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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-20

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Aug 20

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Aug 6Aug 20Aug 27 →

Receipts

1,676 head

▲ 677 vs last sale 999▲ 1,676 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Very few light steers, trend not applicable. 900-949 lb. steers were 1.00 higher. Steers over 1000 lbs. were dollars lower. Not enough heifers for a good trend. Demand was good. Many large load lots in todays offering. Starting next week, MLM plans on having a feeder cattle auction every Thur. here on out. The next feeder cattle auction will be Aug. 27th, expecting 1500 head of feeder, 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 $448.50/cwt on 19 head, down $90.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits −35.79 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$448.50

▼ 90.35 vs prior sale

19 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,302

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$28.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.93

vs SD average

+51.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	457.50	2,374	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	501	429.00	2,149	6thin

One grade step is worth $28.50/cwt here — about $225 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 sale19 hd

448.50

—

SD average2 barns · 27 hd

450.43

−1.93

National average147 barns · 5,729 hd

396.78

+51.72

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−35.79

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

32 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	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	501	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,149	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,374	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,312	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,594	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,285	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,907	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,749	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,739	20
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	328.85/cwt	315.00–336.75	3,058	190
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	966	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,821	27
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	303.28/cwt	296.00–308.00	2,954	13
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	975	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,876	14
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,031	297.32/cwt	296.50–297.85	3,065	93
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1Fleshy	1,064	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,745	9
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,090	291.47/cwt	289.00–293.75	3,177	449
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,115	282.75/cwt	282.75–282.75	3,153	21
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,166	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	3,282	48
Steers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,235	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	3,063	29
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,290	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,250	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	321.66/cwt	321.00–323.00	2,515	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	302.67/cwt	294.00–306.75	2,542	185
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	305.40/cwt	299.00–310.50	2,684	52
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	298.72/cwt	287.25–302.00	2,772	224
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	982	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,789	10
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	992	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,599	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,007	296.39/cwt	295.00–298.00	2,985	15
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,029	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,737	8
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,150	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	3,025	17
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1Fleshy	1,167	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,783	14
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	1050–1100	Large 2	1,097	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,183	9
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	952	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,561	5

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 Aug 20, 2026

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

Receipts 1,676Last week 999Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	950–1000	966	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	1000–1050	1,031	296.50–297.85	297.32
449	1050–1100	1,090	289.00–293.75	291.47
21	1100–1150	1,115	282.75	282.75
48	1150–1200	1,166	281.50	281.50
29	1200–1250	1,235	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	501	429.00	429.00
5	650–700	680	340.00	340.00
12	700–750	737	310.00	310.00
11	800–850	838	328.00	328.00
14	950–1000	975	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	519	457.50	457.50
7	700–750	703	369.00	369.00
19	800–850	833	349.00	349.00
20	850–900	856	320.00	320.00
190	900–950	930	315.00–336.75	328.85
13	950–1000	974	296.00–308.00	303.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1050–1100	1,064	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,029	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	1000–1050	1,007	295.00–298.00	296.39
17	1150–1200	1,150	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	576	397.50	397.50
6	650–700	658	342.00	342.00
15	750–800	782	321.00–323.00	321.66
185	800–850	840	294.00–306.75	302.67
52	850–900	879	299.00–310.50	305.40
224	900–950	928	287.25–302.00	298.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	950–1000	982	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	950–1000	992	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1150–1200	1,167	238.50	238.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1050–1100	1,097	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	950–1000	952	269.00	269.00

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.