Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 650 lbs. and up sold 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600 lbs. and up sold 2.00-7.00 higher. Demand was real good. Many large load lots in todays offering. Some of the feeders were caring extra flesh with the mild winter so far. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 19th, this auction at MLM will featuring "HEREFORD" influenced feeders plus other breeds, expecting 5000 plus feeders, starting at 8:30 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $474.77/cwt on 78 head, up $2.47 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 18 comparable sales and sits −5.99 against this barn's trailing median of $480.75.

Average price

$474.77

▲ 2.47 vs prior sale

78 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$25.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.56

vs SD average

−3.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	484.60	2,806	48
Medium and Large 1-2	559	459.03	2,565	30

One grade step is worth $25.57/cwt here — about $241 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 sale78 hd

474.77

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SD average6 barns · 1,286 hd

497.33

−22.56

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

−3.62

This barn, trailing median18 sales

480.75

−5.99

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
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	331.84/cwt	319.50–337.50	3,342	147
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	3,022	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	618	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,885	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	829	323.35/cwt	319.00–326.00	2,681	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	759	334.84/cwt	325.00–339.00	2,541	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	693	362.87/cwt	355.00–367.00	2,515	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	528.16/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,551	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	449.68/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,581	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	427.02/cwt	407.00–446.00	2,686	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,594	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	355.28/cwt	351.00–365.00	2,256	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	425.15/cwt	416.00–435.00	2,215	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,619	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	402.31/cwt	402.00–402.50	2,720	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,757	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	382.40/cwt	368.00–394.00	2,596	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	484.76/cwt	452.50–540.00	2,506	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,185	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,565	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,031	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	359.55/cwt	350.00–366.25	3,150	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	409.98/cwt	399.00–418.50	2,443	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	2,470	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,798	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,526	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	353.43/cwt	340.00–360.50	3,237	479
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	729	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,741	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	697	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,830	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	422.08/cwt	410.00–447.00	2,879	362
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	391.76/cwt	389.50–396.00	3,005	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,390	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	481.98/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,265	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	397.96/cwt	389.00–410.00	2,909	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,110	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	325.93/cwt	318.50–333.00	2,907	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	993	336.67/cwt	330.00–338.50	3,343	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,505	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,658	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	344.75/cwt	330.00–351.00	2,834	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	374.27/cwt	358.00–381.50	3,043	534
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	331.87/cwt	314.00–335.00	3,043	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	386.18/cwt	357.50–398.00	2,441	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,465	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	484.60/cwt	472.00–492.00	2,806	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	350.36/cwt	343.00–356.50	2,789	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	369.97/cwt	351.00–373.75	2,627	198

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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