Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons to make: The undertones compared to 3 weeks ago were steers higher and heifers steady. The buyer demand continues to be very good. The market was active from start to finish. The feeder cattle were carrying a moderate flesh condition. A few of the local producers who usually go to grass with their feeder cattle are marketing this spring. The Dickinson, ND area received a major rain event last week with reports of up to 6 inches, KFYR TV at Bismarck, ND is forecasting another rain event for early next week. Drought conditions are still in play and local producers need continued rain to make up for the dry months. This is the last scheduled feeder cattle sale at Stockmen's until next fall.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $375.91/cwt on 334 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −71.61 against this barn's trailing median of $447.52.

Average price

$375.91

334 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,079

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$38.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.22

vs ND average

+43.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	376.72	2,081	327
Medium and Large 1-2	582	338.00	1,967	7thin

One grade step is worth $38.72/cwt here — about $114 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 sale334 hd

375.91

—

ND average2 barns · 378 hd

371.69

+4.22

National average127 barns · 6,029 hd

332.69

+43.22

This barn, trailing median16 sales

447.52

−71.61

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

40 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,926	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	291.89/cwt	291.00–292.50	1,842	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,318	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,059	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,940	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	2,202	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	902	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,345	13
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	277.75/cwt	277.75–277.75	2,797	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,513	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,350	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,672	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	302.46/cwt	298.00–320.00	2,193	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	401.51/cwt	399.00–404.00	1,879	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	332.28/cwt	319.00–340.00	2,233	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,561	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,792	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	393.05/cwt	384.50–402.00	2,405	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,600	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	381.44/cwt	370.00–385.50	2,163	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,682	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	335.95/cwt	332.00–340.00	2,463	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	375.61/cwt	373.00–385.00	2,043	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	345.73/cwt	333.00–351.00	2,123	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,655	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	728	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,344	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	313.55/cwt	306.00–316.00	2,581	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	358.12/cwt	340.00–363.00	2,396	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	427.05/cwt	414.00–440.00	2,221	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	445.80/cwt	430.00–457.00	2,069	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	416.74/cwt	401.00–423.50	2,330	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,089	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	511	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,891	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	395.61/cwt	385.00–406.00	1,685	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,840	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	837	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,327	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	950–1000	971	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,563	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,189	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,035	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,967	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	405.43/cwt	397.00–415.00	1,857	28

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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