Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's red hot sale: Steers sold 15.00-20.00 lower. Heifer calves 10.00-15.00 lower with instances of 25.00 lower and limited comparable sales from last week and no yearling sales to compare to. Bidding much more active on steers than heifers overall today. Demand started softly and picked up in the afternoon as larger loads appeared more consistently making for wider than normal price ranges. A majority of the offering consisted of smaller packages and lots of home raised and very uniform cattle with Spring and Fall shots. Flesh condition was noticeably light and attractive. CME complex ended the day mixed with feeder cattle futures continuing its decline. The futures closings complemented the less than active bidding seen at times even though quality remained consistent throughout the sale. Next feeder sale Oct 30, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $483.41/cwt on 1,105 head. That ranks 4 of 16 comparable sales and sits −10.99 against this barn's trailing median of $494.40.

Average price

$483.41

1,105 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$54.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.43

vs ND average

+25.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	485.23	2,694	1,068
Medium and Large 1-2	579	430.99	2,494	37

One grade step is worth $54.23/cwt here — about $200 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale1,105 hd

483.41

—

ND average3 barns · 1,724 hd

478.98

+4.43

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+25.27

This barn, trailing median16 sales

494.40

−10.99

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

37 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,956	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,950	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,079	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,989	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	388.13/cwt	372.50–401.00	2,608	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	488.21/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,119	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	3,106	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	452.81/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,789	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	535.43/cwt	496.00–577.50	2,297	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	408.47/cwt	395.00–435.00	2,365	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	460.22/cwt	430.00–482.50	2,168	293
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	338.36/cwt	336.00–339.50	3,086	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	581.65/cwt	565.00–605.00	2,187	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	476	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	2,701	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,678	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	402	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,452	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,828	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	393.72/cwt	389.00–410.00	2,476	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	523.72/cwt	483.00–559.00	2,514	364
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	396.04/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,432	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	567	516.48/cwt	515.00–524.00	2,928	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	417.07/cwt	400.00–427.50	2,473	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	467.64/cwt	437.50–488.75	2,698	628
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	2,274	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	437.12/cwt	416.00–457.50	2,299	294
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,042	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	914	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,920	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	427.14/cwt	402.50–439.00	2,887	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	519.01/cwt	495.00–557.50	2,003	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	405.92/cwt	377.50–427.00	2,931	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	386.14/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,104	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	509.86/cwt	476.00–542.00	2,656	409
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,695	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	389.99/cwt	378.00–403.00	2,644	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,525	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,866	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,380	6

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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