Sale reports / South Dakota / Mitchell Livestock Auction / 2025-04-03

Mitchell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mitchell, South Dakota · Thu, Apr 3
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2022
Receipts
1,256 head
1,953 vs last sale 3,209 346 vs year ago 1,602 · 21.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 850-1000 lbs, sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers 800-950 lbs. were unevenly steady, Demand was good. Mostly large load lots on the yearlings. Due to snow and rain the last few days, numbers were lower today, which will make larger run next week. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 10th, expecting 3000 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 $360.00/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits 66.42 against this barn's trailing median of $426.42.
Average price
$360.00
12 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,814
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+18.19
vs SD average
+38.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1504360.001,81412thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales
504467430392median 426.4212/1801/2903/0504/0906/11
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 sale12 hd
360.00
SD average6 barns · 1,084 hd
341.81
+18.19
National average178 barns · 12,751 hd
321.38
+38.62
This barn, trailing median18 sales
426.42
−66.42
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

29 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400397372.51/cwt365.00–400.001,47914
HeifersLarge 1Fleshy1100–11501,122217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,4353
SteersLarge 11100–11501,108246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,72656
SteersLarge 11050–11001,082244.40/cwt243.75–245.002,644108
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800780267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,0839
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy850–900876248.87/cwt246.00–249.502,18039
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy900–950927235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,17813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450408360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,46918
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700687281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,9307
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550504360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,81412
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,1716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850819218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7855
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650625283.68/cwt277.00–303.001,77312
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900863279.57/cwt279.00–281.502,41368
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950935240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,244177
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700657300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500490340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6663
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900885258.88/cwt252.75–267.002,291173
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950934272.50/cwt257.00–276.502,54586
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650629341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,1458
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000960274.25/cwt274.25–274.252,633122
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800757305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3099
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850805274.58/cwt274.00–275.252,210151
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700655270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7695
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850838222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,8606
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800799281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,2459
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600561385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1607
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800766282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,1609
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650608320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,94610

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.