Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady. On heifers 550-800 lbs. were steady to 1.00 higher, with instances 10.00 higher on light fleshed heifers. Heifers 800-850 lbs. were 8.00 lower, many carrying extra flesh. Demand was good. Many large load lots in today's offering. One featured consignment of over 850 light fleshed heifers. The next feeder cattle auction will be Mar.13th, expecting 4000 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $319.12/cwt on 166 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −107.31 against this barn's trailing median of $426.42.

Average price

$319.12

166 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$32.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.00

vs SD average

+14.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	321.48	1,799	154
Medium and Large 1-2	584	288.79	1,687	12thin

One grade step is worth $32.69/cwt here — about $112 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.03, low $406.25, median $426.42 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 sale166 hd

319.12

—

SD average7 barns · 1,919 hd

325.12

−6.00

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

+14.10

This barn, trailing median18 sales

426.42

−107.31

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

41 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	243.96/cwt	243.50–244.50	2,515	49
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,160	234.85/cwt	234.85–234.85	2,724	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	947	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,126	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	828	243.15/cwt	236.00–243.50	2,013	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	834	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,218	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	873	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,322	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,814	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,836	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,045	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	301.35/cwt	300.00–302.00	2,025	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,952	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	270.18/cwt	266.00–276.00	1,878	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	288.79/cwt	281.00–300.00	1,687	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,915	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,176	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,870	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,300	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	247.95/cwt	245.25–260.00	2,056	347
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	332.62/cwt	329.00–335.00	1,720	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	276.72/cwt	261.00–281.00	2,050	495
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	293.69/cwt	278.50–298.75	1,971	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	240.16/cwt	237.50–242.00	2,147	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,947	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	288.01/cwt	280.50–291.00	2,238	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,596	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	363.38/cwt	361.50–364.00	2,119	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,234	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	300.77/cwt	299.00–310.00	1,871	339
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,418	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	274.06/cwt	260.25–279.85	2,110	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	309.73/cwt	291.00–316.00	2,211	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	318.89/cwt	316.50–330.00	2,184	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	277.75/cwt	277.50–278.00	2,241	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	317.70/cwt	310.00–321.00	1,824	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	377.24/cwt	366.50–384.00	2,030	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	942	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,412	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	728	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,907	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	770	280.89/cwt	276.00–287.00	2,163	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	257.10/cwt	251.75–261.35	2,509	489
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,199	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	276.08/cwt	267.50–280.25	2,399	199

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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