Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago : Feeder steers and heifers sold for dollars higher. Steers 400-700 lbs. sold 11.00-30.00 higher, heifers 950-1000 lbs. sold 14.00 higher. Demand was very good. The yearlings came in large load lots. The quality was top notch, many feeders came in caring less flesh than two weeks ago. The board being higher the last few days helped feeder market be stronger. The next feeder cattle auction will be Dec.11th, starting at 10:00, expecting 2000 head plus.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $444.65/cwt on 205 head. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −36.11 against this barn's trailing median of $480.75.

Average price

$444.65

205 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,446

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$17.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.76

vs SD average

+15.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	446.16	2,462	187
Medium and Large 1-2	533	428.90	2,286	18thin

One grade step is worth $17.26/cwt here — about $176 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale205 hd

444.65

—

SD average5 barns · 2,389 hd

447.40

−2.76

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+15.50

This barn, trailing median18 sales

480.75

−36.11

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

44 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,957	38
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,107	307.25/cwt	307.25–307.25	3,401	52
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	330.54/cwt	329.00–331.10	3,352	320
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	572	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	763	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,258	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	621	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,111	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	333.12/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,905	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,450	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,080	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,443	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,533	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	448.39/cwt	445.00–449.00	2,211	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,962	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	399	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,576	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	622	388.20/cwt	382.00–397.00	2,415	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	517	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,285	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	428.90/cwt	425.00–432.00	2,286	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	373.55/cwt	351.00–385.00	2,346	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,659	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	335.26/cwt	320.00–352.00	2,297	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	489.46/cwt	470.00–512.50	2,320	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	288.40/cwt	284.75–292.50	2,826	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	989	326.82/cwt	324.00–329.50	3,232	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	373.92/cwt	366.00–377.00	2,337	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	424.45/cwt	404.00–440.00	2,496	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	495.50/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,032	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	872	325.26/cwt	321.00–325.50	2,836	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	736	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,598	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,800	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	436.86/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,053	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	371.98/cwt	350.00–381.50	2,656	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	390.50/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,199	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	326.17/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,407	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	416.22/cwt	389.00–423.00	2,564	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	465.88/cwt	442.50–477.50	2,418	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	486.88/cwt	485.00–490.00	1,928	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	385.01/cwt	350.00–399.50	2,583	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	339.54/cwt	336.00–347.00	2,771	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,458	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	530.44/cwt	515.00–540.00	2,032	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	401.38/cwt	382.50–422.00	2,143	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	596	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,548	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,987	28

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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