Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 650 lbs. and up sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers 650 -850 lbs. sold unevenly steady. Demand was good. Fair amount of large load lots. Today around 90 % of feeders were of Hereford influenced. Their were a fair amount of Hereford and F1 heifers bought for replacement, very good quality. The next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 26th, expecting 6000 head of feeders, starting at 8:30 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $482.76/cwt on 264 head, up $7.99 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 17 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $482.76.

Average price

$482.76

▲ 7.99 vs prior sale

264 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$30.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.72

vs SD average

−4.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	486.16	2,737	235
Medium and Large 1-2	587	455.21	2,672	29

One grade step is worth $30.95/cwt here — about $65 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

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 sale264 hd

482.76

—

SD average6 barns · 1,208 hd

497.48

−14.72

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−4.59

This barn, trailing median17 sales

482.76

+0.00

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

63 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	750–800	787	379.05/cwt	371.00–397.00	2,983	741
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	888	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,552	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,156	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	391.49/cwt	360.00–410.00	2,596	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	452.72/cwt	446.00–458.00	2,839	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	340.60/cwt	338.50–345.00	3,181	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	728	445.84/cwt	384.00–467.50	3,246	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	565	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,684	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	511.43/cwt	499.00–532.00	2,736	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	512.14/cwt	463.00–539.00	2,463	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	400.57/cwt	395.00–412.00	2,359	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	968	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,933	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,039	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,927	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,663	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,211	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,339	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,960	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,574	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,590	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,672	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	444.30/cwt	435.00–447.50	2,115	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	437.25/cwt	437.00–437.50	2,711	12
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	310.94/cwt	307.00–314.00	3,162	21
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,112	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	3,369	31
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,952	21
Heifers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,103	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,713	3
Steers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,060	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,873	4
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,145	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,771	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	772	324.58/cwt	319.00–327.00	2,506	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	687	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,459	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	833	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,741	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	881	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,775	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	716	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,452	4
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	708	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,889	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	488.59/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,062	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	905	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,068	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	791	368.94/cwt	366.00–369.25	2,918	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	444.84/cwt	424.00–453.00	2,313	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	425.16/cwt	402.50–438.00	2,866	596
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	427.31/cwt	407.50–447.50	2,265	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	988	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,845	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	633	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,336	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	830	352.43/cwt	346.00–359.00	2,925	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	353.64/cwt	340.00–356.00	2,546	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	335.82/cwt	319.00–339.00	3,318	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	398.84/cwt	381.00–412.00	2,916	442
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	648	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,806	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,791	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,887	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	887	339.89/cwt	333.00–344.00	3,015	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	374.28/cwt	353.00–386.25	3,088	381
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	422.13/cwt	411.00–440.00	2,419	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	349.83/cwt	335.00–358.00	2,673	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	396.67/cwt	377.00–447.50	2,511	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	338.50/cwt	334.00–344.00	2,799	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,479	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	464.03/cwt	447.50–471.00	2,190	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	805	388.48/cwt	385.00–392.00	3,127	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	356.55/cwt	352.00–369.00	3,109	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	476.29/cwt	462.00–510.00	2,734	169

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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