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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

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

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Mar 12Mar 19Mar 26 →

Receipts

2,311 head

▲ 432 vs last sale 1,879▼ 2,126 vs year ago 4,437 · −47.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Lower numbers to test against today trend not applicable. A dollars higher undertone on both steers and heifers. Demand was really good. Some large load lots today. The next feeder cattle auction will be March 26th, expecting 3000 head of feeders, starting at 10:00 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 $491.46/cwt on 40 head, up $7.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 11 comparable sales and sits +7.17 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$491.46

▲ 7.17 vs prior sale

40 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$32.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.70

vs SD average

+19.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	501.13	2,781	28
Medium and Large 1-2	549	468.89	2,574	12thin

One grade step is worth $32.24/cwt here — about $207 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale40 hd

491.46

—

SD average7 barns · 497 hd

486.76

+4.70

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+19.34

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

+7.17

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

34 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	375	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,250	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	521.04/cwt	510.00–542.00	2,485	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,583	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	501.13/cwt	492.50–503.00	2,781	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	457.34/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,566	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,700	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	448.61/cwt	442.00–462.50	2,817	90
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	435.44/cwt	415.00–439.00	2,904	68
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	682	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,489	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	698	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,687	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	391.42/cwt	370.00–399.00	2,877	244
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	379.46/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,899	42
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	797	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,770	28
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	355.48/cwt	351.50–362.50	2,958	83
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	350.99/cwt	342.00–359.50	3,085	236
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	339.88/cwt	328.00–344.50	3,154	269
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	323.43/cwt	316.50–334.00	3,170	192
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,023	314.47/cwt	306.75–318.10	3,217	170
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,282	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,398	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,296	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,254	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	444.42/cwt	440.00–447.00	2,493	41
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	398.11/cwt	393.00–401.00	2,456	43
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	384.99/cwt	371.00–415.00	2,375	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	380.13/cwt	364.00–390.00	2,558	102
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	682	356.53/cwt	356.00–358.00	2,432	49
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,667	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	362.83/cwt	352.00–372.00	2,612	142
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	327.28/cwt	325.50–334.00	2,563	77
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,618	80
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	839	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,593	24
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	2,748	33
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	297.49/cwt	295.85–301.00	2,731	124

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 19, 2026

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

Receipts 2,311Last week 1,879Year ago 4,437

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	650–700	682	356.00–358.00	356.53
24	800–850	839	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	517.50	517.50
8	500–550	519	462.00	462.00
41	550–600	561	440.00–447.00	444.42
43	600–650	617	393.00–401.00	398.11
102	650–700	673	364.00–390.00	380.13
142	700–750	720	352.00–372.00	362.83
77	750–800	783	325.50–334.00	327.28
80	800–850	803	326.00	326.00
33	850–900	888	309.50	309.50
124	900–950	918	295.85–301.00	297.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	534	430.00	430.00
3	550–600	560	402.50	402.50
12	600–650	617	371.00–415.00	384.99
4	700–750	715	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	682	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	525	492.00	492.00
8	550–600	561	445.00–470.00	457.34
9	600–650	615	439.00	439.00
7	650–700	698	385.00	385.00
28	750–800	797	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	600.00	600.00
9	450–500	477	510.00–542.00	521.04
28	550–600	555	492.50–503.00	501.13
90	600–650	628	442.00–462.50	448.61
68	650–700	667	415.00–439.00	435.44
244	700–750	735	370.00–399.00	391.42
42	750–800	764	370.00–387.50	379.46
83	800–850	832	351.50–362.50	355.48
236	850–900	879	342.00–359.50	350.99
269	900–950	928	328.00–344.50	339.88
192	950–1000	980	316.50–334.00	323.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
170	1000–1050	1,023	306.75–318.10	314.47

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.