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Mitchell Livestock Auction · Thu, Jun 25

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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jun 25

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jun 11Jun 25Jul 9 →

Receipts

1,675 head

▼ 3,525 vs last sale 5,200▲ 161 vs year ago 1,514 · +10.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Lower numbers in light feeders trend not applicable, A unevenly steady undertone was noted. Steers 950-1000 lbs. sold 10.00 lower, steers 1000 lbs. and up sold 3.00-7.00 higher. Heifers 850-900 lbs. sold 10.00 higher. A higher undertone was noted on all other class's. Demand was good. Many large load lots in heavy feeders. The next auction will be July 9th, expecting 1500 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 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $438.61/cwt on 36 head, down $14.40 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 12 comparable sales and sits +17.15 against this barn's trailing median of $421.46.

Average price

$438.61

▼ 14.40 vs prior sale

36 head · 616 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$29.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.93

vs SD average

+6.00 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	611	456.00	2,786	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	620	426.19	2,643	21

One grade step is worth $29.81/cwt here — about $143 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale36 hd

438.61

—

SD average4 barns · 648 hd

456.55

−17.93

National average147 barns · 9,757 hd

432.61

+6.00

This barn, trailing median12 sales

421.46

+17.15

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 600–700 lb

12 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $453.01, low $368.63, median $421.46 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	552.00/cwt	552.00–552.00	2,622	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	604	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,643	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,786	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,621	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,960	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,762	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,899	15
Steers	750–800

Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD

Thu Jun 25, 2026

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

Receipts 1,675Last week 5,200Year ago 1,514

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
124	1000–1050	1,016	329.75–336.75	333.10
182	1050–1100	1,081	318.50–319.25	318.98
348	1100–1150	1,142	305.25–313.25	309.40
50	1150–1200	1,157	307.50	307.50
35	1200–1250	1,223	292.25	292.25
8	1250–1300	1,279	269.50	269.50
6	1300–1350	1,336	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	950–1000	999	304.00	304.00

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Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Jun 25

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022

← Jun 11Jun 25Jul 9 →

Receipts

1,675 head

▼ 3,525 vs last sale 5,200▲ 161 vs year ago 1,514 · +10.6%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

Average price

$438.61

▼ 14.40 vs prior sale

36 head · 616 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$29.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.93

vs SD average

+6.00 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	611	456.00	2,786	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	620	426.19	2,643	21

One grade step is worth $29.81/cwt here — about $143 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale36 hd

438.61

—

SD average4 barns · 648 hd

456.55

−17.93

National average147 barns · 9,757 hd

432.61

+6.00

This barn, trailing median12 sales

421.46

+17.15

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 600–700 lb

12 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $453.01, low $368.63, median $421.46 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	552.00/cwt	552.00–552.00	2,622	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	604	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,643	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,786	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,621	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,960	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,762	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,899	15
Steers	750–800

Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD

Thu Jun 25, 2026

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

Receipts 1,675Last week 5,200Year ago 1,514

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
124	1000–1050	1,016	329.75–336.75	333.10
182	1050–1100	1,081	318.50–319.25	318.98
348	1100–1150	1,142	305.25–313.25	309.40
50	1150–1200	1,157	307.50	307.50
35	1200–1250	1,223	292.25	292.25
8	1250–1300	1,279	269.50	269.50
6	1300–1350	1,336	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	950–1000	999	304.00	304.00

Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,315	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	457.43/cwt	437.50–470.00	2,219	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,460	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	691	357.18/cwt	344.00–360.00	2,468	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	375.19/cwt	368.00–379.00	2,686	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,496	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	359.50/cwt	346.00–362.50	2,721	59
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	335.17/cwt	331.00–336.00	2,547	18
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,841	58
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	840	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,436	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	858	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,780	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	338.69/cwt	337.50–339.50	2,994	199
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	922	303.75/cwt	303.75–303.75	2,801	47
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,454	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	311.13/cwt	303.00–312.00	3,043	31
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	996	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,610	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,002	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,530	4
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,013	289.75/cwt	278.00–293.50	2,935	59
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,141	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	3,149	37
Heifers	1250–1300	Large 1	1,275	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	3,149	3
Heifers	1300–1350	Large 1	1,339	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	3,321	7

Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,215	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,364	15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	840	290.00	290.00
6	850–900	858	324.00	324.00
47	900–950	922	303.75	303.75
5	950–1000	996	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	485	437.50–470.00	457.43
7	600–650	634	388.00	388.00
17	650–700	691	344.00–360.00	357.18
6	700–750	732	341.00	341.00
18	750–800	760	331.00–336.00	335.17
3	900–950	935	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	454	510.00	510.00
25	700–750	716	368.00–379.00	375.19
59	750–800	757	346.00–362.50	359.50
58	800–850	838	339.00	339.00
199	850–900	884	337.50–339.50	338.69
31	950–1000	978	303.00–312.00	311.13

16	600–650	604	437.50	437.50
5	650–700	672	390.00	390.00
6	700–750	725	381.00	381.00
15	750–800	771	376.00	376.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	475	552.00	552.00
15	600–650	611	456.00	456.00
12	700–750	722	410.00	410.00
34	750–800	777	377.50–390.00	382.17
11	800–850	809	366.00–369.00	367.64
10	850–900	872	351.00	351.00
8	900–950	916	339.00	339.00
141	950–1000	994	329.00–332.25	331.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1100–1150	1,138	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	1000–1050	1,013	278.00–293.50	289.75
37	1100–1150	1,141	276.00	276.00
3	1250–1300	1,275	247.00	247.00
7	1300–1350	1,339	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,002	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	515	430.00	430.00
15	550–600	591	400.00	400.00

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Price by quality 600–700 lb

How it compared 600–700 lb

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

Every lot

Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD

Feeder Cattle

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Price by quality 600–700 lb

How it compared 600–700 lb

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

Every lot

Mitchell Livestock Auction - Mitchell, SD

Feeder Cattle

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