Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last auction weeks ago, trend not applicable. Feeders sold on a very active market today. Many large load lots in todays offering, Buyers could fill large lots with one man's feeder. First small run of spring calves. Most were straight off cow, but had some shots into them. Demand was good. The next feeder auction will be Sept. 25th, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $413.43/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 3 of 18 comparable sales and sits −13.00 against this barn's trailing median of $426.42.

Average price

$413.43

47 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,146

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

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

$92.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.54

vs SD average

+53.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	427.15	2,183	40
Medium and Large 1-2	565	335.00	1,893	7thin

One grade step is worth $92.15/cwt here — about $290 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 sale47 hd

413.43

—

SD average3 barns · 67 hd

406.88

+6.54

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

+53.77

This barn, trailing median18 sales

426.42

−13.00

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

58 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	950–1000	972	309.83/cwt	299.75–322.00	3,012	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	859	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,706	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,751	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	411.98/cwt	409.00–415.00	2,422	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	460.26/cwt	442.50–470.00	1,961	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	427.15/cwt	402.00–439.00	2,183	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	371.02/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,842	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,035	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,893	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	330.50/cwt	315.00–342.00	2,885	628
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	353.18/cwt	346.00–356.25	2,695	459
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	331.66/cwt	320.00–347.00	3,121	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	330.85/cwt	317.00–353.50	2,749	436
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,158	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,415	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,638	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	445.20/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,496	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	383.45/cwt	374.00–412.50	2,374	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	355.56/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,585	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,909	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	297	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,319	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,052	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,977	33
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1300–1350	1,313	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	3,164	3
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,094	276.27/cwt	271.00–288.00	3,022	42
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1200–1250	1,203	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	3,092	28
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1250–1300	1,261	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	3,127	20
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,132	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,660	4
Steers	Large 1-2	1200–1250	1,223	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	3,174	58
Steers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,114	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,986	27
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,089	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	3,234	24
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,131	298.09/cwt	295.75–300.00	3,371	105
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,175	4
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,077	301.50/cwt	294.00–306.75	3,247	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	322.64/cwt	313.00–325.00	2,607	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	794	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,263	5
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,162	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,486	115
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	296.37/cwt	294.00–307.50	2,999	111
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,112	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,991	8
Steers	Large 1Thin Fleshed	1000–1050	1,003	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	3,435	99
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,146	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	438.53/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,372	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,977	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,568	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	486.97/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,573	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	486.21/cwt	410.00–505.00	2,261	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,159	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	413.71/cwt	412.00–418.00	2,768	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	326.40/cwt	323.00–335.00	3,150	737
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	350.66/cwt	345.00–362.50	2,847	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	533.49/cwt	530.00–535.00	1,995	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	329.77/cwt	316.50–338.75	3,047	334
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	820	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	3,055	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	354.47/cwt	331.00–366.00	3,112	135
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,651	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,300	24

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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