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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 30

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Oct 23Oct 30Nov 6 →

Receipts

794 head

▼ 3,553 vs last sale 4,347▼ 2,560 vs year ago 3,354 · −76.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light run on light spring calves, trend not applicable. A lower undertone was noted. Yearlings 1000-1050 lbs. were 17.00 higher due to lighter flesh they were caring. Demand was good. Most yearlings were in large load lots. Next feeder cattle auction will be Nov. 6th, 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 $441.04/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −43.25 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$441.04

39 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,359

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$915

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

$155.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.31

vs SD average

+11.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	453.00	2,433	36
Medium and Large 2	510	297.50	1,517	3thin

One grade step is worth $155.50/cwt here — about $915 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 sale39 hd

441.04

—

SD average11 barns · 11,281 hd

460.35

−19.31

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+11.32

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−43.25

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

23 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,517	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,433	36
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	402.74/cwt	400.00–406.00	2,449	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,619	51
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	905	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,760	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	996	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,868	4
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,002	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,806	13
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,019	341.06/cwt	335.00–347.50	3,475	309
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,157	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	3,303	48
Steers	1250–1300	Large 1	1,266	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	3,393	27
Steers	1300–1350	Large 1	1,322	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	3,166	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	285	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,568	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	348	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,618	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,878	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	386.34/cwt	385.00–387.00	2,024	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,241	48
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	798	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,434	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	951	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,653	13
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	959	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,829	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,037	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,976	3
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,074	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,932	57
Heifers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,229	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	3,017	35
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,055	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,279	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 Oct 30, 2025

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

Receipts 794Last week 4,347Year ago 3,354

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	950–1000	959	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	1200–1250	1,229	245.50	245.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	500–550	524	385.00–387.00	386.34
48	600–650	619	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	285	550.00	550.00
3	300–350	348	465.00	465.00
3	500–550	518	362.50	362.50
3	750–800	798	305.00	305.00
13	950–1000	951	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,037	287.00	287.00
57	1050–1100	1,074	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	500–550	537	453.00	453.00
13	600–650	608	400.00–406.00	402.74
51	650–700	663	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	905	305.00	305.00
4	950–1000	996	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	510	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,002	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
309	1000–1050	1,019	335.00–347.50	341.06
48	1150–1200	1,157	285.50	285.50
27	1250–1300	1,266	268.00	268.00
4	1300–1350	1,322	239.50	239.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,055	216.00	216.00

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.