Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers up to 800 lbs. sold on a higher undertone. Steers 800-900 lbs. sold 8.00 10.00 higher, steers 900-1100 lbs. sold steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers 650-1000 lbs. sold 8.00-12.00 higher. Demand was very good. Many very large load lots in today's offering. The top two featuring consignments totaled over 1700 head of feeders. Order buyer's were filling big orders with one man's cattle. Quality was top notch today. The next feeder cattle auction will be Mar. 27th, expecting 3500 head of feeders, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.82/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −108.60 against this barn's trailing median of $426.42.

Average price

$317.82

16 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$10.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.12

vs SD average

+3.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	325.00	1,794	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	536	314.56	1,686	11thin

One grade step is worth $10.44/cwt here — about $108 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

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 sale16 hd

317.82

—

SD average6 barns · 1,630 hd

332.94

−15.12

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

+3.24

This barn, trailing median18 sales

426.42

−108.60

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

43 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
Bulls	Large 1	1150–1200	1,193	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,374	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,102	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,336	3
Steers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,202	237.60/cwt	237.60–237.60	2,856	54
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,078	258.81/cwt	257.00–262.25	2,790	336
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,505	43
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,183	239.99/cwt	238.50–241.60	2,839	484
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,431	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,319	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,126	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,594	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	275.25/cwt	272.00–281.00	1,690	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,560	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,073	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	254.79/cwt	248.00–261.00	2,204	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,994	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,949	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	314.56/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,686	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,062	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	415.93/cwt	405.00–421.00	2,117	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	318.01/cwt	310.50–325.00	2,461	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,794	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	305.24/cwt	305.00–311.00	2,115	415
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	238.75/cwt	238.75–238.75	2,349	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	598	361.31/cwt	361.00–367.50	2,161	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	271.11/cwt	269.00–277.50	2,486	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	265.31/cwt	250.00–268.50	2,603	344
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,461	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	282.39/cwt	279.00–288.00	2,180	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	296.68/cwt	281.00–305.50	2,109	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	328.32/cwt	310.00–331.00	2,006	469
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	251.83/cwt	246.50–255.25	2,297	292
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,034	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	330.80/cwt	328.00–335.00	2,253	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	267.85/cwt	261.00–280.50	2,172	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	300.91/cwt	296.00–311.50	2,467	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	358.60/cwt	342.50–360.50	2,223	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	845	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,113	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	892	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,163	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	742	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,951	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,062	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,729	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,879	3

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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