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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Feb 19

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Feb 12Feb 19Feb 26 →

Receipts

5,264 head

▲ 1,344 vs last sale 3,920▲ 75 vs year ago 5,189 · +1.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 650 lbs. and up sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers 650 -850 lbs. sold unevenly steady. Demand was good. Fair amount of large load lots. Today around 90 % of feeders were of Hereford influenced. Their were a fair amount of Hereford and F1 heifers bought for replacement, very good quality. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 26th, expecting 6000 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 $482.76/cwt on 264 head. That ranks 6 of 11 comparable sales and sits −1.53 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$482.76

264 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$30.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.72

vs SD average

−4.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	486.16	2,737	235
Medium and Large 1-2	587	455.21	2,672	29

One grade step is worth $30.95/cwt here — about $65 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 1000–1100 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 sale264 hd

482.76

—

SD average6 barns · 1,208 hd

497.48

−14.72

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−4.59

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−1.53

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

63 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	449	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,211	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	512.14/cwt	463.00–539.00	2,463	62
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,479	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	511.43/cwt	499.00–532.00	2,736	66
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	549	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,663	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	476.29/cwt	462.00–510.00	2,734	169
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,672	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	437.25/cwt	437.00–437.50	2,711	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	452.72/cwt	446.00–458.00	2,839	134
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	648	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,806	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	425.16/cwt	402.50–438.00	2,866	596
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,670	4
Steers	700–750	Medium 1	708	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,889	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	398.84/cwt	381.00–412.00	2,916	442
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	379.05/cwt	371.00–397.00	2,983	741
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	791	368.94/cwt	366.00–369.25	2,918	126
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,927	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	374.28/cwt	353.00–386.25	3,088	381
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	830	352.43/cwt	346.00–359.00	2,925	36
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	356.55/cwt	352.00–369.00	3,109	185
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	887	339.89/cwt	333.00–344.00	3,015	63
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	905	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,068	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	918	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,039	8
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	934	340.60/cwt	338.50–345.00	3,181	119
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	988	335.82/cwt	319.00–339.00	3,318	164
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,017	310.94/cwt	307.00–314.00	3,162	21
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,060	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,873	4
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,112	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	3,369	31
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,960	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	488.59/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,062	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	464.03/cwt	447.50–471.00	2,190	38
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	444.30/cwt	435.00–447.50	2,115	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	444.84/cwt	424.00–453.00	2,313	53
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	427.31/cwt	407.50–447.50	2,265	36
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	565	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,684	65
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	422.13/cwt	411.00–440.00	2,419	82
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	400.57/cwt	395.00–412.00	2,359	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	396.67/cwt	377.00–447.50	2,511	138
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	633	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,336	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	391.49/cwt	360.00–410.00	2,596	189
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,339	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	687	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,459	59
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	716	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,452	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	353.64/cwt	340.00–356.00	2,546	104
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	728	445.84/cwt	384.00–467.50	3,246	189
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,574	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	349.83/cwt	335.00–358.00	2,673	141
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	772	324.58/cwt	319.00–327.00	2,506	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	805	388.48/cwt	385.00–392.00	3,127	28
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	817	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,590	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	338.50/cwt	334.00–344.00	2,799	117
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	833	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,741	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	877	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,719	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	881	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,775	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	888	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,552	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,791	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,887	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	968	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,933	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	971	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,156	86
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	988	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,845	14
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,045	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,952	21
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1-2	1,103	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,713	3
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1Fleshy	1,145	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,771	11

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 19, 2026

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

Receipts 5,264Last week 3,920Year ago 5,189

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	488	508.00	508.00
66	500–550	535	499.00–532.00	511.43
169	550–600	574	462.00–510.00	476.29
134	600–650	627	446.00–458.00	452.72
596	650–700	674	402.50–438.00	425.16
442	700–750	731	381.00–412.00	398.84
741	750–800	787	371.00–397.00	379.05
381	800–850	825	353.00–386.25	374.28
185	850–900	872	352.00–369.00	356.55
119	900–950	934	338.50–345.00	340.60
164	950–1000	988	319.00–339.00	335.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	449	492.50	492.50
62	450–500	481	463.00–539.00	512.14
5	500–550	549	485.00	485.00
24	550–600	595	449.00	449.00
12	600–650	620	437.00–437.50	437.25
4	650–700	676	395.00	395.00
6	800–850	820	357.00	357.00
8	900–950	918	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	1000–1050	1,017	307.00–314.00	310.94
31	1100–1150	1,112	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,060	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	708	408.00	408.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	648	433.00	433.00
126	750–800	791	366.00–369.25	368.94
36	800–850	830	346.00–359.00	352.43
63	850–900	887	333.00–344.00	339.89
5	900–950	905	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
65	550–600	565	475.00	475.00
189	700–750	728	384.00–467.50	445.84
28	800–850	805	385.00–392.00	388.48
10	850–900	888	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	422	470.00–510.00	488.59
38	450–500	472	447.50–471.00	464.03
53	500–550	520	424.00–453.00	444.84
82	550–600	573	411.00–440.00	422.13
138	600–650	633	377.00–447.50	396.67
189	650–700	663	360.00–410.00	391.49
104	700–750	720	340.00–356.00	353.64
141	750–800	764	335.00–358.00	349.83
117	800–850	827	334.00–344.00	338.50
9	850–900	889	314.00	314.00
3	900–950	905	319.00	319.00
86	950–1000	971	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	580.00	580.00
37	450–500	476	435.00–447.50	444.30
36	500–550	530	407.50–447.50	427.31
28	550–600	589	395.00–412.00	400.57
6	650–700	682	343.00	343.00
3	750–800	757	340.00	340.00
9	800–850	817	317.00	317.00
3	850–900	877	310.00	310.00
3	950–1000	968	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	1000–1050	1,045	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,103	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1100–1150	1,145	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	633	369.00	369.00
59	650–700	687	358.00	358.00
4	700–750	716	342.50	342.50
10	750–800	772	319.00–327.00	324.58
6	800–850	833	329.00	329.00
4	850–900	881	315.00	315.00
14	950–1000	988	288.00	288.00

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.