Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale of the late summer marketing season, very good demand for this nice offering of yearling steers and heifers. Several long string of steers and heifers offered in full loads and multiple load lots, plus numerous smaller consignments that buyers could easily put together and make full loads. Overall quality was uneven, the market was the most active on those front end kinds as they commanded much attention and were easy to sell, while those more moderate framed and plainer kinds were bought accordingly. Flesh condition was light and attractive throughout the sale, as these cattle were offered right off grass. Next special feeder cattle sale will be Sept. 25, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $409.44/cwt on 138 head. That ranks 2 of 16 comparable sales and sits −30.79 against this barn's trailing median of $440.23.

Average price

$409.44

138 head · 675 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,762

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$768

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

$104.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+22.17 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	676	414.75	2,802	131
Small and Medium 1	656	310.00	2,034	7thin

One grade step is worth $104.75/cwt here — about $768 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

16 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $457.80, low $406.07, median $440.23 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale138 hd

409.44

—

ND average1 barns · 138 hd

409.44

+0.00

National average176 barns · 12,495 hd

387.27

+22.17

This barn, trailing median16 sales

440.23

−30.79

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

35 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
Bulls	Large 1	1100–1150	1,126	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,939	11
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	322.10/cwt	318.00–326.00	3,273	71
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,124	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,518	7
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	346.75/cwt	346.75–346.75	3,478	61
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,060	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,926	9
Steers	Medium 1	1000–1050	1,006	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	3,259	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	323.33/cwt	318.00–325.50	3,162	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	367.70/cwt	365.00–368.25	3,228	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	364.71/cwt	360.50–371.50	2,801	113
Steers	Small and Medium 1	650–700	656	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,034	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	600–650	643	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,013	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	347.67/cwt	343.00–355.00	2,990	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	374.96/cwt	368.00–380.00	2,925	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,876	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,054	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,373	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	412.99/cwt	397.50–419.00	2,969	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	875	338.25/cwt	338.25–338.25	2,960	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	413.67/cwt	401.00–418.00	2,643	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	367.72/cwt	362.00–368.50	3,023	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,128	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	387.82/cwt	379.00–407.00	2,971	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	902	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	3,062	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	363.07/cwt	342.50–364.00	3,373	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	380.12/cwt	366.00–386.00	3,121	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,526	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	697	417.06/cwt	417.00–417.50	2,907	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,488	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	979	333.11/cwt	331.75–339.00	3,261	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	737	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,819	53
Steers	Medium 1	950–1000	978	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	3,296	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	339.66/cwt	338.00–341.00	2,782	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	328.21/cwt	323.50–341.00	2,823	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	324.49/cwt	321.00–327.00	2,989	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	2,689	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	3,422	67

How this sale compares

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