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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-28

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 28

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Aug 14Aug 28Sep 18 →

Receipts

752 head

▼ 1,905 vs last sale 2,657▼ 878 vs year ago 1,630 · −53.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Trend not applicable, no good comparisons for same weights on steers or heifers. Demand was good. Mostly large load lots on heavy heifers today. Next feeder cattle auction will be Sept. 4th, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $367.00/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 6 of 17 comparable sales and sits −6.36 against this barn's trailing median of $373.36.

Average price

$367.00

19 head · 693 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,543

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.42

vs SD average

+8.10 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	693	367.00	2,543	19thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale19 hd

367.00

—

SD average3 barns · 43 hd

370.42

−3.42

National average159 barns · 9,177 hd

358.90

+8.10

This barn, trailing median17 sales

373.36

−6.36

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 600–700 lb

17 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $395.51, low $328.13, median $373.36 across 17 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	701	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,636	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,714	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	366.35/cwt	365.00–367.50	2,836	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	359.73/cwt	357.00–362.00	2,986	39
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,751	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	3,248	22
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	980	303.00/cwt	300.00–306.00	2,969	8
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,063	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	3,221	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,543	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	708	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,602	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,407	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,681	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	341.52/cwt	337.00–355.00	2,783	20
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	866	323.15/cwt	323.00–324.00	2,798	129
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	327.15/cwt	324.50–344.00	2,885	207
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	321.44/cwt	313.00–332.50	2,960	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	939	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,930	25
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	986	295.16/cwt	290.50–312.00	2,910	69
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,022	306.59/cwt	296.00–316.00	3,133	14
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,064	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,373	5
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1Fleshy	1,065	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,939	10
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1Fleshy	1,112	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,975	15
Heifers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,207	268.61/cwt	260.00–274.00	3,242	44
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,352	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,639	14

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 28, 2025

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

Receipts 752Last week 2,657Year ago 1,630

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	629	374.00	374.00
14	700–750	735	359.00	359.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	701	376.00	376.00
5	800–850	840	327.50	327.50
8	950–1000	980	300.00–306.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	705	385.00	385.00
9	750–800	774	365.00–367.50	366.35
39	800–850	830	357.00–362.00	359.73
22	900–950	940	345.50	345.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1050–1100	1,063	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	650–700	693	367.00	367.00
10	750–800	784	342.00	342.00
20	800–850	815	337.00–355.00	341.52
207	850–900	882	324.50–344.00	327.15
7	900–950	921	313.00–332.50	321.44
69	950–1000	986	290.50–312.00	295.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,022	296.00–316.00	306.59
5	1050–1100	1,064	317.00	317.00
44	1200–1250	1,207	260.00–274.00	268.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	724	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	708	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
129	850–900	866	323.00–324.00	323.15
25	900–950	939	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1050–1100	1,065	276.00	276.00
15	1100–1150	1,112	267.50	267.50

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.