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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-12

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 12

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Feb 5Feb 12Feb 19 →

Receipts

3,920 head

▲ 1,499 vs last sale 2,421▲ 1,549 vs year ago 2,371 · +65.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 650 lbs. and up sold 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600 lbs. and up sold 2.00-7.00 higher. Demand was real good. Many large load lots in todays offering. Some of the feeders were caring extra flesh with the mild winter so far. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 19th, this auction at MLM will featuring "HEREFORD" influenced feeders plus other breeds, expecting 5000 plus 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 $474.77/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 6 of 11 comparable sales and sits −9.52 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$474.77

78 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$25.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.56

vs SD average

−3.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	484.60	2,806	48
Medium and Large 1-2	559	459.03	2,565	30

One grade step is worth $25.57/cwt here — about $241 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 sale78 hd

474.77

—

SD average6 barns · 1,286 hd

497.33

−22.56

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

−3.62

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−9.52

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	2,470	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,526	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,565	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	528.16/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,551	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	484.76/cwt	452.50–540.00	2,506	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	449.68/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,581	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	484.60/cwt	472.00–492.00	2,806	48
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,798	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	427.02/cwt	407.00–446.00	2,686	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	402.31/cwt	402.00–402.50	2,720	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	422.08/cwt	410.00–447.00	2,879	362
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	697	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,830	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	729	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,741	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	397.96/cwt	389.00–410.00	2,909	175
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,757	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	391.76/cwt	389.50–396.00	3,005	180
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	374.27/cwt	358.00–381.50	3,043	534
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	359.55/cwt	350.00–366.25	3,150	199
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	353.43/cwt	340.00–360.50	3,237	479
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	993	336.67/cwt	330.00–338.50	3,343	60
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,007	331.84/cwt	319.50–337.50	3,342	147
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,092	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,031	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,185	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	481.98/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,265	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	425.15/cwt	416.00–435.00	2,215	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,390	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,465	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	596	409.98/cwt	399.00–418.50	2,443	88
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	618	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,885	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	386.18/cwt	357.50–398.00	2,441	41
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	355.28/cwt	351.00–365.00	2,256	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	382.40/cwt	368.00–394.00	2,596	109
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	693	362.87/cwt	355.00–367.00	2,515	60
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	369.97/cwt	351.00–373.75	2,627	198
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,594	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	759	334.84/cwt	325.00–339.00	2,541	20
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,619	45
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	796	350.36/cwt	343.00–356.50	2,789	245
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	344.75/cwt	330.00–351.00	2,834	282
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	829	323.35/cwt	319.00–326.00	2,681	18
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	325.93/cwt	318.50–333.00	2,907	117
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	331.87/cwt	314.00–335.00	3,043	213
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,110	14
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,033	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	3,022	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,505	16
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,658	10

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 Feb 12, 2026

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

Receipts 3,920Last week 2,421Year ago 2,371

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
147	1000–1050	1,007	319.50–337.50	331.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	483	520.00–535.00	528.16
8	500–550	517	452.50–540.00	484.76
22	550–600	574	435.00–465.00	449.68
30	600–650	629	407.00–446.00	427.02
16	650–700	676	402.00–402.50	402.31
6	700–750	740	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	720.00	720.00
5	400–450	447	565.00	565.00
8	450–500	454	565.00	565.00
48	550–600	579	472.00–492.00	484.60
23	600–650	607	461.00	461.00
362	650–700	682	410.00–447.00	422.08
175	700–750	731	389.00–410.00	397.96
180	750–800	767	389.50–396.00	391.76
534	800–850	813	358.00–381.50	374.27
199	850–900	876	350.00–366.25	359.55
479	900–950	916	340.00–360.50	353.43
60	950–1000	993	330.00–338.50	336.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	697	406.00	406.00
8	700–750	729	376.00	376.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,033	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	618	305.00	305.00
60	650–700	693	355.00–367.00	362.87
20	750–800	759	325.00–339.00	334.84
18	800–850	829	319.00–326.00	323.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	521	416.00–435.00	425.15
88	550–600	596	399.00–418.50	409.98
13	600–650	635	351.00–365.00	355.28
7	700–750	736	352.50	352.50
45	750–800	768	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	610.00	610.00
6	350–400	366	555.00	555.00
5	400–450	446	490.00	490.00
20	450–500	470	475.00–485.00	481.98
26	500–550	537	445.00	445.00
20	550–600	554	445.00	445.00
41	600–650	632	357.50–398.00	386.18
109	650–700	679	368.00–394.00	382.40
198	700–750	710	351.00–373.75	369.97
245	750–800	796	343.00–356.50	350.36
282	800–850	822	330.00–351.00	344.75
117	850–900	892	318.50–333.00	325.93
213	900–950	917	314.00–335.00	331.87
14	950–1000	963	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	668	375.00	375.00
10	800–850	828	321.00	321.00

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.