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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-08

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 8

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Dec 18Jan 8Jan 15 →

Receipts

6,340 head

▲ 3,410 vs last sale 2,930▲ 833 vs year ago 5,507 · +15.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

For the first sale in 2026, steers 650-800 lbs. sold10.00-16.00 higher, steers over 800 lbs. sold on a higher undertone. Heifers in all classes sold unevenly steady. Demand was very good. Sale barn was full of buyers today. Many large load lot today. Many of todays feeders came with alot of charolais influence. The next feeder cattle auction will be Jan.15th, expecting 5000 plus, starting at 8:30 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 $442.27/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −42.02 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$442.27

57 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,571

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$23.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−55.09

vs SD average

−24.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	443.51	2,576	54
Medium and Large 1-2	588	420.00	2,470	3thin

One grade step is worth $23.50/cwt here — about $107 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale57 hd

442.27

—

SD average4 barns · 1,379 hd

497.36

−55.09

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−24.06

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−42.02

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

64 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,397	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	521.51/cwt	518.00–525.00	2,477	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,587	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	440.77/cwt	432.50–449.00	2,574	51
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,470	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	601	458.13/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,753	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	424.73/cwt	413.50–429.00	2,582	171
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	668	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,632	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	421.82/cwt	412.00–427.00	2,847	110
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	399.07/cwt	368.00–406.00	2,738	33
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,665	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	387.61/cwt	374.00–397.00	2,849	253
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	372.94/cwt	357.00–392.00	2,894	282
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	798	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,801	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	811	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	3,098	21
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	356.62/cwt	351.50–372.50	2,942	226
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	841	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,927	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	338.23/cwt	338.00–340.00	2,960	35
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	351.16/cwt	340.50–362.00	3,083	561
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	895	339.25/cwt	339.25–339.25	3,036	59
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	338.81/cwt	332.00–349.00	3,131	106
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	341.21/cwt	333.25–347.25	3,300	581
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	993	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,148	3
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,012	335.80/cwt	335.60–336.00	3,398	116
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,025	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,311	9
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,078	304.77/cwt	299.00–305.75	3,285	77
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,123	292.55/cwt	288.00–293.00	3,285	135
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,170	289.75/cwt	289.75–289.75	3,390	79
Steers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,212	276.50/cwt	268.25–288.85	3,351	253
Steers	1250–1300	Large 1	1,258	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	3,233	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	274	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,288	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	532.34/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,810	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,552	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,081	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,840	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	441.75/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,134	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	441.04/cwt	432.50–453.00	2,368	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	549	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,328	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	406.47/cwt	387.00–426.00	2,325	47
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	378.24/cwt	362.50–382.50	2,179	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	337.50/cwt	320.00–366.00	2,093	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	387.54/cwt	373.00–405.00	2,426	72
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	369.97/cwt	360.00–381.00	2,497	393
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	356.33/cwt	356.00–356.50	2,444	39
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	693	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,474	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	703	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,608	56
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	703	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,348	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	362.40/cwt	352.00–370.00	2,609	66
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	762	322.95/cwt	312.00–335.00	2,461	48
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	345.24/cwt	336.00–357.50	2,693	381
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	337.97/cwt	330.00–353.00	2,744	360
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	842	320.71/cwt	313.00–322.50	2,700	36
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	315.98/cwt	308.00–331.25	2,777	502
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	915	290.31/cwt	280.00–293.00	2,656	15
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	312.60/cwt	299.00–322.00	2,904	176
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	977	301.40/cwt	301.25–301.50	2,945	145
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,042	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,938	11
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,072	280.37/cwt	278.75–283.75	3,006	203
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,118	268.72/cwt	249.00–274.50	3,004	59
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,198	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	3,085	23
Heifers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,215	245.66/cwt	241.00–255.00	2,985	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,860	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	597	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,552	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	372.03/cwt	370.00–373.00	2,690	9

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 Jan 8, 2026

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

Receipts 6,340Last week 2,930Year ago 5,507

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	448	535.00	535.00
12	450–500	475	518.00–525.00	521.51
3	500–550	528	490.00	490.00
51	550–600	584	432.50–449.00	440.77
24	600–650	601	455.00–460.00	458.13
110	650–700	675	412.00–427.00	421.82
253	700–750	735	374.00–397.00	387.61
282	750–800	776	357.00–392.00	372.94
226	800–850	825	351.50–372.50	356.62
561	850–900	878	340.50–362.00	351.16
106	900–950	924	332.00–349.00	338.81
581	950–1000	967	333.25–347.25	341.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	588	420.00	420.00
171	600–650	608	413.50–429.00	424.73
33	650–700	686	368.00–406.00	399.07
4	700–750	730	365.00	365.00
7	750–800	798	351.00	351.00
8	800–850	841	348.00	348.00
35	850–900	875	338.00–340.00	338.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	800–850	811	382.00	382.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
116	1000–1050	1,012	335.60–336.00	335.80
77	1050–1100	1,078	299.00–305.75	304.77
135	1100–1150	1,123	288.00–293.00	292.55
79	1150–1200	1,170	289.75	289.75
253	1200–1250	1,212	268.25–288.85	276.50
8	1250–1300	1,258	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,025	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	668	394.00	394.00
59	850–900	895	339.25	339.25
3	950–1000	993	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	340	510.00–550.00	532.34
8	400–450	408	510.00	510.00
15	450–500	483	435.00–450.00	441.75
33	500–550	537	432.50–453.00	441.04
47	550–600	572	387.00–426.00	406.47
72	600–650	626	373.00–405.00	387.54
393	650–700	675	360.00–381.00	369.97
66	700–750	720	352.00–370.00	362.40
381	750–800	780	336.00–357.50	345.24
360	800–850	812	330.00–353.00	337.97
502	850–900	879	308.00–331.25	315.98
176	900–950	929	299.00–322.00	312.60
145	950–1000	977	301.25–301.50	301.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	274	470.00	470.00
4	350–400	388	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	433	425.00	425.00
33	500–550	549	424.00	424.00
19	550–600	576	362.50–382.50	378.24
35	600–650	620	320.00–366.00	337.50
39	650–700	686	356.00–356.50	356.33
20	700–750	703	334.00	334.00
48	750–800	762	312.00–335.00	322.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
56	700–750	703	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
203	1050–1100	1,072	278.75–283.75	280.37
59	1100–1150	1,118	249.00–274.50	268.72
23	1150–1200	1,198	257.50	257.50
9	1200–1250	1,215	241.00–255.00	245.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1000–1050	1,042	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	650–700	693	357.00	357.00
36	800–850	842	313.00–322.50	320.71
15	900–950	915	280.00–293.00	290.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	310	600.00	600.00
5	550–600	597	427.50	427.50
9	700–750	723	370.00–373.00	372.03

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.