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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-14

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 14

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Aug 7Aug 14Aug 28 →

Receipts

2,657 head

▲ 1,861 vs last sale 796▲ 2,657 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The only good comparison for feeder steers were those weighing 1000-1050 which sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher, this week's 1100 lbs steers were in a different flesh condition than last weeks'. Feeder heifers were not of a similar weight to last week. Very good demand for this large offering of yearling steers and heifers. Many long strings of steers and heifers, including a consignment of 1,100 steers with 15 loads in the main sort. Flesh condition varied, as there were yearlings right off grass in that ultra-desirable light flesh condition, to those coming out of grow yards that were in a moderate to heavy flesh condition. The market was very active as cattle feeders continue to be in the drivers seat and were able to sell cash fat cattle up to 245.00-246.00, and they are wanting to fill their empty pens with these good yearlings while they are available. The cattle futures complex was off hard again today but buyers paid little attention to it. Next feeder cattle sale next week starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $450.00/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 4 of 11 comparable sales and sits −34.29 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$450.00

50 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs SD average

+62.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	567	450.00	2,552	50

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 sale50 hd

450.00

—

SD average1 barns · 50 hd

450.00

+0.00

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+62.51

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−34.29

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

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.85, low $435.10, median $484.29 across 11 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	567	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,552	50
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,720	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	391.75/cwt	391.75–391.75	2,758	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,898	46
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	799	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,725	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	354.96/cwt	351.00–357.00	2,893	39
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	872	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	3,135	252
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	342.57/cwt	338.00–350.00	2,991	31
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,904	24
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	331.25/cwt	331.25–331.25	3,173	64
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	990	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,148	8
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,016	318.79/cwt	314.75–320.25	3,239	399
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1Fleshy	1,085	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	3,233	24
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,096	304.17/cwt	300.75–307.25	3,334	676
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,115	304.17/cwt	302.25–305.85	3,391	478
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,783	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	660	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,336	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,195	29
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	325.38/cwt	323.00–327.50	2,557	46
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	330.25/cwt	330.25–330.25	2,791	100
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	914	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,779	61
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,524	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	989	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	3,061	9
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	990	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,723	61
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium 1Fleshy	1,021	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,808	61
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1Fleshy	1,118	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,829	7
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1Fleshy	1,175	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,855	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	1100–1150	Large 1	1,114	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,963	7

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 Aug 14, 2025

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

Receipts 2,657Last week 796Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1100–1150	1,118	253.00	253.00
6	1150–1200	1,175	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	660	354.00	354.00
61	900–950	914	304.00	304.00
61	950–1000	990	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	422	422.50	422.50
46	750–800	786	323.00–327.50	325.38
100	800–850	845	330.25	330.25
9	950–1000	989	309.50	309.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	650–700	661	332.00	332.00
7	900–950	928	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	1000–1050	1,021	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	1050–1100	1,085	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
399	1000–1050	1,016	314.75–320.25	318.79
676	1050–1100	1,096	300.75–307.25	304.17
478	1100–1150	1,115	302.25–305.85	304.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	692	393.00	393.00
23	700–750	704	391.75	391.75
46	750–800	779	372.00	372.00
39	800–850	815	351.00–357.00	354.96
31	850–900	873	338.00–350.00	342.57
64	950–1000	958	331.25	331.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	550–600	567	450.00	450.00
8	950–1000	990	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	799	341.00	341.00
24	850–900	880	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
252	850–900	872	359.50	359.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1100–1150	1,114	266.00	266.00

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.