Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 650 lbs. and up were 2.00- 5.00 lower, feeder heifers 600-700 lbs. were 1.00- 3.00 higher, heifers 700- 850 lbs. were 1.00- 6.00 lower. Demand was good , with many large load lots. The flesh on feeders was in control of price paid for them. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 13th, starting at 9:00 am, expecting 3500 head of feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $337.31/cwt on 115 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −143.44 against this barn's trailing median of $480.75.

Average price

$337.31

115 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$20.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.34

vs SD average

−5.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	346.26	1,980	64
Medium and Large 1-2	551	326.08	1,797	51

One grade step is worth $20.18/cwt here — about $184 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.

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 sale115 hd

337.31

—

SD average6 barns · 1,672 hd

360.66

−23.34

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

−5.07

This barn, trailing median18 sales

480.75

−143.44

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

56 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	341.18/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,999	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	390.38/cwt	377.50–407.00	1,846	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	331.95/cwt	331.00–337.50	1,763	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,786	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,569	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	260.19/cwt	251.00–266.00	1,892	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,747	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	299.26/cwt	282.00–303.00	2,152	322
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,948	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	314.35/cwt	308.00–325.00	1,858	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,390	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	272.88/cwt	272.50–273.00	1,738	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	303.11/cwt	288.00–309.50	1,879	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	309.16/cwt	304.00–316.00	1,945	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	286	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,301	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,843	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	310.37/cwt	307.50–312.00	1,676	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	791	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,544	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	851	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,093	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,970	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,785	8
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,122	236.85/cwt	236.85–236.85	2,657	78
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	249.20/cwt	247.00–249.85	2,574	92
Heifers	Large 1-2	1200–1250	1,228	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,456	7
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,007	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,220	15
Steers	Large 1-2	1200–1250	1,216	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,529	9
Heifers	Large 1	1300–1350	1,301	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,550	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	883	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,331	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	947	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,368	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	897	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,121	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	995	218.25/cwt	218.25–218.25	2,172	64
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,095	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,573	119
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,162	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,312	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	257.98/cwt	242.00–266.00	2,115	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	276.03/cwt	269.00–283.00	2,012	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	271.08/cwt	268.00–278.50	2,356	349
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	322.06/cwt	317.00–337.50	1,684	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,345	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	787	274.97/cwt	269.00–277.00	2,164	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,580	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	315.27/cwt	300.00–320.25	2,122	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	321.52/cwt	313.00–332.00	2,022	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,467	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	359.25/cwt	352.50–385.00	1,926	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	229.36/cwt	226.00–240.50	2,222	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	286.60/cwt	276.00–294.25	2,258	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	260.06/cwt	253.00–268.00	2,018	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	303.46/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,784	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	351.38/cwt	342.50–357.00	1,694	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	267.05/cwt	261.50–272.00	2,219	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	262.57/cwt	261.25–268.50	2,460	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,117	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,679	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	289.75/cwt	277.00–299.00	1,953	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	245.51/cwt	240.50–250.50	2,136	198

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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