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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-24

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 24

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Apr 17Apr 24May 8 →

Receipts

1,811 head

▼ 486 vs last sale 2,297▼ 899 vs year ago 2,710 · −33.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trend not applicable on steers and heifers due to weights not matching up week to week. The undertone for steers and heifers was unevenly steady. Demand was good. Some large load lots today. Next feeder cattle auction will be May 1st, starting at 10:00 am. On May 8th, M L M will be having a Fall Calf Special Sale.

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 $331.35/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −94.89 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$331.35

82 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,837

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$11.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.78

vs SD average

+1.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	333.11	1,854	69
Medium and Large 1-2	543	322.00	1,748	13thin

One grade step is worth $11.11/cwt here — about $106 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale82 hd

331.35

—

SD average3 barns · 428 hd

335.13

−3.78

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

+1.40

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−94.89

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

37 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,781	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	478	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,247	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	499	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,101	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,183	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	359.73/cwt	358.00–360.50	2,241	43
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,356	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,271	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	747	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,092	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	793	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	2,423	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,204	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	849	278.25/cwt	278.25–278.25	2,362	59
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,561	23
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Mexican Origin	944	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,676	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	268.03/cwt	261.25–272.00	2,611	127
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	995	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,428	7
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	999	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,572	79
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,009	261.30/cwt	261.00–261.50	2,637	104
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,078	251.55/cwt	245.50–254.60	2,712	121
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,118	250.75/cwt	250.75–250.75	2,803	20
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1-2	1,123	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,291	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,304	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,659	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,739	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	1,806	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,748	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	594	316.48/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,880	38
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,986	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	731	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,966	46
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	271.25/cwt	271.25–271.25	2,143	66
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	269.56/cwt	266.50–273.50	2,202	335
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	849	264.25/cwt	264.25–264.25	2,243	18
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,326	133
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	248.30/cwt	242.50–256.25	2,289	171
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	2,477	71
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,026	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,257	15
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,068	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,403	49
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1-2	1,120	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,341	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 Apr 24, 2025

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

Receipts 1,811Last week 2,297Year ago 2,710

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,120	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	1000–1050	1,026	220.00	220.00
49	1050–1100	1,068	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	420	395.00	395.00
7	450–500	487	357.00	357.00
31	500–550	511	353.50	353.50
38	550–600	594	315.00–317.00	316.48
17	650–700	680	292.00	292.00
66	750–800	790	271.25	271.25
335	800–850	817	266.50–273.50	269.56
133	850–900	886	262.50	262.50
171	900–950	922	242.50–256.25	248.30
71	950–1000	990	250.25	250.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	543	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	700–750	731	269.00	269.00
18	800–850	849	264.25	264.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,123	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
104	1000–1050	1,009	261.00–261.50	261.30
121	1050–1100	1,078	245.50–254.60	251.55
20	1100–1150	1,118	250.75	250.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	371	480.00	480.00
16	450–500	499	421.00	421.00
33	500–550	547	399.00	399.00
43	600–650	623	358.00–360.50	359.73
5	650–700	658	358.00	358.00
4	700–750	714	318.00	318.00
17	750–800	793	305.50	305.50
23	900–950	908	282.00	282.00
127	950–1000	974	261.25–272.00	268.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	478	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
9	900–950	944	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	838	263.00	263.00
7	950–1000	995	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	700–750	747	280.00	280.00
59	800–850	849	278.25	278.25
79	950–1000	999	257.50	257.50

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.