Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago: Steers 500 lbs. to 600 lbs. steady to 3.00 lower, Steers 600 lbs. to 700 lbs. 3.00 to 5.00 higher, Steers 700 lbs. to 800 lbs. steady to 5.00 higher, Heifers under 500 lbs. 7.00 higher, Heifers 500 lbs. to 600 lbs. steady to 5.00 higher, Heifers 600 lbs. to 700 lbs. 5.00 to 7.00 lower, Heifers 700 lbs. to 750 lbs. 5.00 lower. Not enough yearlings for a test. The buyer demand continues to be very good. The market continues to have active bidding on all classes. The feeder cattle are carrying a average flesh condition. The feeder cattle quality continues to be very good considering we are getting later into the winter run. The sale had a nice offering of 800 lbs. steers selling above the CME feeder cattle index closing price for February 26. The feeder cattle offerings are getting less each week and the buyers are trying to get orders filled. The next USDA sale at Stockmen's will be March 6.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $361.90/cwt on 240 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −132.49 against this barn's trailing median of $494.40.

Average price

$361.90

240 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,050

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.24

vs ND average

+13.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	361.90	2,050	240

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 sale240 hd

361.90

—

ND average3 barns · 1,224 hd

363.14

−1.24

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+13.66

This barn, trailing median16 sales

494.40

−132.49

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

20 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	400–450	433	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,667	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	364.66/cwt	354.00–367.00	1,692	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,912	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	268.51/cwt	264.50–270.00	2,035	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	296.59/cwt	289.00–303.00	1,857	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	343.80/cwt	331.00–359.00	1,791	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	731	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,047	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,401	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	319.52/cwt	315.00–321.00	1,828	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	317.12/cwt	302.00–320.50	2,150	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	354.30/cwt	346.00–371.00	2,066	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	428.15/cwt	412.50–447.50	1,413	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	404.71/cwt	391.00–422.00	1,922	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	453.94/cwt	447.50–460.00	1,725	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,720	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	283.86/cwt	280.00–289.50	2,376	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	380.75/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,999	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	291.08/cwt	283.00–293.50	2,250	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,105	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	340.13/cwt	339.00–340.50	2,105	99

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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