Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers up to 850 lbs. sold on a lower undertone, steers 900-950 lbs. sold 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers up to 950 lbs. sold on a lower undertone, heifers 950-1000 lbs. sold 2.00 higher. Demand was good. Many large load lots in today's offering. Area farmers are optomistic with around 1 inch of rain falling over night for pastures and hay. The next feeder cattle auction will be May 22nd, expecting 2000 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 $351.00/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −75.42 against this barn's trailing median of $426.42.

Average price

$351.00

10 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,790

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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single grade reported

vs the market

−8.75

vs SD average

+11.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	510	351.00	1,790	10thin

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

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 sale10 hd

351.00

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SD average4 barns · 641 hd

359.75

−8.75

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

+11.12

This barn, trailing median18 sales

426.42

−75.42

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

25 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 1Fleshy	900–950	919	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,279	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,351	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	269.71/cwt	264.00–279.50	2,187	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	260.75/cwt	260.75–260.75	2,386	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	295.43/cwt	293.50–296.50	2,021	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,190	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	254.08/cwt	254.00–255.00	2,274	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,931	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	797	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,021	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,023	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,790	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,071	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,248	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,041	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	306.75/cwt	306.00–309.50	1,951	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,377	60
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	268.75/cwt	268.75–268.75	2,733	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,984	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	314.11/cwt	312.50–314.50	2,437	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,074	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	254.20/cwt	250.00–258.25	2,484	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	278.34/cwt	275.50–281.00	2,555	145
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,054	262.75/cwt	262.75–262.75	2,769	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,587	22

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.

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