Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 700-1000 lbs. sold 6.00-8.00 higher. Heifers 650-1000 lbs. sold unevenly steady with a higher undertone on most. Demand was good. Many large load lots in today's offering. People are talking about spring storm and calving, for SD, Minn ,IA coming this weekend. The next feeder cattle auction will be Mar. 20th expecting 4000 head plus, starting at "10:00" am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.23/cwt on 175 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −114.20 against this barn's trailing median of $426.42.

Average price

$312.23

175 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$7.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.77

vs SD average

−2.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	314.16	1,776	131
Medium and Large 1-2	553	306.46	1,694	44

One grade step is worth $7.70/cwt here — about $83 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale175 hd

312.23

—

SD average5 barns · 995 hd

325.00

−12.77

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−2.73

This barn, trailing median18 sales

426.42

−114.20

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

50 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	700–750	728	270.63/cwt	263.00–275.00	1,970	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	294.51/cwt	291.00–301.00	1,688	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,721	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	313.29/cwt	311.00–315.00	1,695	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,195	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,788	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	235.53/cwt	231.75–239.50	2,197	330
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	294.74/cwt	282.00–300.50	1,978	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,217	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,695	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	252.85/cwt	231.00–259.00	1,939	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	939	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,310	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,015	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,938	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	339.13/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,977	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	414.25/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,350	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,642	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	268.35/cwt	267.00–269.00	2,235	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	742	299.71/cwt	270.00–303.50	2,224	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	887	265.25/cwt	265.25–265.25	2,353	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,647	13
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	247.85/cwt	247.85–247.85	2,563	39
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,057	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,679	58
Steers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,114	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,507	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	270.55/cwt	267.50–277.00	2,370	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	350.61/cwt	340.00–354.00	2,174	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	366.84/cwt	353.00–372.00	2,058	57
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,929	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,873	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	993	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,478	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	229.67/cwt	228.25–231.00	2,219	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	2,295	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	329.23/cwt	321.00–343.00	2,216	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	394.90/cwt	387.50–399.50	2,014	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	270.16/cwt	263.25–274.00	2,064	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	270.14/cwt	266.00–278.85	2,485	275
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	354.62/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,528	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	398.15/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,529	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	317.89/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,302	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	252.17/cwt	247.00–265.00	2,045	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	288.02/cwt	281.00–295.25	2,336	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	432.37/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,915	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	314.71/cwt	305.00–323.00	1,819	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	265.09/cwt	263.50–268.25	2,579	316
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	243.53/cwt	238.00–253.75	2,143	445
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	331.78/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,586	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	432.78/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,982	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	479.84/cwt	475.00–490.00	1,828	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	293.32/cwt	292.00–297.50	1,883	48

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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