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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-05

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Mar 5

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Feb 26Mar 5Mar 12 →

Receipts

2,679 head

▼ 2,848 vs last sale 5,527▼ 1,310 vs year ago 3,989 · −32.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 700 lbs. and upsold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers 650-850 lbs. sold 2.00-7.00 lower, Demand was good. MLM had one featuring consignment of 850 head of 600-800 lb. heifers. Few load lots today. The next feeder cattle auction will be Mar. 12th, expecting 3000 -3500 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $434.01/cwt on 73 head. That ranks 8 of 12 comparable sales and sits +7.77 against this barn's trailing median of $426.24.

Average price

$434.01

73 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,394

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,170

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

$230.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.06

vs SD average

+13.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	445.50	2,454	64
Medium and Large 1-2	537	421.00	2,261	6thin
Medium and Large 2	597	215.00	1,284	3thin

One grade step is worth $230.50/cwt here — about $1,170 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 sale73 hd

434.01

—

SD average7 barns · 1,947 hd

441.08

−7.06

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

+13.05

This barn, trailing median12 sales

426.24

+7.77

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

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.03, low $337.65, median $426.24 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,388	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	457.32/cwt	420.00–510.00	2,191	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	374.88/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,927	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	504.87/cwt	497.00–527.50	2,646	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,482	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	444.13/cwt	431.00–446.00	2,820	69
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	428.48/cwt	427.50–431.00	2,747	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	407.95/cwt	397.00–419.00	2,741	35
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	399.94/cwt	391.50–403.00	2,904	185
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	377.75/cwt	370.00–388.00	2,890	26
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	769	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,576	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	370.76/cwt	346.00–374.25	2,996	119
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	855	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,856	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	350.79/cwt	345.00–355.75	3,069	162
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	339.25/cwt	339.25–339.25	3,128	55
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	330.66/cwt	324.00–349.50	3,274	77
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,025	324.54/cwt	323.00–326.00	3,327	119
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,075	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,956	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,873	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,093	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	453.22/cwt	440.00–457.50	2,171	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	449.54/cwt	443.00–457.50	2,279	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,261	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	444.84/cwt	415.00–449.00	2,482	55
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	597	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,284	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	376.01/cwt	372.50–379.00	2,354	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,420	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	373.37/cwt	363.00–386.00	2,546	658
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	321.57/cwt	310.00–333.00	2,315	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	352.18/cwt	346.00–363.00	2,557	68
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,479	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	337.55/cwt	327.00–340.00	2,650	300
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	338.64/cwt	325.50–349.50	2,784	239
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	823	323.67/cwt	323.00–324.00	2,664	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,622	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,769	27
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	883	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,658	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	306.25/cwt	306.00–306.50	2,867	71
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	940	290.16/cwt	289.50–293.50	2,728	94
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	973	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	2,681	9
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,019	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,741	4
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,021	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,553	9
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,022	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,821	48
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,432	4

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 Mar 5, 2026

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

Receipts 2,679Last week 5,527Year ago 3,989

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	800–850	823	323.00–324.00	323.67
94	900–950	940	289.50–293.50	290.16
9	950–1000	973	275.50	275.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	1000–1050	1,022	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,021	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,019	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	580.00	580.00
12	450–500	479	440.00–457.50	453.22
9	500–550	507	443.00–457.50	449.54
55	550–600	558	415.00–449.00	444.84
27	600–650	626	372.50–379.00	376.01
658	650–700	682	363.00–386.00	373.37
68	700–750	726	346.00–363.00	352.18
300	750–800	785	327.00–340.00	337.55
239	800–850	822	325.50–349.50	338.64
27	850–900	879	315.00	315.00
71	900–950	936	306.00–306.50	306.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	460.00	460.00
6	500–550	537	421.00	421.00
5	650–700	677	357.50	357.50
8	700–750	720	310.00–333.00	321.57
3	750–800	765	324.00	324.00
12	800–850	835	314.00	314.00
3	850–900	883	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	597	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
119	1000–1050	1,025	323.00–326.00	324.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,075	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	479	420.00–510.00	457.32
8	500–550	514	350.00–400.00	374.88
9	550–600	584	425.00	425.00
18	600–650	641	427.50–431.00	428.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	398	600.00	600.00
19	500–550	524	497.00–527.50	504.87
69	600–650	635	431.00–446.00	444.13
35	650–700	672	397.00–419.00	407.95
185	700–750	726	391.50–403.00	399.94
26	750–800	765	370.00–388.00	377.75
119	800–850	808	346.00–374.25	370.76
162	850–900	875	345.00–355.75	350.79
55	900–950	922	339.25	339.25
77	950–1000	990	324.00–349.50	330.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	750–800	769	335.00	335.00
7	850–900	855	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	559	435.00	435.00

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.