Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: not enough yearlings for a test. Feeder cattle under 500 lbs. not enough for a test. Steers 500 to 600 lbs. 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Steers 600 to 700 lbs. 7.00 higher. steers 700 to 800 lbs. 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers 500 to 600 lbs. steady. Heifers 600 to 700 lbs. steady to 4.00 lower. Heifers 700 to 800 lbs. 10.00 higher. The sale demand was very good from start to finish. The market was active with the order buyers really being aggressive to get cattle bought. The feeder cattle continue to carry a attractive flesh condition, with very few in a fleshy condition. The local producers seem to be retaining heifers, as the steers greatly out numbered the heifers. The CME January feeder board closed the day at 277.275 which is driving the market at the sale barn. The next USDA reported sale at Stockmen's will be January 30.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $355.23/cwt on 328 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −139.17 against this barn's trailing median of $494.40.

Average price

$355.23

328 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,029

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.13

vs ND average

+14.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	355.23	2,029	328

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale328 hd

355.23

—

ND average3 barns · 783 hd

358.36

−3.13

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+14.29

This barn, trailing median16 sales

494.40

−139.17

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

17 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	350–400	394	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,497	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,866	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	370.41/cwt	370.00–371.00	1,541	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,016	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	283.47/cwt	283.00–284.00	1,882	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	362.23/cwt	358.00–365.00	1,728	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	332.70/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,076	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	286.25/cwt	277.00–288.00	2,216	287
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	303.24/cwt	297.25–309.25	2,180	319
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	320.32/cwt	314.00–326.50	2,156	375
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	277.51/cwt	270.00–278.50	2,020	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	331.28/cwt	320.00–338.00	1,736	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	317.81/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,783	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	298.51/cwt	292.50–300.50	1,860	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	353.01/cwt	328.00–369.50	2,037	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,824	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	368.17/cwt	361.00–380.00	1,977	48

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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