Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks : Feeder steers 600-800 lbs. sold 1,00-5.00 higher, steers 800-900 lbs. sold steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-750 lbs. sold 4.00-9.00 higher, heifers 750-950 sold 1.00-3.00 lower. Demand was good. Many large load lots in today's offering. One featured consignment of over 850 steers, order buyer's could fill big orders. The next feeder cattle auction will be Mar.6th, expecting 5000 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 $349.86/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −132.90 against this barn's trailing median of $482.76.

Average price

$349.86

83 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,002

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$32.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.01

vs SD average

+1.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	366.44	2,071	41
Medium and Large 1-2	579	333.67	1,931	42

One grade step is worth $32.78/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

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.85, low $442.27, median $482.76 across 17 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 sale83 hd

349.86

—

SD average6 barns · 789 hd

349.84

+0.01

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+1.62

This barn, trailing median17 sales

482.76

−132.90

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

57 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	750–800	773	262.30/cwt	257.50–267.75	2,028	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	330.53/cwt	296.00–351.00	1,930	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,179	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	274.42/cwt	264.00–279.60	2,390	444
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	267.42/cwt	261.00–276.00	2,460	434
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	293.22/cwt	278.00–300.25	2,270	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	303.79/cwt	280.00–322.50	1,595	13
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	866	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,992	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,762	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	306.00/cwt	280.00–324.00	1,906	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,556	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,705	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,466	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	867	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,272	7
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	731	242.98/cwt	237.00–265.00	1,776	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,369	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,757	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,932	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,894	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,265	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,562	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	938	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,200	52
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,128	238.25/cwt	238.25–238.25	2,687	112
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	254.54/cwt	244.50–257.00	2,601	282
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	226.83/cwt	225.00–228.50	2,298	99
Steers	Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,187	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,659	10
Heifers	Large 1	1300–1350	1,309	188.75/cwt	188.75–188.75	2,471	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	386.55/cwt	373.00–397.00	1,956	14
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	822	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,014	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	981	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,374	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	848	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,264	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	869	262.54/cwt	242.00–266.00	2,281	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	840	247.65/cwt	247.25–250.00	2,080	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	277.18/cwt	263.00–287.00	1,998	462
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,928	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	292.25/cwt	279.00–303.00	1,929	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	301.63/cwt	294.50–312.50	1,867	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	356.02/cwt	350.00–359.00	2,122	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	304.89/cwt	292.00–320.50	2,186	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	353.06/cwt	335.00–356.00	1,730	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,475	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	411.66/cwt	410.00–412.50	1,836	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	283.26/cwt	274.00–289.00	2,306	781
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	246.02/cwt	238.00–252.50	2,234	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	256.70/cwt	250.50–270.00	2,110	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	345.29/cwt	320.00–359.00	1,778	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	248.49/cwt	240.75–254.50	2,167	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	342.22/cwt	322.00–353.00	2,129	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	252.04/cwt	244.00–254.00	2,480	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	781	293.67/cwt	292.50–294.00	2,294	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	699	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,146	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	306.38/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,768	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	249.43/cwt	243.00–255.00	1,953	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	287.06/cwt	276.00–291.00	2,078	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	320.78/cwt	310.00–324.00	2,162	463
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	230.75/cwt	230.75–230.75	2,231	70

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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