Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 700 lbs. on up sold on a steady to lower market, heifers 750 lbs. and up sold unevenly steady. Some large load lots in today's offering. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 3rd, expecting 3000 head of feeders, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.95/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −115.81 against this barn's trailing median of $482.76.

Average price

$366.95

61 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,120

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$18.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.95

vs SD average

+2.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	369.71	2,130	52
Medium and Large 1-2	587	351.00	2,060	9thin

One grade step is worth $18.71/cwt here — about $69 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

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 sale61 hd

366.95

—

SD average4 barns · 664 hd

376.90

−9.95

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

+2.97

This barn, trailing median17 sales

482.76

−115.81

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,017	14
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1150–1200	1,151	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,446	8
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,374	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,158	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,397	4
Steers	Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,194	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,651	10
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,077	253.79/cwt	251.50–256.35	2,733	167
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	247.50/cwt	241.00–249.00	2,534	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	280.33/cwt	279.00–281.00	2,355	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	288.42/cwt	279.00–291.50	2,105	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	299.42/cwt	293.00–305.00	2,117	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	300.52/cwt	296.50–302.50	2,326	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	298.94/cwt	292.00–304.00	1,892	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	247.89/cwt	245.00–251.00	2,286	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	262.29/cwt	261.00–265.00	2,054	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	927	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,141	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	304.75/cwt	282.00–329.00	2,011	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	271.20/cwt	264.00–275.75	2,216	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	289.13/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,359	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	323.72/cwt	312.00–331.50	1,988	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	315.99/cwt	314.00–318.00	2,395	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	846	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,360	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	999	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,448	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	983	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,222	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	750	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,010	7
Steers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,201	229.55/cwt	223.50–230.00	2,757	118
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,100	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,657	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,294	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,165	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	324.93/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,865	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	271.35/cwt	268.50–271.75	2,515	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,060	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	263.54/cwt	259.00–268.00	2,556	375
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,297	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	279.48/cwt	273.50–286.25	2,448	372
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	351.50/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,221	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	260.57/cwt	249.10–269.35	2,272	360
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	369.71/cwt	361.00–394.00	2,130	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,287	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	274.25/cwt	271.00–280.75	2,134	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,693	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,785	7

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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