Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Only one class in both steers and heifers to compare, so trend not applicable. Undertone on steers was unevenly steady. Undertone on heifers was lower, heifers 900-950 lbs. were 4.00 higher. Quality was a little less today than last week and flesh was up more. Demand was good. Many load lots today. MLM sold a majority of char. influenced feeders today. The next feeder auction will be April 17th, expecting 2500 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 $376.95/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −105.80 against this barn's trailing median of $482.76.

Average price

$376.95

22 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,129

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$31.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.15

vs SD average

+22.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	395.33	2,173	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	575	364.23	2,096	13thin

One grade step is worth $31.10/cwt here — about $77 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 sale22 hd

376.95

—

SD average4 barns · 274 hd

364.81

+12.15

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+22.65

This barn, trailing median17 sales

482.76

−105.80

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

51 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	600–650	645	286.15/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,846	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	893	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,255	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	273.35/cwt	272.00–277.75	2,487	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,180	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	267.55/cwt	262.50–268.25	2,084	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,618	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	922	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,065	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,203	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,437	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,179	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	281.21/cwt	275.00–284.00	2,143	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,112	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,997	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	361.62/cwt	352.00–368.00	1,729	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,151	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	323.81/cwt	322.50–324.00	2,037	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	849	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,241	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,783	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,757	5
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	681	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,907	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	249.32/cwt	241.00–259.75	2,541	278
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,059	244.75/cwt	239.00–245.50	2,592	255
Bulls	Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,273	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,058	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,211	4
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,002	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,114	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	246.17/cwt	244.00–248.50	2,257	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	301.30/cwt	294.00–309.00	1,877	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,106	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	978	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	2,391	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	311.46/cwt	308.00–317.00	2,255	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,029	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	295.16/cwt	288.00–302.00	1,983	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	295.53/cwt	294.50–300.00	2,323	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	251.47/cwt	249.50–268.00	2,253	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	270.50/cwt	263.00–277.50	2,210	476
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,172	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	295.88/cwt	290.00–300.75	2,438	362
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	263.26/cwt	254.75–268.00	2,548	349
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,163	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,174	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,638	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,403	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	276.51/cwt	272.00–284.00	2,154	273
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	282.36/cwt	277.00–285.00	2,010	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,074	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	823	257.68/cwt	248.50–261.00	2,121	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	680	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,945	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	978	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,215	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	894	242.52/cwt	240.25–247.00	2,168	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	778	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,163	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	279.08/cwt	243.00–284.00	2,004	37

How this sale compares

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