Name: Mitchell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers 10.00 to 15.00 higher, instances to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady, except 700-750 lbs and 850-900 lbs 10.00 higher. Very good demand for this large offering of backgrounded yearlings and weaned fall calves. The market was very active as reports of cash fed cattle came in at 260.00 this week. Quality was very attractive throughout the offering, however flesh on the yearlings varied greatly, from light and just right, to very heavy fleshed. Many full loads, including multiple load lots throughout the sale, allowing buyers to make full pens of uniform cattle. The fall calves were very light to moderate fleshed and sold very easily. Volatility returned to the CME cattle futures complex but strong cash market fundamentals gave support to the market at the auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $504.87/cwt on 163 head, up $2.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 18 comparable sales and sits +24.11 against this barn's trailing median of $480.75.

Average price

$504.87

▲ 2.73 vs prior sale

163 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,815

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$15.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.87

vs SD average

+17.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	505.84	2,823	153
Medium and Large 1-2	548	490.00	2,685	10thin

One grade step is worth $15.84/cwt here — about $138 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 sale163 hd

504.87

—

SD average4 barns · 281 hd

502.00

+2.87

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

+17.32

This barn, trailing median18 sales

480.75

+24.11

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

57 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 1	400–450	437	522.72/cwt	505.00–540.00	2,284	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,449	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,371	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,470	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	468.99/cwt	430.00–481.00	2,439	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,846	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	423.51/cwt	421.00–427.50	2,219	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	564	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,820	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	600	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,820	10
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1150–1200	1,177	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	3,084	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	959	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,848	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	625	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,356	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,085	270.69/cwt	261.00–271.75	2,937	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	355.92/cwt	353.00–361.00	2,975	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	396.83/cwt	379.00–411.00	3,032	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	498.44/cwt	482.50–506.00	2,901	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	2,180	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,685	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	340.16/cwt	329.00–349.50	3,337	498
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	416	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,746	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	348.36/cwt	345.50–349.75	3,187	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	446.38/cwt	439.00–457.50	2,826	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	510.23/cwt	502.50–535.00	2,776	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	433.14/cwt	423.00–441.00	2,945	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	948	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,185	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	409.19/cwt	407.00–413.00	2,983	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	377.97/cwt	372.50–383.50	3,126	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	605	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,680	10
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,035	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	3,307	21
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,131	310.14/cwt	305.50–312.35	3,508	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,070	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	3,205	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	243	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	1,968	9
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	701	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,594	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	3,053	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	334.08/cwt	326.00–346.50	2,760	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	321.89/cwt	321.00–329.00	2,871	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	776	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,926	39
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1300–1350	1,317	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	3,483	12
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,089	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	3,414	56
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	330.74/cwt	329.00–332.50	3,390	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	296	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,835	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	224	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	1,702	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	364.78/cwt	362.50–367.50	2,444	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	787	367.09/cwt	364.00–372.00	2,889	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1250–1300	1,263	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	3,423	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	550.32/cwt	524.00–580.00	2,603	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	365.45/cwt	350.00–390.00	2,628	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	376.06/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,602	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	545.37/cwt	545.00–550.00	2,127	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	444.90/cwt	423.00–465.00	2,576	19
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,084	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,388	49
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,112	308.50/cwt	297.00–310.25	3,431	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	747	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,615	10
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	950–1000	961	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,475	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,004	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,942	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	345.12/cwt	345.00–346.00	2,688	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	417.01/cwt	391.00–429.50	2,661	85

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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