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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-18

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Sep 18

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Aug 28Sep 18Oct 2 →

Receipts

4,586 head

▲ 3,834 vs last sale 752▲ 2,674 vs year ago 1,912 · +139.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last auction weeks ago, trend not applicable. Feeders sold on a very active market today. Many large load lots in todays offering, Buyers could fill large lots with one man's feeder. First small run of spring calves. Most were straight off cow, but had some shots into them. Demand was good. The next feeder auction will be Sept. 25th, 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 $413.43/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 5 of 12 comparable sales and sits −12.81 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$413.43

47 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,146

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$92.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.54

vs SD average

+53.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	427.15	2,183	40
Medium and Large 1-2	565	335.00	1,893	7thin

One grade step is worth $92.15/cwt here — about $290 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale47 hd

413.43

—

SD average3 barns · 67 hd

406.88

+6.54

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

+53.77

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

−12.81

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

58 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	323	486.97/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,573	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	533.49/cwt	530.00–535.00	1,995	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,925	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,158	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	486.21/cwt	410.00–505.00	2,261	66
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	438.53/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,372	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	411.98/cwt	409.00–415.00	2,422	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,568	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	413.71/cwt	412.00–418.00	2,768	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,415	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	371.02/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,842	83
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	350.66/cwt	345.00–362.50	2,847	215
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	820	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	3,055	49
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	823	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,551	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	354.47/cwt	331.00–366.00	3,112	135
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	923	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,977	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	941	331.66/cwt	320.00–347.00	3,121	211
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	326.40/cwt	323.00–335.00	3,150	737
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,003	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	3,435	99
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,011	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,175	4
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,077	301.50/cwt	294.00–306.75	3,247	133
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1-2	1,114	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,986	27
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,131	298.09/cwt	295.75–300.00	3,371	105
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,162	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,486	115
Steers	1200–1250	Large 1-2	1,223	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	3,174	58
Steers	1300–1350	Large 1Fleshy	1,313	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	3,164	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	445.20/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,496	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	356	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,638	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,751	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	460.26/cwt	442.50–470.00	1,961	62
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,159	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	427.15/cwt	402.00–439.00	2,183	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,893	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,035	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	383.45/cwt	374.00–412.50	2,374	62
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,319	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	355.56/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,585	65
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	353.18/cwt	346.00–356.25	2,695	459
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	794	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,263	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	322.64/cwt	313.00–325.00	2,607	49
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	330.85/cwt	317.00–353.50	2,749	436
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	859	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,706	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	330.50/cwt	315.00–342.00	2,885	628
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	329.77/cwt	316.50–338.75	3,047	334
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	309.83/cwt	299.75–322.00	3,012	195
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,012	296.37/cwt	294.00–307.50	2,999	111
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,052	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,977	33
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,089	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	3,234	24
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1Fleshy	1,094	276.27/cwt	271.00–288.00	3,022	42
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,112	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,991	8
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1Fleshy	1,132	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,660	4
Heifers	1200–1250	Large 1Fleshy	1,203	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	3,092	28
Heifers	1250–1300	Large 1Fleshy	1,261	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	3,127	20
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	297	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,515	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,651	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,146	18
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,909	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,300	24

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 Sep 18, 2025

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

Receipts 4,586Last week 752Year ago 1,912

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	400–450	426	442.50–470.00	460.26
20	450–500	484	446.00	446.00
40	500–550	511	402.00–439.00	427.15
62	600–650	619	374.00–412.50	383.45
65	700–750	727	350.00–370.00	355.56
459	750–800	763	346.00–356.25	353.18
436	800–850	831	317.00–353.50	330.85
628	850–900	873	315.00–342.00	330.50
334	900–950	924	316.50–338.75	329.77
195	950–1000	972	299.75–322.00	309.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	336	435.00–450.00	445.20
4	350–400	356	460.00	460.00
6	400–450	422	415.00	415.00
7	550–600	565	335.00	335.00
11	600–650	613	332.00	332.00
3	650–700	687	337.50	337.50
49	800–850	808	313.00–325.00	322.64
7	850–900	859	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	1050–1100	1,052	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	1050–1100	1,094	271.00–288.00	276.27
4	1100–1150	1,132	235.00	235.00
28	1200–1250	1,203	257.00	257.00
20	1250–1300	1,261	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
111	1000–1050	1,012	294.00–307.50	296.37
24	1050–1100	1,089	297.00	297.00
8	1100–1150	1,112	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	794	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	374	530.00–535.00	533.49
66	450–500	465	410.00–505.00	486.21
33	500–550	541	435.00–465.00	438.53
8	550–600	588	409.00–415.00	411.98
14	650–700	669	412.00–418.00	413.71
83	750–800	766	365.00–375.00	371.02
215	800–850	812	345.00–362.50	350.66
135	850–900	878	331.00–366.00	354.47
211	900–950	941	320.00–347.00	331.66
737	950–1000	965	323.00–335.00	326.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	323	480.00–500.00	486.97
3	350–400	397	485.00	485.00
4	450–500	464	465.00	465.00
6	600–650	642	400.00	400.00
4	700–750	705	342.50	342.50
3	800–850	823	310.00	310.00
6	900–950	923	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1300–1350	1,313	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	1100–1150	1,114	268.00	268.00
58	1200–1250	1,223	259.50	259.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,011	314.00	314.00
133	1050–1100	1,077	294.00–306.75	301.50
105	1100–1150	1,131	295.75–300.00	298.09
115	1150–1200	1,162	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
99	1000–1050	1,003	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	800–850	820	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	297	510.00	510.00
4	450–500	460	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	359	460.00	460.00
18	400–450	447	480.00	480.00
24	500–550	511	450.00	450.00

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.