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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-23

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 23

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Apr 9Apr 23May 7 →

Receipts

3,185 head

▼ 1,304 vs last sale 4,489▲ 1,374 vs year ago 1,811 · +75.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: A lower undertone was noted on steers up to 850 lbs. steers 850-900 lbs. sold 3.00 higher, steers 900 lbs. and up sold 8.00-13. 00 lower. A lower undertone was noted on heifers up to 650 lbs. Heifers 700-750 lbs. sold 10.00 lower, 750-850 lbs. sold steady, 850-900 lbs. sold 10.00 lower, 900 lbs. and up sold steady. Demand was good. Many large load lots in today's offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 7th, expecting 3000 head of feeders, there will be a fair amount of fall calves at this sale, starting at 9:30 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 $515.00/cwt on 5 head, up $12.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 11 comparable sales and sits +30.71 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$515.00

▲ 12.86 vs prior sale

5 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+24.07

vs SD average

+35.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	509	515.00	2,621	5thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

515.00

—

SD average5 barns · 238 hd

490.93

+24.07

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

+35.97

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

+30.71

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

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	509	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,621	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	438.07/cwt	434.00–449.00	2,812	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,804	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	390.08/cwt	384.00–417.50	2,641	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,879	43
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	371.86/cwt	363.00–383.00	2,867	78
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,667	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	360.56/cwt	357.00–361.00	2,975	47
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	854	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,904	29
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	354.59/cwt	350.00–364.00	3,113	93
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	894	333.75/cwt	333.00–336.00	2,984	28
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	334.50/cwt	330.00–338.00	3,081	203
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	938	325.95/cwt	324.00–326.50	3,057	22
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	971	329.70/cwt	318.50–335.75	3,201	392
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	991	312.30/cwt	310.00–317.00	3,095	98
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,007	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,041	21
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,022	313.40/cwt	305.00–315.25	3,203	246
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,074	304.41/cwt	296.50–312.00	3,269	306
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,081	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	3,221	4
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,113	294.25/cwt	294.25–294.25	3,275	46
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	366	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,775	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	449	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,088	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,357	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,444	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	409.97/cwt	407.50–412.50	2,378	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,329	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	395.09/cwt	392.00–398.00	2,493	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	372.04/cwt	363.00–387.50	2,482	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	352.94/cwt	340.00–366.00	2,432	28
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	353.05/cwt	348.00–367.00	2,549	103
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	727	345.75/cwt	345.00–346.00	2,514	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,486	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	759	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,748	37
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	345.02/cwt	336.00–359.00	2,681	275
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	795	328.77/cwt	310.00–337.00	2,614	66
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	335.31/cwt	327.00–345.00	2,793	234
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	866	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,511	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	314.66/cwt	312.00–320.00	2,738	108
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	893	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,701	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	314.82/cwt	305.00–326.50	2,890	236
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	935	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,749	65
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,025	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,686	23
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,026	289.55/cwt	286.50–293.00	2,971	47
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,869	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 Apr 23, 2026

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

Receipts 3,185Last week 4,489Year ago 1,811

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	366	485.00	485.00
4	400–450	449	465.00	465.00
10	600–650	613	380.00	380.00
28	650–700	689	340.00–366.00	352.94
4	700–750	740	336.00	336.00
7	850–900	866	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	469	502.50	502.50
17	500–550	543	450.00	450.00
8	550–600	580	407.50–412.50	409.97
19	600–650	631	392.00–398.00	395.09
17	650–700	667	363.00–387.50	372.04
103	700–750	722	348.00–367.00	353.05
275	750–800	777	336.00–359.00	345.02
234	800–850	833	327.00–345.00	335.31
108	850–900	870	312.00–320.00	314.66
236	900–950	918	305.00–326.50	314.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	700–750	727	345.00–346.00	345.75
66	750–800	795	310.00–337.00	328.77
3	850–900	893	302.50	302.50
65	900–950	935	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	1000–1050	1,026	286.50–293.00	289.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
37	750–800	759	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	1000–1050	1,025	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	509	515.00	515.00
16	650–700	677	384.00–417.50	390.08
8	750–800	773	345.00	345.00
29	850–900	854	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	642	434.00–449.00	438.07
6	650–700	663	423.00	423.00
43	700–750	742	388.00	388.00
78	750–800	771	363.00–383.00	371.86
47	800–850	825	357.00–361.00	360.56
93	850–900	878	350.00–364.00	354.59
203	900–950	921	330.00–338.00	334.50
392	950–1000	971	318.50–335.75	329.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	850–900	894	333.00–336.00	333.75
22	900–950	938	324.00–326.50	325.95
98	950–1000	991	310.00–317.00	312.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
246	1000–1050	1,022	305.00–315.25	313.40
306	1050–1100	1,074	296.50–312.00	304.41
46	1100–1150	1,113	294.25	294.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	1000–1050	1,007	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,081	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	850–900	850	337.50	337.50

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.