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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 20

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Nov 6Nov 20Dec 4 →

Receipts

1,286 head

▼ 333 vs last sale 1,619▼ 838 vs year ago 2,124 · −39.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold on an unevenly steady market. A higher undertone was noted on the lighter feeders today. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Dec. 4th, 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 $418.28/cwt on 196 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −66.01 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$418.28

196 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,312

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$29.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.95

vs SD average

+8.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	420.66	2,331	180
Medium and Large 1-2	539	391.51	2,110	16thin

One grade step is worth $29.15/cwt here — about $221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale196 hd

418.28

—

SD average8 barns · 5,766 hd

438.23

−19.95

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

+8.20

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−66.01

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

38 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	276	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,435	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,854	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,715	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	518.81/cwt	500.00–527.50	2,013	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	474.82/cwt	471.00–490.00	2,061	34
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,218	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	428.08/cwt	419.00–436.00	2,286	94
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	391.51/cwt	381.00–402.00	2,110	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	412.56/cwt	393.00–428.00	2,376	86
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,153	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	393.09/cwt	366.00–406.50	2,453	93
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,258	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	335.69/cwt	331.00–340.00	2,464	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	330.23/cwt	329.00–331.00	2,503	26
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,728	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	909	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,950	60
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	971	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	2,879	25
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,018	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	2,967	10
Steers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,205	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	3,175	132
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	100–150	Medium and Large 1	113	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	1,198	3
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1	174	705.00/cwt	705.00–705.00	1,227	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	477.05/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,584	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	407	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,811	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,887	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	400.40/cwt	392.50–420.00	1,966	61
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	388.76/cwt	380.00–402.50	2,057	41
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,950	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	373.43/cwt	362.00–394.00	2,170	75
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	306.88/cwt	300.00–321.50	1,924	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	330.82/cwt	328.00–335.00	2,081	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	319.94/cwt	318.00–330.00	2,140	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,223	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,312	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	282.39/cwt	277.50–283.25	2,508	68
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	941	268.33/cwt	268.00–268.50	2,525	44
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	273.65/cwt	273.50–275.00	2,608	112
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	220	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,298	3
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,851	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 Nov 20, 2025

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

Receipts 1,286Last week 1,619Year ago 2,124

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	276	520.00	520.00
4	350–400	381	450.00	450.00
16	500–550	539	381.00–402.00	391.51
6	600–650	615	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	331	560.00	560.00
12	350–400	388	500.00–527.50	518.81
34	400–450	434	471.00–490.00	474.82
22	450–500	467	475.00	475.00
94	500–550	534	419.00–436.00	428.08
86	550–600	576	393.00–428.00	412.56
93	600–650	624	366.00–406.50	393.09
11	650–700	672	336.00	336.00
17	700–750	734	331.00–340.00	335.69
26	750–800	758	329.00–331.00	330.23
7	850–900	880	310.00	310.00
60	900–950	909	324.50	324.50
25	950–1000	971	296.50	296.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,018	291.50	291.50
132	1200–1250	1,205	263.50	263.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	487	387.50	387.50
5	550–600	562	347.00	347.00
9	600–650	627	300.00–321.50	306.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	100–150	113	1,060.00	1,060.00
5	150–200	174	705.00	705.00
15	300–350	332	475.00–485.00	477.05
20	400–450	407	445.00	445.00
61	450–500	491	392.50–420.00	400.40
41	500–550	529	380.00–402.50	388.76
75	550–600	581	362.00–394.00	373.43
14	600–650	629	328.00–335.00	330.82
24	650–700	669	318.00–330.00	319.94
11	700–750	717	310.00	310.00
3	750–800	768	301.00	301.00
68	850–900	888	277.50–283.25	282.39
112	950–1000	953	273.50–275.00	273.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	900–950	941	268.00–268.50	268.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	612	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	220	590.00	590.00

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.