Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers 2.00 to 5.00 lower in a narrow comparison, feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Moderate demand for the couple consignments of spring born calves, good demand for the yearling consignments. Flesh condition was light and attractive as these cattle are coming right off grass. The yearling market was active as there is plenty of interest in placing yearlings on feed, however with the volatility in the cattle futures complex there was some pressure on the market. Cattle feeders had to accept lower bids if they wanted to sell fat cattle this week. Yearling and spring calf feeder cattle sale next week Oct. 2, 2025.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $422.50/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 2 of 16 comparable sales and sits −25.02 against this barn's trailing median of $447.52.

Average price

$422.50

8 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,125

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+48.83

vs ND average

+56.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	503	422.50	2,125	8thin

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

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 sale8 hd

422.50

—

ND average2 barns · 137 hd

373.67

+48.83

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

+56.65

This barn, trailing median16 sales

447.52

−25.02

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

33 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	405	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,904	3
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	313.65/cwt	310.00–321.00	3,215	35
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,072	310.53/cwt	305.00–317.00	3,329	38
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,258	7
Steers	Large 2	1000–1050	1,009	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	3,017	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	485.43/cwt	470.00–510.00	1,811	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,933	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	396.33/cwt	382.00–398.50	2,778	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,686	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	359.75/cwt	359.75–359.75	3,216	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	341.70/cwt	339.00–346.00	2,833	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	467.19/cwt	445.00–490.00	2,210	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	322.93/cwt	316.00–327.50	2,968	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	3,265	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,474	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,488	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	357.43/cwt	352.00–363.00	2,727	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	322.18/cwt	320.00–325.00	3,109	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	331.39/cwt	322.00–336.00	2,880	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,125	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	422.09/cwt	422.00–422.50	2,596	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	380.81/cwt	365.00–386.00	2,536	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,388	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,689	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	907	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,744	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,391	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,566	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,071	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	377.93/cwt	358.00–381.00	3,152	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	349.00/cwt	345.25–351.75	3,239	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,820	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,750	50

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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