Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A nice offering of spring born steer and heifer calves, too few offered a week ago to make a good price comparison with. Too few yearling steers and heifers offered this week to allow a good comparison. Moderate to good demand for both calves and yearlings, but flesh is a huge factor as cattle feeders are facing a futures complex that is seeing large daily losses, which is creating much uncertainty. The fed cattle market is lower again this week, adding to the pressure on the feeder cattle market. The next feeder cattle auction will be Nov. 13th, expecting 1500 head of feeders, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $408.01/cwt on 306 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −72.74 against this barn's trailing median of $480.75.

Average price

$408.01

306 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$41.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−40.78

vs SD average

−11.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	412.60	2,276	272
Medium and Large 1-2	558	371.30	2,072	34

One grade step is worth $41.30/cwt here — about $205 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 1000–1100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.85, low $442.27, median $480.75 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 sale306 hd

408.01

—

SD average9 barns · 8,265 hd

448.79

−40.78

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−11.09

This barn, trailing median18 sales

480.75

−72.74

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

45 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	450–500	489	403.93/cwt	403.00–411.00	1,975	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,566	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	324.51/cwt	323.50–328.00	2,184	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	282.48/cwt	282.25–282.50	2,517	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,148	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	338.92/cwt	336.00–347.50	1,728	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	477.56/cwt	450.00–502.00	1,738	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	438.62/cwt	433.00–465.00	2,285	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	531.00/cwt	531.00–531.00	1,620	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	459.33/cwt	437.50–461.00	2,200	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	349.69/cwt	340.00–364.00	2,011	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	427.28/cwt	407.50–444.00	1,893	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	277.74/cwt	277.50–280.00	2,661	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	370.18/cwt	364.00–384.00	1,973	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	354.22/cwt	354.00–356.00	2,522	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	373.88/cwt	369.00–375.00	2,281	58
Steers	Large 2	1200–1250	1,211	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,955	6
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,179	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	3,183	15
Steers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,246	274.75/cwt	274.75–274.75	3,423	103
Steers	Large 1	1250–1300	1,262	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	3,452	51
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,104	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	3,008	49
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	3,403	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	947	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	357.21/cwt	353.00–361.00	2,079	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	360.03/cwt	349.00–375.00	2,419	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	386.11/cwt	363.00–406.00	2,259	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	381.16/cwt	375.00–387.50	1,673	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	469.30/cwt	460.00–485.00	1,830	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	406.41/cwt	405.00–407.50	1,918	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,975	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	516.00/cwt	516.00–516.00	2,007	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,046	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,423	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	353.15/cwt	341.00–361.00	2,211	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,434	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,241	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	380.02/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,064	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,042	5
Steers	Large 2	1050–1100	1,061	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,361	7
Steers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,062	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,878	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	513	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,047	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	638	325.53/cwt	322.00–328.00	2,077	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	746	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,216	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	971	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,563	62

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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