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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-26

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jun 26

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jun 12Jun 26Jul 10 →

Receipts

1,514 head

▼ 4,983 vs last sale 6,497▲ 1,514 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Trend not applicable on steers, a lower undertone was noted. Heifers 750-950 lbs. sold 3.00 8.00 lower. Demand was good. Many large load lots in the heavier feeders. The next feeder cattle auction will be July 10th, expecting 2000 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 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 $352.50/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −73.74 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$352.50

8 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,949

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−35.39

vs SD average

+16.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	352.50	1,949	8thin

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 sale8 hd

352.50

—

SD average2 barns · 167 hd

387.89

−35.39

National average145 barns · 7,340 hd

335.91

+16.59

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−73.74

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

28 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	504	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,218	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,190	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,384	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	352.19/cwt	351.00–358.00	2,532	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	794	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,473	40
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	312.01/cwt	310.00–322.00	2,602	35
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,660	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,596	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	293.42/cwt	291.00–294.00	2,664	26
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,115	269.39/cwt	267.85–270.85	3,004	238
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,774	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,908	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,907	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,992	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,089	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,106	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	325.01/cwt	315.00–330.50	2,210	28
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,215	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	296.57/cwt	290.00–311.00	2,319	268
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	799	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,109	20
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	287.56/cwt	283.00–292.50	2,341	19
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	268.33/cwt	260.00–273.00	2,249	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	866	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,330	35
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	272.69/cwt	271.00–285.00	2,421	80
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	267.87/cwt	266.85–268.75	2,454	451
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	939	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,493	63
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,034	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,327	4
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,045	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,456	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 Jun 26, 2025

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

Receipts 1,514Last week 6,497Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	644	327.00	327.00
28	650–700	680	315.00–330.50	325.01
268	750–800	782	290.00–311.00	296.57
19	800–850	814	283.00–292.50	287.56
80	850–900	888	271.00–285.00	272.69
451	900–950	916	266.85–268.75	267.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	438	405.00	405.00
11	450–500	477	400.00	400.00
4	500–550	541	352.50	352.50
4	550–600	565	352.50	352.50
12	600–650	635	329.00	329.00
4	700–750	724	306.00	306.00
20	750–800	799	264.00	264.00
11	800–850	838	260.00–273.00	268.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	850–900	866	269.00	269.00
63	900–950	939	265.50	265.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,045	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,034	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	504	440.00	440.00
9	550–600	580	377.50	377.50
4	600–650	634	376.00	376.00
23	700–750	719	351.00–358.00	352.19
35	800–850	834	310.00–322.00	312.01
14	850–900	858	310.00	310.00
26	900–950	908	291.00–294.00	293.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	750–800	794	311.50	311.50
6	850–900	880	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
238	1100–1150	1,115	267.85–270.85	269.39

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.