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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-02

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 2

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Sep 18Oct 2Oct 23 →

Receipts

706 head

▼ 3,880 vs last sale 4,586▼ 1,374 vs year ago 2,080 · −66.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Low numbers to compare with , trend not applicable. Feeders sold on a active market today. One large load lot on heavy steers. Most light calves were straight off cow, with many having some shots. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Oct.9th, 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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $427.55/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −56.74 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$427.55

33 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,452

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−38.26

vs SD average

+4.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	427.55	2,452	33

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 sale33 hd

427.55

—

SD average6 barns · 629 hd

465.81

−38.26

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+4.90

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−56.74

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

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

27 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,725	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,130	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	496.48/cwt	485.00–510.00	2,393	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	465.06/cwt	455.00–472.50	2,502	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	417.45/cwt	415.00–418.00	2,434	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,414	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	644	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,898	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,704	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,558	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,888	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,750	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,923	20
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	346.70/cwt	341.00–350.00	3,207	95
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,004	304.25/cwt	304.25–304.25	3,055	17
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,056	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	3,453	125
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	401	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,734	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,537	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,433	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,153	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	362.16/cwt	357.50–363.00	2,423	64
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,496	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,464	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,629	37
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	957	306.63/cwt	304.00–308.00	2,934	78
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	961	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,854	4
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,008	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,732	13
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,101	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,945	8

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 Oct 2, 2025

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

Receipts 706Last week 4,586Year ago 2,080

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	526	462.50	462.50
28	550–600	582	370.00	370.00
64	650–700	669	357.50–363.00	362.16
4	700–750	701	356.00	356.00
37	800–850	804	327.00	327.00
78	950–1000	957	304.00–308.00	306.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	401	432.50	432.50
3	500–550	508	302.50	302.50
7	700–750	740	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1100–1150	1,101	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,008	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	950–1000	961	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	345	500.00	500.00
11	400–450	400	532.50	532.50
17	450–500	482	485.00–510.00	496.48
7	500–550	538	455.00–472.50	465.06
26	550–600	583	415.00–418.00	417.45
10	600–650	602	401.00	401.00
13	650–700	681	397.00	397.00
23	700–750	733	394.00	394.00
20	800–850	835	350.00	350.00
95	900–950	925	341.00–350.00	346.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1000–1050	1,004	304.25	304.25
125	1050–1100	1,056	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	644	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	682	375.00	375.00
5	750–800	788	349.00	349.00

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.