Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feedersteers500-750 lbs. sold steady to 2.00 higher, steers 750 and up sold 9.00-11.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600 lbs. and up sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Demand was very good, many large load lots today. Had many char. influenced feeders today, Quality was top notch. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 6th, expecting 3500-4000 head of feeders and replacement quality heifers for breeding, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $341.67/cwt on 113 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −139.08 against this barn's trailing median of $480.75.

Average price

$341.67

113 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,958

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$140

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

$2.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.00

vs SD average

−6.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	531	344.20	1,828	8thin
Medium and Large 1	576	341.48	1,968	105

One grade step is worth $2.72/cwt here — about −$140 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.85, low $442.27, median $480.75 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale113 hd

341.67

—

SD average5 barns · 1,711 hd

359.67

−18.00

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

−6.99

This barn, trailing median18 sales

480.75

−139.08

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

47 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,128	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,087	4
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,071	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,420	9
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	254.11/cwt	254.00–254.50	2,554	19
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,059	261.80/cwt	237.00–263.35	2,772	150
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 1	650–700	676	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,622	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	693	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,753	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	857	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,254	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	344.20/cwt	337.50–348.00	1,828	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,751	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,352	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,881	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,685	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,561	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,563	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	298.52/cwt	297.50–301.00	1,675	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	301.26/cwt	286.00–313.00	1,871	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,003	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	277.52/cwt	267.00–296.00	2,018	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	332.49/cwt	326.00–347.50	1,646	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,835	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	267.45/cwt	256.00–270.00	2,046	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	320.17/cwt	302.00–328.50	2,184	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,766	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	328.44/cwt	315.00–332.00	1,826	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,891	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	286.90/cwt	263.50–296.25	2,335	297
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	261.75/cwt	261.75–261.75	2,311	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	335.18/cwt	332.00–338.00	1,974	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	362.73/cwt	356.00–376.00	1,933	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	301.93/cwt	297.00–309.50	2,195	324
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	261.92/cwt	256.00–265.50	2,182	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	430.44/cwt	430.00–431.00	1,795	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	269.79/cwt	265.00–273.50	2,609	266
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	286.38/cwt	276.00–289.50	1,936	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	291.17/cwt	285.00–299.75	2,207	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	276.52/cwt	272.00–277.50	2,397	283
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	384.87/cwt	367.50–391.00	1,763	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	325.13/cwt	316.00–332.00	1,749	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	333.08/cwt	328.50–337.00	2,032	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,343	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	740	265.43/cwt	262.00–266.25	1,964	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	770	265.63/cwt	265.00–279.00	2,045	136
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,149	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,373	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	254.14/cwt	245.50–257.00	2,323	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	271.76/cwt	266.00–275.25	2,503	429

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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