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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-12

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Nov 12

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Oct 22Nov 12latest

Receipts

756 head

▼ 2,475 vs last sale 3,231▲ 756 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

We have not made a auction with enough comparison to make a trend: The undertone was unevenly steady with open market from last week. Demand was good. Next week 2000 head of feeders. 500 plus of yearling most right off grass, the rest spring calves. Next auction will be Nov. 19th, expecting 2000 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 $438.21/cwt on 41 head, down $4.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −46.08 against this barn's trailing median of $484.29.

Average price

$438.21

▼ 4.34 vs prior sale

41 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,404

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$492

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

$81.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.93

vs SD average

+19.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	464.08	2,562	28
Medium and Large 1-2	541	382.50	2,069	13thin

One grade step is worth $81.58/cwt here — about $492 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 sale41 hd

438.21

—

SD average7 barns · 6,160 hd

442.15

−3.93

National average131 barns · 16,955 hd

418.64

+19.57

This barn, trailing median11 sales

484.29

−46.08

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

30 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	250–300	Medium and Large 1	255	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,683	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,892	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,242	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,341	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	465.74/cwt	462.50–467.00	2,520	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,069	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	462.42/cwt	459.00–467.00	2,603	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	386.89/cwt	385.00–388.00	2,356	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,596	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,391	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	370.75/cwt	356.50–395.00	2,688	39
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	2,782	14
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	2,762	17
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	969	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,771	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	996	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,113	55
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,143	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	3,229	7
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,189	271.75/cwt	271.75–271.75	3,231	57
Steers	1200–1250	Large 1	1,222	265.35/cwt	265.35–265.35	3,243	57
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,047	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,231	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	377.92/cwt	371.00–397.00	2,196	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,228	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,248	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	699	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,104	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,282	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	305.75/cwt	305.75–305.75	2,620	88
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	289.82/cwt	289.25–291.50	2,658	48
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,771	56
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	982	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,612	6
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,118	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,851	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 Nov 12, 2026

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

Receipts 756Last week 3,231Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1100–1150	1,118	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	431	475.00	475.00
15	450–500	493	452.50	452.50
18	550–600	581	371.00–397.00	377.92
13	600–650	633	352.00	352.00
11	650–700	663	339.00	339.00
88	850–900	857	305.75	305.75
48	900–950	917	289.25–291.50	289.82
56	950–1000	969	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	699	301.00	301.00
6	750–800	758	301.00	301.00
6	950–1000	982	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1100–1150	1,143	282.50	282.50
57	1150–1200	1,189	271.75	271.75
57	1200–1250	1,222	265.35	265.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	950–1000	969	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	541	382.50	382.50
8	650–700	668	358.00	358.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	255	660.00	660.00
6	300–350	318	595.00	595.00
9	400–450	443	506.00	506.00
9	450–500	473	495.00	495.00
14	500–550	541	462.50–467.00	465.74
14	550–600	563	459.00–467.00	462.42
16	600–650	609	385.00–388.00	386.89
27	650–700	659	394.00	394.00
39	700–750	725	356.50–395.00	370.75
14	850–900	860	323.50	323.50
17	900–950	910	303.50	303.50
55	950–1000	996	312.50	312.50

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.