Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold on an unevenly steady market. A higher undertone was noted on the lighter feeders today. Demand was good. The next feeder cattle auction will be Dec. 4th, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $418.28/cwt on 196 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −64.47 against this barn's trailing median of $482.76.

Average price

$418.28

196 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,312

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$29.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.95

vs SD average

+8.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	420.66	2,331	180
Medium and Large 1-2	539	391.51	2,110	16thin

One grade step is worth $29.15/cwt here — about $221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale196 hd

418.28

—

SD average8 barns · 5,766 hd

438.23

−19.95

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

+8.20

This barn, trailing median17 sales

482.76

−64.47

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

38 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 1-2	350–400	381	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,715	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,153	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	412.56/cwt	393.00–428.00	2,376	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,887	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	330.82/cwt	328.00–335.00	2,081	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	2,879	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,950	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	276	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,435	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	477.05/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,584	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	388.76/cwt	380.00–402.50	2,057	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	518.81/cwt	500.00–527.50	2,013	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	335.69/cwt	331.00–340.00	2,464	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	174	705.00/cwt	705.00–705.00	1,227	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,218	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	393.09/cwt	366.00–406.50	2,453	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,223	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,950	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	273.65/cwt	273.50–275.00	2,608	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	330.23/cwt	329.00–331.00	2,503	26
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,851	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	373.43/cwt	362.00–394.00	2,170	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,258	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,811	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	319.94/cwt	318.00–330.00	2,140	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	428.08/cwt	419.00–436.00	2,286	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,728	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,854	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	474.82/cwt	471.00–490.00	2,061	34
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	2,967	10
Steers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,205	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	3,175	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	941	268.33/cwt	268.00–268.50	2,525	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,298	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	100–150	113	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	1,198	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,312	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	306.88/cwt	300.00–321.50	1,924	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	391.51/cwt	381.00–402.00	2,110	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	400.40/cwt	392.50–420.00	1,966	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	282.39/cwt	277.50–283.25	2,508	68

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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