Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago : Feeder steers and heifers sold significantly dollars higher today, Demand was very good. Manly large load lots in todays offering. M L M had many good fall calves for todays offering. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 15th, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $345.51/cwt on 177 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −80.91 against this barn's trailing median of $426.42.

Average price

$345.51

177 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$338

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

$53.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.74

vs SD average

+12.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	361.30	1,972	125
Medium and Large 1-2	531	307.56	1,633	52

One grade step is worth $53.74/cwt here — about $338 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale177 hd

345.51

—

SD average3 barns · 397 hd

351.25

−5.74

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

+12.69

This barn, trailing median18 sales

426.42

−80.91

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

56 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	278.54/cwt	268.00–286.50	2,713	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	366.70/cwt	344.00–376.00	2,292	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	265.04/cwt	258.50–277.00	2,444	603
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	282.10/cwt	281.00–282.50	2,499	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	1,813	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,020	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	356.18/cwt	352.00–360.00	2,422	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	318.08/cwt	313.00–322.00	2,475	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	304.13/cwt	294.00–313.00	2,527	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	276.44/cwt	271.00–280.75	2,391	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,596	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,814	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	416.69/cwt	405.00–418.00	2,217	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,123	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	282.80/cwt	270.00–287.50	2,319	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	492.36/cwt	465.00–510.00	2,161	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	306.81/cwt	292.50–319.00	2,270	340
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	251.36/cwt	246.50–257.25	2,468	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	312.04/cwt	301.00–317.50	2,113	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	420.43/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,804	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	371.26/cwt	366.00–379.00	1,938	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	336.30/cwt	319.00–344.00	2,062	72
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,115	256.26/cwt	251.50–258.25	2,857	84
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,086	257.85/cwt	246.00–258.85	2,800	51
Steers	Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,177	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,648	13
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,756	54
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,096	256.77/cwt	255.50–259.00	2,814	36
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,655	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	904	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,495	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	658	346.61/cwt	346.00–347.00	2,281	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	616	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,020	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	786	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,177	5
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	697	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,882	7
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	583	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,987	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	505.80/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,406	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	307.56/cwt	270.00–353.00	1,633	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	238	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,285	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	850	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	2,350	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	792	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,384	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,727	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,148	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	440.41/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,467	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,056	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,740	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	267.69/cwt	259.00–280.00	1,949	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	333.06/cwt	321.00–338.00	2,378	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	285.86/cwt	279.00–292.00	2,636	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	351.07/cwt	331.00–357.00	2,001	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,988	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	327.20/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,019	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	403.88/cwt	378.00–415.00	2,278	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,286	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	347.31/cwt	342.50–349.00	2,011	52

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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