Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the first cattle sale of 2025 at Stockmen's no comparisons to make. The offering had a very small amount of feeder cattle under 400 lbs. The feeder cattle over 400 lbs. all sold with very good demand. The sale offering had a very small amount of yearling cattle. The market was active. The sale offering consisted of a large amount of weaned feeder cattle. The majority of feeder of cattle at this sale carried a attractive flesh condition, the offering consisted of a number of strings in a green flesh condition. The order buyers were aggressive from the start of the sale to finish. The Dickinson, ND area continues to stay on the dry side with no measurable moisture in many months. The next USDA reported cattle sale at Stockmen's will be 1/16/2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $352.30/cwt on 700 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −142.09 against this barn's trailing median of $494.40.

Average price

$352.30

700 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,941

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$37.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.06

vs ND average

+10.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	352.79	1,942	691
Medium and Large 1-2	586	315.00	1,846	9thin

One grade step is worth $37.79/cwt here — about $96 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

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.31, low $463.97, median $494.40 across 16 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 sale700 hd

352.30

—

ND average3 barns · 1,758 hd

353.37

−1.06

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+10.22

This barn, trailing median16 sales

494.40

−142.09

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

31 lots · USDA AMS · Stockmen's Livestock Exchange - Dickinson, ND

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 1-2	400–450	438	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	1,505	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	337.56/cwt	334.00–340.00	1,762	102
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	978	251.75/cwt	251.75–251.75	2,462	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,973	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	429	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,931	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	282.54/cwt	269.50–327.00	2,416	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	299.17/cwt	290.00–306.50	1,852	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	271.79/cwt	268.00–273.50	1,946	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	704	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,936	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,523	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	1,897	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,846	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,793	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	279.78/cwt	273.75–286.00	2,210	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	281.62/cwt	277.50–287.00	1,884	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,792	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	339.07/cwt	325.00–357.00	1,936	274
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	381.45/cwt	377.50–384.00	1,385	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	441.23/cwt	415.00–460.00	1,663	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	362.64/cwt	354.50–377.50	1,936	342
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	403.00/cwt	395.00–409.00	1,890	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,244	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	673	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,807	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	271.25/cwt	271.25–271.25	2,409	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	357.71/cwt	348.00–365.00	1,502	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	353.80/cwt	333.00–363.00	1,673	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	275.69/cwt	272.25–277.75	2,255	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	301.15/cwt	297.00–302.75	2,135	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	321.02/cwt	311.50–324.00	1,817	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	318.02/cwt	302.00–326.50	2,143	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	327.97/cwt	320.00–333.75	2,073	397

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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