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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jan 29

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jan 22Jan 29Feb 5 →

Receipts

4,121 head

▲ 344 vs last sale 3,777▲ 196 vs year ago 3,925 · +5.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers 700 lbs. and up sold steady to 4.00 higher. A higher undertone on heifers up to 650 lbs. heifers 650-850 lbs. sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Demand was fair. Had fair amount of large load lots. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 5th, expecting 4000 head of feeders, 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 $475.83/cwt on 117 head. That ranks 6 of 11 comparable sales and sits −8.46 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$475.83

117 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$24.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.71

vs SD average

−8.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	487.69	2,659	61
Medium and Large 1-2	552	462.92	2,556	56

One grade step is worth $24.78/cwt here — about $103 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale117 hd

475.83

—

SD average6 barns · 1,360 hd

481.55

−5.71

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

−8.27

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−8.46

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

53 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	566.00/cwt	566.00–566.00	1,907	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,139	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,291	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	568.23/cwt	560.00–595.00	2,460	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,455	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	496.50/cwt	485.00–512.00	2,617	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	472.55/cwt	462.50–492.00	2,533	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	478.59/cwt	442.50–483.00	2,699	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	450.97/cwt	442.50–460.00	2,580	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	436.46/cwt	430.00–437.00	2,719	64
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	452.72/cwt	438.00–458.00	2,825	88
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	638	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,680	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,783	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	415.77/cwt	399.00–439.00	2,831	280
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	394.84/cwt	383.00–407.00	2,882	147
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	385.75/cwt	362.00–392.00	2,974	394
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	796	360.91/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,873	59
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	367.27/cwt	350.00–380.00	3,019	331
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	835	346.40/cwt	345.00–349.00	2,892	20
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	354.59/cwt	349.50–361.00	3,042	104
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	889	341.70/cwt	337.00–344.00	3,038	47
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	348.11/cwt	336.50–353.00	3,213	297
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	929	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,047	31
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	331.00/cwt	319.00–343.00	3,227	208
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,001	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,053	5
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,041	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	3,378	4
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,056	321.75/cwt	321.75–321.75	3,398	25
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,088	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,362	7
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,122	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	3,439	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,892	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	504.69/cwt	487.50–521.00	2,120	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,129	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	488.13/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,367	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	464.86/cwt	453.00–479.00	2,371	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	428.24/cwt	420.00–439.00	2,317	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	430.30/cwt	420.00–452.50	2,457	85
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	405.13/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,342	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	598	401.11/cwt	401.00–402.50	2,399	41
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,556	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	385.95/cwt	379.00–394.00	2,435	79
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	636	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,398	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	658	371.18/cwt	358.00–378.00	2,442	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	383.66/cwt	367.00–397.50	2,582	323
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,532	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	359.43/cwt	335.50–369.00	2,617	217
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	754	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,820	82
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	348.21/cwt	328.50–366.00	2,671	228
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	792	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,566	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	333.19/cwt	325.50–337.00	2,739	124
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	314.40/cwt	310.50–315.75	2,767	87
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	310.73/cwt	306.00–311.75	2,815	87
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	945	279.62/cwt	279.50–281.00	2,642	36
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,021	285.75/cwt	285.75–285.75	2,918	63

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 29, 2026

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Receipts 4,121Last week 3,777Year ago 3,925

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	450.00	450.00
22	500–550	541	420.00–439.00	428.24
38	550–600	578	390.00–415.00	405.13
4	600–650	605	422.50	422.50
14	650–700	690	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	1000–1050	1,021	285.75	285.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	595.00	595.00
14	400–450	420	487.50–521.00	504.69
12	450–500	485	480.00–515.00	488.13
13	500–550	510	453.00–479.00	464.86
85	550–600	571	420.00–452.50	430.30
79	600–650	631	379.00–394.00	385.95
323	650–700	673	367.00–397.50	383.66
217	700–750	728	335.50–369.00	359.43
228	750–800	767	328.50–366.00	348.21
124	800–850	822	325.50–337.00	333.19
87	850–900	880	310.50–315.75	314.40
87	900–950	906	306.00–311.75	310.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
82	750–800	754	374.00	374.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	550–600	598	401.00–402.50	401.11
13	600–650	636	377.00	377.00
27	650–700	658	358.00–378.00	371.18
14	750–800	792	324.00	324.00
36	900–950	945	279.50–281.00	279.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	566.00	566.00
3	350–400	382	560.00	560.00
8	450–500	496	495.00	495.00
31	500–550	536	462.50–492.00	472.55
25	550–600	572	442.50–460.00	450.97
64	600–650	623	430.00–437.00	436.46
9	650–700	661	421.00	421.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,041	324.50	324.50
25	1050–1100	1,056	321.75	321.75
64	1100–1150	1,122	306.50	306.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	595.00	595.00
16	400–450	433	560.00–595.00	568.23
31	500–550	527	485.00–512.00	496.50
30	550–600	564	442.50–483.00	478.59
88	600–650	624	438.00–458.00	452.72
280	650–700	681	399.00–439.00	415.77
147	700–750	730	383.00–407.00	394.84
394	750–800	771	362.00–392.00	385.75
331	800–850	822	350.00–380.00	367.27
104	850–900	858	349.50–361.00	354.59
297	900–950	923	336.50–353.00	348.11
208	950–1000	975	319.00–343.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	638	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,001	305.00	305.00
7	1050–1100	1,088	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	750–800	796	355.00–375.00	360.91
20	800–850	835	345.00–349.00	346.40
47	850–900	889	337.00–344.00	341.70
31	900–950	929	328.00	328.00

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.