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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-15

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 15

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← May 8May 15May 22 →

Receipts

1,266 head

▼ 2,574 vs last sale 3,840▲ 10 vs year ago 1,256 · +0.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers up to 850 lbs. sold on a lower undertone, steers 900-950 lbs. sold 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers up to 950 lbs. sold on a lower undertone, heifers 950-1000 lbs. sold 2.00 higher. Demand was good. Many large load lots in today's offering. Area farmers are optomistic with around 1 inch of rain falling over night for pastures and hay. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 22nd, expecting 2000 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 $351.00/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −75.24 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$351.00

10 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,790

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.75

vs SD average

+11.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	510	351.00	1,790	10thin

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 sale10 hd

351.00

—

SD average4 barns · 641 hd

359.75

−8.75

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

+11.12

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−75.24

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

25 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,984	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,041	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,248	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,071	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	314.11/cwt	312.50–314.50	2,437	99
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,377	60
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,587	22
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	278.34/cwt	275.50–281.00	2,555	145
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,017	268.75/cwt	268.75–268.75	2,733	59
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,054	262.75/cwt	262.75–262.75	2,769	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,790	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	306.75/cwt	306.00–309.50	1,951	92
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,931	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	295.43/cwt	293.50–296.50	2,021	84
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,074	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,190	86
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,023	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	797	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,474	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	805	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,021	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	269.71/cwt	264.00–279.50	2,187	65
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,351	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	895	254.08/cwt	254.00–255.00	2,274	69
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	260.75/cwt	260.75–260.75	2,386	65
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	919	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,279	22
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	977	254.20/cwt	250.00–258.25	2,484	160

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 15, 2025

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

Receipts 1,266Last week 3,840Year ago 1,256

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	900–950	919	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	600–650	636	306.00–309.50	306.75
84	650–700	684	293.50–296.50	295.43
86	750–800	763	287.00	287.00
65	800–850	811	264.00–279.50	269.71
4	850–900	874	269.00	269.00
65	900–950	915	260.75	260.75
160	950–1000	977	250.00–258.25	254.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	510	351.00	351.00
3	650–700	660	292.50	292.50
13	700–750	725	286.00	286.00
12	750–800	772	262.00	262.00
5	800–850	805	251.00	251.00
69	850–900	895	254.00–255.00	254.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	797	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	518	383.00	383.00
11	550–600	583	350.00	350.00
3	750–800	753	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	650–700	663	339.00	339.00
99	750–800	776	312.50–314.50	314.11
60	800–850	837	284.00	284.00
22	850–900	874	296.00	296.00
145	900–950	918	275.50–281.00	278.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	1000–1050	1,017	268.75	268.75
58	1050–1100	1,054	262.75	262.75

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.