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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-16

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 16

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Jan 9Jan 16Jan 23 →

Receipts

3,903 head

▼ 429 vs last sale 4,332▲ 2,809 vs year ago 1,094 · +256.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers 500 to 600 lbs. 10.00 to15.00 higher, steers 600 to 700 lbs. 2.00 to 5.00 higher, steers 700 to 800 lbs. steady to 5.00 lower, steers over 800 lbs. 10.00 lower, heifers 500 to 600 lbs. steady to 5.00 lower, heifers 600 to 700 lbs. steady to 3.00 higher, heifers 700 to 800 lbs. 5.00 to 10.00 lower. The buyer demand was very good from start to finish. The market continues to be active. The sale consisted of all weaned calves, no calves of the cow. The flesh condition was attractive with the majority of the cattle carrying a attractive flesh condition. The April 2025 CME live cattle futures closed the day at 197.65 this is supporting the feeder cattle prices at the barn. The Dickinson, ND area continues to be on the dry side with no measurable moisture for months. The next USDA reported sale at Stockmen's is January 23.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $365.24/cwt on 496 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −121.88 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.

Average price

$365.24

496 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,951

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$34.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.39

vs ND average

+22.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	366.22	1,955	482
Medium and Large 1-2	550	331.64	1,824	14thin

One grade step is worth $34.58/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale496 hd

365.24

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ND average3 barns · 1,650 hd

356.86

+8.39

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+22.79

This barn, trailing median13 sales

487.12

−121.88

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.31, low $440.24, median $487.12 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

28 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	1,704	24
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	450.84/cwt	427.00–465.00	1,912	90
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	375.19/cwt	354.00–393.00	1,797	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,734	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	377.67/cwt	363.50–385.50	1,941	323
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,870	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	342.96/cwt	328.00–356.00	1,969	159
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	325.65/cwt	312.50–339.50	2,039	280
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	313.45/cwt	302.50–320.75	2,110	320
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	296.73/cwt	274.00–308.00	2,172	188
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	283.12/cwt	271.50–293.50	2,174	222
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	265.71/cwt	265.00–267.00	2,184	22
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,278	70
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	439.50/cwt	439.50–439.50	1,459	34
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	371.63/cwt	365.00–378.00	1,438	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	379.31/cwt	373.00–380.50	1,578	109
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	346.94/cwt	338.00–356.00	1,658	107
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	331.76/cwt	322.50–342.50	1,775	186
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	317.37/cwt	312.00–321.00	1,793	93
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	606	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,927	47
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	302.35/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,875	96
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	653	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,521	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	666	288.82/cwt	286.00–292.00	1,924	92
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	280.70/cwt	274.00–287.00	1,898	156
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	259.81/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,920	83
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	764	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	2,189	75
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	257.65/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,992	19
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,125	40

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.

North Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange - Dickinson, ND

Thu Jan 16, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Bismarck, ND (LS-BM)

Receipts 3,903Last week 4,332Year ago 1,094

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	332	439.50	439.50
14	350–400	387	365.00–378.00	371.63
109	400–450	416	373.00–380.50	379.31
107	450–500	478	338.00–356.00	346.94
186	500–550	535	322.50–342.50	331.76
93	550–600	565	312.00–321.00	317.37
96	600–650	620	292.50–315.00	302.35
156	650–700	676	274.00–287.00	280.70
83	700–750	739	255.00–275.00	259.81
19	750–800	773	255.00–260.00	257.65
40	800–850	811	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
47	600–650	606	318.00	318.00
92	650–700	666	286.00–292.00	288.82
75	750–800	764	286.50	286.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	653	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	510	340.00	340.00
9	550–600	572	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	347	491.00	491.00
90	400–450	424	427.00–465.00	450.84
41	450–500	479	354.00–393.00	375.19
323	500–550	514	363.50–385.50	377.67
159	550–600	574	328.00–356.00	342.96
280	600–650	626	312.50–339.50	325.65
320	650–700	673	302.50–320.75	313.45
188	700–750	732	274.00–308.00	296.73
222	750–800	768	271.50–293.50	283.12
22	800–850	822	265.00–267.00	265.71
70	850–900	876	260.00	260.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.