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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-08

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 8

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Apr 24May 8May 15 →

Receipts

3,840 head

▲ 2,029 vs last sale 1,811▲ 2,468 vs year ago 1,372 · +179.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago : Feeder steers and heifers sold significantly dollars higher today, Demand was very good. Manly large load lots in todays offering. M L M had many good fall calves for todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 15th, 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 $345.51/cwt on 177 head. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −80.73 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$345.51

177 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$338

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

$53.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.74

vs SD average

+12.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	361.30	1,972	125
Medium and Large 1-2	531	307.56	1,633	52

One grade step is worth $53.74/cwt here — about $338 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 sale177 hd

345.51

—

SD average3 barns · 397 hd

351.25

−5.74

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

+12.69

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−80.73

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

56 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	238	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,285	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,719	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	1,813	17
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,828	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,020	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	492.36/cwt	465.00–510.00	2,161	79
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,056	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,123	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,727	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	416.69/cwt	405.00–418.00	2,217	43
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	403.88/cwt	378.00–415.00	2,278	78
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	351.07/cwt	331.00–357.00	2,001	22
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	583	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,487	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	327.20/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,019	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	366.70/cwt	344.00–376.00	2,292	180
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	658	346.61/cwt	346.00–347.00	2,281	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,148	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	356.18/cwt	352.00–360.00	2,422	73
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	697	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,882	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,988	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	333.06/cwt	321.00–338.00	2,378	102
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	318.08/cwt	313.00–322.00	2,475	51
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	792	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,384	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	304.13/cwt	294.00–313.00	2,527	42
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	2,350	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	282.10/cwt	281.00–282.50	2,499	37
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	904	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,495	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	285.86/cwt	279.00–292.00	2,636	203
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	278.54/cwt	268.00–286.50	2,713	234
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,040	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,756	54
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,086	257.85/cwt	246.00–258.85	2,800	51
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,115	256.26/cwt	251.50–258.25	2,857	84
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1-2	1,177	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,648	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	278	505.80/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,406	19
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	440.41/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,467	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,596	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	420.43/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,804	80
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,814	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,740	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	371.26/cwt	366.00–379.00	1,938	73
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	307.56/cwt	270.00–353.00	1,633	52
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	347.31/cwt	342.50–349.00	2,011	52
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	336.30/cwt	319.00–344.00	2,062	72
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	616	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,020	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,987	32
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	312.04/cwt	301.00–317.50	2,113	129
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	267.69/cwt	259.00–280.00	1,949	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	306.81/cwt	292.50–319.00	2,270	340
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,286	61
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	786	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,177	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	282.80/cwt	270.00–287.50	2,319	162
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	276.44/cwt	271.00–280.75	2,391	169
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	265.04/cwt	258.50–277.00	2,444	603
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	982	251.36/cwt	246.50–257.25	2,468	198
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,031	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,655	13
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,096	256.77/cwt	255.50–259.00	2,814	36

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 May 8, 2025

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

Receipts 3,840Last week 1,811Year ago 1,372

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	344	527.00	527.00
13	350–400	398	507.50	507.50
79	400–450	439	465.00–510.00	492.36
4	450–500	464	457.50	457.50
43	500–550	532	405.00–418.00	416.69
78	550–600	564	378.00–415.00	403.88
180	600–650	625	344.00–376.00	366.70
73	650–700	680	352.00–360.00	356.18
102	700–750	714	321.00–338.00	333.06
51	750–800	778	313.00–322.00	318.08
42	800–850	831	294.00–313.00	304.13
37	850–900	886	281.00–282.50	282.10
203	900–950	922	279.00–292.00	285.86
234	950–1000	974	268.00–286.50	278.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	1000–1050	1,040	265.00	265.00
51	1050–1100	1,086	246.00–258.85	257.85
84	1100–1150	1,115	251.50–258.25	256.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1150–1200	1,177	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	658	346.00–347.00	346.61
8	750–800	792	301.00	301.00
3	850–900	850	276.50	276.50
7	900–950	904	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	583	255.00	255.00
7	650–700	697	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	238	540.00	540.00
3	300–350	337	510.00	510.00
3	350–400	373	490.00	490.00
5	400–450	447	460.00	460.00
4	450–500	470	367.50	367.50
22	550–600	570	331.00–357.00	351.07
24	600–650	617	320.00–345.00	327.20
8	650–700	666	322.50	322.50
17	700–750	710	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	347	460.00	460.00
80	400–450	429	420.00–425.00	420.43
10	450–500	468	387.50	387.50
73	500–550	522	366.00–379.00	371.26
52	550–600	579	342.50–349.00	347.31
72	600–650	613	319.00–344.00	336.30
129	650–700	677	301.00–317.50	312.04
340	700–750	740	292.50–319.00	306.81
61	750–800	762	300.00	300.00
162	800–850	820	270.00–287.50	282.80
169	850–900	865	271.00–280.75	276.44
603	900–950	922	258.50–277.00	265.04
198	950–1000	982	246.50–257.25	251.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,031	257.50	257.50
36	1050–1100	1,096	255.50–259.00	256.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	616	328.00	328.00
5	750–800	786	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	250–300	278	500.00–515.00	505.80
8	300–350	333	425.00–450.00	440.41
4	450–500	480	362.50	362.50
52	500–550	531	270.00–353.00	307.56
32	600–650	645	308.00	308.00
12	700–750	728	259.00–280.00	267.69

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.