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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-22

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, May 22

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← May 15May 22Jun 12 →

Receipts

1,473 head

▲ 207 vs last sale 1,266▲ 761 vs year ago 712 · +106.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers trend not applicable; The undertone on both steers and heifers was higher. Demand was good. Many load lots for today's offering. More rain this week kept farmers optimistic. the next feeder cattle auction will be May 29th, expecting 1500 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 $356.50/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −69.74 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$356.50

25 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,983

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.81

vs SD average

+22.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	356.50	1,983	25

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 sale25 hd

356.50

—

SD average4 barns · 362 hd

368.31

−11.81

National average158 barns · 12,726 hd

334.26

+22.24

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−69.74

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

31 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,837	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,016	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,225	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,069	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	343.24/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,248	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	310.71/cwt	307.00–316.00	2,408	26
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	304.25/cwt	304.25–304.25	2,550	52
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,580	52
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	951	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,606	19
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,015	268.78/cwt	267.00–269.75	2,728	93
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,081	259.85/cwt	259.85–259.85	2,809	117
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,098	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,740	5
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,112	262.32/cwt	258.25–263.00	2,917	196
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	313	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,377	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	396	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,584	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,691	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,990	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,945	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,030	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,132	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	299.92/cwt	298.50–300.25	2,135	70
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	281.10/cwt	277.00–281.50	2,181	45
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	278.74/cwt	273.00–284.50	2,308	256
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	839	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,123	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	279.25/cwt	279.25–279.25	2,402	187
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	896	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,276	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	924	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,393	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	262.25/cwt	262.25–262.25	2,426	37
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	264.86/cwt	261.00–270.00	2,564	95
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,039	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,203	5
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,125	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,588	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 May 22, 2025

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

Receipts 1,473Last week 1,266Year ago 712

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,125	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,039	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	396	400.00	400.00
13	400–450	445	380.00	380.00
20	500–550	549	362.50	362.50
5	550–600	585	332.50	332.50
16	600–650	619	328.00	328.00
15	650–700	650	328.00	328.00
70	700–750	712	298.50–300.25	299.92
45	750–800	776	277.00–281.50	281.10
256	800–850	828	273.00–284.50	278.74
187	850–900	860	279.25	279.25
37	900–950	925	262.25	262.25
95	950–1000	968	261.00–270.00	264.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	839	253.00	253.00
6	850–900	896	254.00	254.00
9	900–950	924	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	1000–1050	1,015	267.00–269.75	268.78
117	1050–1100	1,081	259.85	259.85
196	1100–1150	1,112	258.25–263.00	262.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1050–1100	1,098	249.50	249.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	467.50	467.50
26	450–500	480	420.00	420.00
17	550–600	575	387.00	387.00
14	650–700	655	340.00–355.00	343.24
26	750–800	775	307.00–316.00	310.71
52	800–850	838	304.25	304.25
52	900–950	910	283.50	283.50
19	950–1000	951	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	613	337.50	337.50

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.