Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trend not applicable on steers and heifers due to weights not matching up week to week. The undertone for steers and heifers was unevenly steady. Demand was good. Some large load lots today. Next feeder cattle auction will be May 1st, starting at 10:00 am. On May 8th, M L M will be having a Fall Calf Special Sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.35/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −95.07 against this barn's trailing median of $426.42.

Average price

$331.35

82 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,837

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$11.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.78

vs SD average

+1.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	333.11	1,854	69
Medium and Large 1-2	543	322.00	1,748	13thin

One grade step is worth $11.11/cwt here — about $106 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale82 hd

331.35

—

SD average3 barns · 428 hd

335.13

−3.78

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

+1.40

This barn, trailing median18 sales

426.42

−95.07

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

37 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	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,120	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,341	3
Steers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,123	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,291	3
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,118	250.75/cwt	250.75–250.75	2,803	20
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	261.30/cwt	261.00–261.50	2,637	104
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,026	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,257	15
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,078	251.55/cwt	245.50–254.60	2,712	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	271.25/cwt	271.25–271.25	2,143	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	2,423	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	478	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,247	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Mexican Origin	900–950	944	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,676	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,748	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	995	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,428	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,204	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,326	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	2,477	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,304	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	269.56/cwt	266.50–273.50	2,202	335
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	1,806	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,183	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,101	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,739	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	248.30/cwt	242.50–256.25	2,289	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,986	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,356	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	268.03/cwt	261.25–272.00	2,611	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	594	316.48/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,880	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,781	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,561	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	359.73/cwt	358.00–360.50	2,241	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,271	4
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,068	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,403	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	849	264.25/cwt	264.25–264.25	2,243	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	731	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,966	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	849	278.25/cwt	278.25–278.25	2,362	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	747	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,092	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	999	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,572	79

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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