Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Undertone on light steers was unevenly steady, 800-1050 lbs. sold 8.00-11.00 higher. A lower undertone on light heifers, 800-950 lbs. sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good. Some large load lots in todays offering. With open winter feeders are coming with more flesh than normal. The next feeder cattle auction will be April 24th, expecting 2000 head of feeders, starting at 9;00 AM.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $386.93/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −93.83 against this barn's trailing median of $480.75.

Average price

$386.93

13 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,991

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$11.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.17

vs SD average

+22.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	395.00	2,038	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	514	383.34	1,970	9thin

One grade step is worth $11.66/cwt here — about $68 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 1000–1100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.85, low $442.27, median $480.75 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 sale13 hd

386.93

—

SD average7 barns · 1,101 hd

386.76

+0.17

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

+22.17

This barn, trailing median18 sales

480.75

−93.83

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

39 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	500–550	522	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,644	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,908	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	945	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,429	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	939	240.30/cwt	239.00–240.50	2,256	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	785	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,041	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	271.65/cwt	257.50–280.25	2,643	266
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,041	12
Bulls	Large 1	1150–1200	1,198	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,480	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	650–700	655	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,769	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	950–1000	952	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,094	5
Steers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,082	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,402	3
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,026	260.13/cwt	253.50–262.60	2,669	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	679	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,874	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,123	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	948	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,133	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,038	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	383.34/cwt	382.50–385.00	1,970	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,092	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	334.96/cwt	320.00–339.00	2,268	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,862	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,091	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	246.33/cwt	244.00–253.00	2,079	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	256.19/cwt	245.00–259.00	2,254	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	239.93/cwt	238.00–242.00	2,323	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,356	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	309.52/cwt	302.00–310.00	2,294	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	307.73/cwt	289.00–309.50	2,486	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	279.32/cwt	275.00–281.00	2,472	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	272.38/cwt	269.00–278.00	2,046	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,008	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,892	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,770	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,077	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,843	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	273.21/cwt	264.00–279.50	2,243	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	245.27/cwt	245.00–247.00	2,252	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	277.64/cwt	274.00–279.00	2,579	73

How this sale compares

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