Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last sale three weeks ago recent price not available. Special BBQ feeder cattle sale this week, higher undertones prevailed. Many long strings of high quality yearling steers and heifers offered, many load lots and multiple load lots. The market was very active as the cash fed cattle market remains in the 240s and there is a great amount of optimism amongst cattle producers. Demand was very good throughout the sale, from the light fall calves, to the big, heavy yearlings there were plenty of buyers for all classes. Next feeder cattle sale will be in two weeks, June 26, 2025 expecting 1,500 to 2,000 feeder cattle starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $404.25/cwt on 73 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −78.50 against this barn's trailing median of $482.76.

Average price

$404.25

73 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,222

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

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

$13.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−40.47

vs SD average

+23.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	405.35	2,238	67
Medium and Large 1-2	523	392.00	2,050	6thin

One grade step is worth $13.35/cwt here — about $188 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale73 hd

404.25

—

SD average3 barns · 825 hd

444.72

−40.47

National average158 barns · 9,089 hd

381.01

+23.24

This barn, trailing median17 sales

482.76

−78.50

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

60 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	500–550	516	433.70/cwt	402.50–439.00	2,238	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	331.29/cwt	325.00–341.00	2,256	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,104	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,974	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	300.29/cwt	286.00–314.00	2,291	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	262.96/cwt	251.00–266.00	2,514	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	285.12/cwt	273.00–289.50	2,358	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	354.09/cwt	326.00–366.00	2,206	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	316.63/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,963	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,266	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	312.05/cwt	307.00–315.00	2,241	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	429.45/cwt	412.50–457.50	2,006	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	377.38/cwt	376.00–380.00	2,128	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,916	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,274	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	340.67/cwt	315.00–350.00	2,010	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,669	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,208	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,630	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,133	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	314.21/cwt	270.00–325.00	2,479	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	333.61/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,815	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,846	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,023	11
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	1100–1150	1,146	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,682	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	1250–1300	1,283	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,784	3
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,087	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	2,810	53
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,058	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,555	177
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,015	244.47/cwt	241.50–246.50	2,481	150
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1150–1200	1,192	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,867	82
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,664	65
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,057	252.06/cwt	251.00–255.00	2,664	15
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,002	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,365	7
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1200–1250	1,224	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,889	9
Steers	Large 1	900–950	939	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	2,671	66
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,077	273.99/cwt	261.75–287.00	2,951	823
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,336	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	912	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,672	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	982	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,381	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	816	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,199	11
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	281.86/cwt	254.00–287.35	2,881	782
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,185	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	3,099	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	333.05/cwt	328.00–349.00	2,618	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	355.33/cwt	338.00–366.00	2,569	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,123	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,238	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,349	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,050	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	891	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,530	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	746	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,410	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	359.29/cwt	359.00–360.00	2,386	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,936	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	319.74/cwt	315.00–329.00	2,593	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	291.34/cwt	274.00–297.50	2,832	1,136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	292.27/cwt	282.00–307.50	2,733	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	300.09/cwt	287.50–311.00	2,641	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	276.90/cwt	264.00–282.50	2,550	492
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	280.85/cwt	267.50–290.50	2,483	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	399.19/cwt	382.50–408.00	2,431	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,225	39

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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