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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-22

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 22

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jan 15Jan 22Jan 29 →

Receipts

3,777 head

▼ 1,721 vs last sale 5,498▲ 19 vs year ago 3,758 · +0.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 700-950 lbs. sold 1.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 550-900 lbs. sold unevenly steady, with a higher undertone on most. Demand was good. Many large load lots in today's market. Seats full of buyers . The next feeder cattle auction will be Jan.29th, expecting 4000 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am. Ethan Schuette from Washington KS won the Greater Mid West Auction Contest today.

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 $463.81/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 5 of 11 comparable sales and sits −20.48 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$463.81

49 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

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

$46.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.38

vs SD average

−1.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	471.39	2,676	41
Medium and Large 1-2	564	425.00	2,397	8thin

One grade step is worth $46.39/cwt here — about $279 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 sale49 hd

463.81

—

SD average6 barns · 2,639 hd

490.19

−26.38

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

−1.52

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−20.48

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

47 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	592.50/cwt	592.50–592.50	2,323	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	449	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,559	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,329	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,798	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,397	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	451.27/cwt	445.00–475.00	2,617	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,569	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	431.08/cwt	428.00–435.00	2,759	60
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	419.37/cwt	412.00–430.00	2,780	70
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	394.89/cwt	383.00–403.00	2,843	200
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	747	367.08/cwt	362.00–369.00	2,742	29
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	367.23/cwt	357.50–370.00	2,824	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	373.21/cwt	358.65–399.50	2,877	373
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	791	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,804	30
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	365.36/cwt	355.00–368.25	3,011	244
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	826	330.55/cwt	315.00–351.00	2,730	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	349.67/cwt	346.00–354.50	3,042	333
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	877	337.33/cwt	325.00–339.00	2,958	41
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,970	17
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	343.97/cwt	342.50–347.25	3,178	144
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	331.35/cwt	324.75–339.50	3,207	111
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	972	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,101	5
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,073	322.18/cwt	319.75–324.75	3,457	117
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,118	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	3,488	57
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,180	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	3,410	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	276	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	1,350	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,972	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,014	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	421	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,989	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	483.52/cwt	452.50–495.00	2,297	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,402	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,076	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	410.53/cwt	403.00–422.50	2,418	69
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	612	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,234	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	386.62/cwt	372.50–406.00	2,385	105
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	380.86/cwt	367.50–390.00	2,544	303
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	680	356.94/cwt	350.00–358.00	2,427	85
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	341.08/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,466	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	355.07/cwt	342.00–370.00	2,585	346
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	322.52/cwt	311.00–343.00	2,496	46
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	785	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,520	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	796	331.44/cwt	331.00–340.50	2,638	203
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	328.51/cwt	327.00–331.00	2,697	117
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	327.30/cwt	305.00–333.00	2,867	163
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	3,078	124
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,029	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,861	4
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,164	277.46/cwt	274.00–279.00	3,230	58

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 22, 2026

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

Receipts 3,777Last week 5,498Year ago 3,758

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,029	278.00	278.00
58	1150–1200	1,164	274.00–279.00	277.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
85	650–700	680	350.00–358.00	356.94
4	750–800	785	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	276	489.00	489.00
8	400–450	421	472.50	472.50
6	550–600	550	377.50	377.50
4	600–650	612	365.00	365.00
14	700–750	723	340.00–345.00	341.08
46	750–800	774	311.00–343.00	322.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	580.00	580.00
5	350–400	373	540.00	540.00
18	450–500	475	452.50–495.00	483.52
11	500–550	520	462.00	462.00
69	550–600	589	403.00–422.50	410.53
105	600–650	617	372.50–406.00	386.62
303	650–700	668	367.50–390.00	380.86
346	700–750	728	342.00–370.00	355.07
203	750–800	796	331.00–340.50	331.44
117	800–850	821	327.00–331.00	328.51
163	850–900	876	305.00–333.00	327.30
124	950–1000	950	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
117	1050–1100	1,073	319.75–324.75	322.18
57	1100–1150	1,118	312.00	312.00
4	1150–1200	1,180	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	592.50	592.50
7	400–450	449	570.00	570.00
5	450–500	464	502.00	502.00
8	550–600	564	425.00	425.00
26	600–650	628	409.00	409.00
29	700–750	747	362.00–369.00	367.08
18	750–800	769	357.50–370.00	367.23
7	800–850	826	315.00–351.00	330.55
17	850–900	880	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	538	520.00	520.00
29	550–600	580	445.00–475.00	451.27
60	600–650	640	428.00–435.00	431.08
70	650–700	663	412.00–430.00	419.37
200	700–750	720	383.00–403.00	394.89
373	750–800	771	358.65–399.50	373.21
244	800–850	824	355.00–368.25	365.36
333	850–900	870	346.00–354.50	349.67
144	900–950	924	342.50–347.25	343.97
111	950–1000	968	324.75–339.50	331.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	750–800	791	354.50	354.50
41	850–900	877	325.00–339.00	337.33
5	950–1000	972	319.00	319.00

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.