Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 650 lbs. and up were 3.00-9.00 higher. Most heifers sold on a lower undertone . Demand was very good. House full of buyers. Many large load lots in todays offering. Today was Hereford influenced auction. MLM sold many high quality heifers for replacement today, bring feeding heifers average price down a little. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 27th, expecting 6000 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $349.75/cwt on 360 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −131.00 against this barn's trailing median of $480.75.

Average price

$349.75

360 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,953

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$19.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.28

vs SD average

+8.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	351.94	1,967	320
Medium and Large 1-2	555	332.25	1,843	40

One grade step is worth $19.69/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale360 hd

349.75

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SD average6 barns · 1,281 hd

358.04

−8.28

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

+8.54

This barn, trailing median18 sales

480.75

−131.00

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

55 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	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	370.38/cwt	369.00–375.00	1,463	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	388.15/cwt	372.50–405.00	1,851	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,240	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	278.33/cwt	257.00–280.75	2,168	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	308.08/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,479	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	277.60/cwt	271.00–295.00	1,596	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,839	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	356.20/cwt	332.50–375.00	1,517	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	360.16/cwt	348.00–368.00	1,866	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,820	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	932	241.42/cwt	231.00–249.00	2,250	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	245.71/cwt	244.00–248.00	1,921	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	312.88/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,974	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	297.19/cwt	290.00–309.50	1,843	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	804	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,195	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,524	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	313.64/cwt	300.50–326.00	1,816	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,019	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	301.29/cwt	263.00–305.00	2,055	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,904	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	819	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,990	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	873	261.66/cwt	256.50–268.50	2,284	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	998	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,475	9
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	259.87/cwt	244.50–263.50	2,614	103
Heifers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,019	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,395	5
Steers	Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,159	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,388	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	624	332.10/cwt	324.00–335.00	2,072	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	291.33/cwt	284.50–297.00	2,264	462
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	300.60/cwt	285.00–308.25	2,179	459
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,799	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,031	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,726	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	271.13/cwt	266.00–275.50	1,960	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	366.36/cwt	357.00–377.50	1,920	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	254.82/cwt	254.50–255.00	2,352	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	684	324.69/cwt	305.00–340.00	2,221	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	771	305.50/cwt	303.00–308.00	2,355	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	430.80/cwt	427.00–435.00	1,771	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	325.97/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,571	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	283.47/cwt	273.50–289.00	2,327	423
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	344.39/cwt	328.00–356.00	1,987	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	276.01/cwt	268.00–280.35	2,393	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	327.98/cwt	317.00–335.50	2,063	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	258.25/cwt	254.00–265.00	2,102	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	278.18/cwt	267.00–288.00	1,897	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	264.54/cwt	260.50–270.00	2,053	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	249.76/cwt	235.50–254.25	2,320	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	309.13/cwt	296.00–325.00	1,790	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	315.85/cwt	300.00–327.25	2,123	768
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	299.95/cwt	293.00–312.50	1,551	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,480	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	328.72/cwt	315.00–347.00	1,759	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	993	225.28/cwt	225.00–226.00	2,237	14

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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