–245.50	2,592	255
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	361.62/cwt	352.00–368.00	1,729	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	501	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,638	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,783	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,618	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	301.30/cwt	294.00–309.00	1,877	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	286.15/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,846	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	295.16/cwt	288.00–302.00	1,983	58
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	680	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,945	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,757	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	282.36/cwt	277.00–285.00	2,010	38
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	279.08/cwt	243.00–284.00	2,004	37
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	276.51/cwt	272.00–284.00	2,154	273
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	267.55/cwt	262.50–268.25	2,084	40
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	270.50/cwt	263.00–277.50	2,210	476
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	823	257.68/cwt	248.50–261.00	2,121	23
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	893	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,255	40
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	894	242.52/cwt	240.25–247.00	2,168	163
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	896	251.47/cwt	249.50–268.00	2,253	56
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	246.17/cwt	244.00–248.50	2,257	221
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	922	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,065	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	978	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,215	50
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	980	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,151	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,002	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,114	4
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,058	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,211	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,074	4
Bulls	1000–1050	Large 1	1,010	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,273	8

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 10, 2025

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

Receipts 3,406Last week 1,256Year ago 3,265

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	478	352.00–368.00	361.62
6	500–550	523	341.00	341.00
5	550–600	597	271.00	271.00
26	600–650	645	270.00–290.00	286.15
5	650–700	689	255.00	255.00
37	700–750	718	243.00–284.00	279.08
40	750–800	779	262.50–268.25	267.55
6	900–950	922	224.00	224.00
6	950–1000	980	219.50	219.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
40	850–900	893	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,058	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,002	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	501	327.00	327.00
19	600–650	623	294.00–309.00	301.30
58	650–700	672	288.00–302.00	295.16
38	700–750	712	277.00–285.00	282.36
273	750–800	779	272.00–284.00	276.51
476	800–850	817	263.00–277.50	270.50
56	850–900	896	249.50–268.00	251.47
221	900–950	917	244.00–248.50	246.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	680	286.00	286.00
23	800–850	823	248.50–261.00	257.68
163	850–900	894	240.25–247.00	242.52
50	950–1000	978	226.50	226.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	448	470.00	470.00
4	500–550	538	402.00	402.00
5	550–600	559	390.00	390.00
9	600–650	610	356.00	356.00
27	650–700	653	333.00	333.00
35	700–750	724	308.00–317.00	311.46
123	750–800	786	294.50–300.00	295.53
362	800–850	824	290.00–300.75	295.88
30	850–900	852	282.00	282.00
110	900–950	910	272.00–277.75	273.35
349	950–1000	968	254.75–268.00	263.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	527	385.00	385.00
10	550–600	590	358.00	358.00
24	600–650	629	322.50–324.00	323.81
20	650–700	694	314.00	314.00
6	700–750	703	284.00	284.00
16	750–800	762	275.00–284.00	281.21
14	800–850	822	268.00	268.00
5	850–900	855	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	849	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	681	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
278	1000–1050	1,019	241.00–259.75	249.32
255	1050–1100	1,059	239.00–245.50	244.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	778	278.00	278.00
17	950–1000	978	244.50	244.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,010	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	509	407.50	407.50

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.