Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 700-950 lbs. sold 1.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 550-900 lbs. sold unevenly steady, with a higher undertone on most. Demand was good. Many large load lots in today's market. Seats full of buyers . The next feeder cattle auction will be Jan.29th, expecting 4000 head of feeders, starting at 9:00 am. Ethan Schuette from Washington KS won the Greater Mid West Auction Contest today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $463.81/cwt on 49 head, down $27.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 18 comparable sales and sits −16.94 against this barn's trailing median of $480.75.

Average price

$463.81

▼ 27.86 vs prior sale

49 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

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

$46.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.38

vs SD average

−1.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	471.39	2,676	41
Medium and Large 1-2	564	425.00	2,397	8thin

One grade step is worth $46.39/cwt here — about $279 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

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 sale49 hd

463.81

—

SD average6 barns · 2,639 hd

490.19

−26.38

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

−1.52

This barn, trailing median18 sales

480.75

−16.94

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

47 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	1150–1200	1,164	277.46/cwt	274.00–279.00	3,230	58
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,073	322.18/cwt	319.75–324.75	3,457	117
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,861	4
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,180	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	3,410	4
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,118	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	3,488	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	785	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,520	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	276	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	1,350	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	367.08/cwt	362.00–369.00	2,742	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,329	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,559	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,970	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,397	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	367.23/cwt	357.50–370.00	2,824	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	330.55/cwt	315.00–351.00	2,730	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	355.07/cwt	342.00–370.00	2,585	346
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	365.36/cwt	355.00–368.25	3,011	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	592.50/cwt	592.50–592.50	2,323	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,989	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	322.52/cwt	311.00–343.00	2,496	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,076	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	331.44/cwt	331.00–340.50	2,638	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	343.97/cwt	342.50–347.25	3,178	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,569	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	451.27/cwt	445.00–475.00	2,617	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	380.86/cwt	367.50–390.00	2,544	303
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	419.37/cwt	412.00–430.00	2,780	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,014	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,972	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,234	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	328.51/cwt	327.00–331.00	2,697	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	386.62/cwt	372.50–406.00	2,385	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	349.67/cwt	346.00–354.50	3,042	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	431.08/cwt	428.00–435.00	2,759	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	394.89/cwt	383.00–403.00	2,843	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	327.30/cwt	305.00–333.00	2,867	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	3,078	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,798	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	483.52/cwt	452.50–495.00	2,297	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	410.53/cwt	403.00–422.50	2,418	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	331.35/cwt	324.75–339.50	3,207	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	373.21/cwt	358.65–399.50	2,877	373
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	680	356.94/cwt	350.00–358.00	2,427	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	877	337.33/cwt	325.00–339.00	2,958	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	972	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,101	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	791	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,804	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	341.08/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,466	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,402	11

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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