Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 500 lbs. to 600 lbs. steady to 5.00 higher, Steers 600 lbs. to 700 lbs. 3.00 to 5.00 higher, Steers 700 lbs. to 800 lbs. 7.00 lower. Heifers 500 lbs. to 600 lbs. 7.00 to 14.00 higher, Heifers 600 lbs. to 700 lbs. steady to 5.00 higher. Not enough feeder cattle under 500 lbs. last week for a good test. Not enough yearlings for a test. The buyer demand continues to be very good. The market is active with a lot of bidding and online bidding. The feeder cattle were carrying a attractive flesh condition. The sale at Stockmen's featured a replacement heifer special. The heifers were of outstanding quality with many going for replacement. A lot of the replacement heifers were a larger framed heifer. The CME feeder cattle index has been moving lower and it is showing up at the ring on the heavier steers. The demand for grass cattle continues to be very strong. The next USDA reported sale at Stockmen's is February 20.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $321.32/cwt on 320 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −126.21 against this barn's trailing median of $447.52.

Average price

$321.32

320 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,812

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$18.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.52

vs ND average

+24.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	322.41	1,817	301
Medium and Large 1-2	568	304.00	1,727	19thin

One grade step is worth $18.41/cwt here — about $90 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $466.52, low $402.51, median $447.52 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 sale320 hd

321.32

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ND average2 barns · 508 hd

320.80

+0.52

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

+24.32

This barn, trailing median16 sales

447.52

−126.21

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,187	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	280.99/cwt	278.00–293.00	2,029	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	338.32/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,759	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	320.04/cwt	311.00–331.00	1,824	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	385.82/cwt	378.00–391.00	2,002	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,389	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	305.86/cwt	296.00–314.00	1,945	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	304.00/cwt	300.00–311.00	1,727	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	275.08/cwt	274.00–275.75	2,368	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	283.04/cwt	277.00–291.50	2,168	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	376.63/cwt	376.00–378.00	1,668	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	343.94/cwt	342.25–354.00	2,046	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	268.38/cwt	267.00–270.75	2,517	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	351.06/cwt	344.00–363.00	1,696	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	346.45/cwt	336.50–350.00	2,103	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,400	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	292.62/cwt	277.00–299.50	1,978	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	1,844	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	677	323.71/cwt	305.50–345.50	2,192	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,569	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	397.78/cwt	389.00–402.00	1,921	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	314.69/cwt	305.75–326.00	2,105	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	293.09/cwt	287.50–295.00	2,137	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	634	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,019	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	810	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	2,426	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	721	318.74/cwt	305.00–333.50	2,298	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	284.25/cwt	284.25–284.25	2,362	59

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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