Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Lower numbers to test against today trend not applicable. A dollars higher undertone on both steers and heifers. Demand was really good. Some large load lots today. The next feeder cattle auction will be March 26th, expecting 3000 head of feeders, starting at 10:00 am.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $491.46/cwt on 40 head, up $7.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 18 comparable sales and sits +10.71 against this barn's trailing median of $480.75.

Average price

$491.46

▲ 7.17 vs prior sale

40 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$32.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.70

vs SD average

+19.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	501.13	2,781	28
Medium and Large 1-2	549	468.89	2,574	12thin

One grade step is worth $32.24/cwt here — about $207 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale40 hd

491.46

—

SD average7 barns · 497 hd

486.76

+4.70

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+19.34

This barn, trailing median18 sales

480.75

+10.71

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

34 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	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	682	356.53/cwt	356.00–358.00	2,432	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	682	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,489	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,282	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,398	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,583	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,700	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	379.46/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,899	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,687	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,254	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,250	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	398.11/cwt	393.00–401.00	2,456	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,770	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	457.34/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,566	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	380.13/cwt	364.00–390.00	2,558	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	501.13/cwt	492.50–503.00	2,781	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	362.83/cwt	352.00–372.00	2,612	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	521.04/cwt	510.00–542.00	2,485	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,296	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	384.99/cwt	371.00–415.00	2,375	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	391.42/cwt	370.00–399.00	2,877	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	355.48/cwt	351.50–362.50	2,958	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	323.43/cwt	316.50–334.00	3,170	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	339.88/cwt	328.00–344.50	3,154	269
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	327.28/cwt	325.50–334.00	2,563	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,618	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	2,748	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	435.44/cwt	415.00–439.00	2,904	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	444.42/cwt	440.00–447.00	2,493	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	297.49/cwt	295.85–301.00	2,731	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	448.61/cwt	442.00–462.50	2,817	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	350.99/cwt	342.00–359.50	3,085	236
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	314.47/cwt	306.75–318.10	3,217	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	839	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,593	24

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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